Meade Advanced Coma-Free Catadioptrics

This Meade LT-8ACF puts the newest 8” Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optics with UHTC optical multicoatings on an easily-transported battery-powered go-to altazimuth mount with adjustable tripod. It adds a unique AudioStar computer hand control that can talk to you about the thousands of celestial objects it can find and track for you. And it combines them all at the lowest price ever for a scope with state-of-the-art coma-free optics . . .

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This Meade 8” LX200-ACF has Advanced Coma-Free catadioptric optics. They provide coma-free images similar in quality to what you see in many ultra-premium Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes, but at a fraction the price of a true R-C. And the Meade UHTC optics give you 15% higher light transmission than conventional optical coatings . . .

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This big Meade 10” LX200-ACF puts Advanced Coma-Free optics into a one-person transportable scope at a very down-to-earth price. The ACF optics provide coma-free images similar to what you see in many ultra-premium Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes, but at a fraction the price of a true R-C. And its UHTC optics give you 15% higher light transmission than conventional optical coatings . . .

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The Meade 12” LX200-ACF has unique Advanced Coma-Free optics (a modified catadioptric version of the reflector design used in many of the world's largest research telescopes and the Hubble Space Telescope). This Meade puts professional-grade visual and photographic performance in the hands of amateur astronomers at an affordable price . . .

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If you can’t take pictures through one of the 300" Keck telescopes in Hawaii, this big Meade 14” LX200-ACF with Advanced Coma-Free optics may be the next best thing for serious amateur astronomers, schools, and colleges. This catadioptric design Meade scope has a flat coma-free field that rivals that of the Ritchey-Chrétien design used in many of the world's largest research telescopes, including the twin Kecks and the Hubble Space Telescope. And the price is hard to beat . . .

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The Meade 16” LX200-ACF Advanced Coma-Free catadioptric telescope with UHTC multicoatings puts research-grade optics on a tripod mount that's transportable (if not exactly portable), at a price that’s surprisingly within reach and reason. The Meade LX200-ACF is a modified catadioptric version of the reflector design used in many of the world's largest research telescopes, including the twin 300” Keck scopes and the Hubble Space Telescope . . .

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The Meade 16” LX200-ACF Advanced Coma-Free catadioptric telescope with UHTC multicoatings puts altazimuth mount research-grade optics into the permanent observatory domes of serious amateur astronomers, schools, and colleges at a surprisingly down-to-Earth price. The Meade LX200-ACF is a modified catadioptric version of the reflector design used in many of the world's largest research telescopes, including the twin 300” Keck scopes and the Hubble Space Telescope . . .

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