| The new Meade LX80 and LX800 go-to scopes and mounts are scheduled to start shipping in a month or two, and preorders are starting to stack up. They will all be in short supply at first, so you need to get on the preorder list now if you want to be sure of being among the first to take advantage of the new advanced Meade technology .
The innovative (and surprisingly economical) Meade LX80 tri-mode multi-mount lets you operate your scope in either a go-to German equatorial mount configuration or in a single optical tube go-to altazimuth mode, each with a 40 pound payload capacity. You can also use it a third way, as a dual optical tube go-to altazimuth mount with a whopping 70 pound payload capacity.
The LX80 is available in a series of complete scopes at this link, with your choice of an 80mm apo refractor or a variety of 6” to 10” Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tubes. And here’s another link to the LX80 mount only, if you already have your own optics and just want to upgrade your current mount to state-of-the-art. All of them use Meade's unique AudioStar talking go-to computer hand control that puts the knowledge and experience of a professional astronomer in the palm of your hand.
The big new high-end Meade StarLock go-to German equatorial scopes and mount have a revolutionary new 90 pound payload capacity go-to German equatorial mount with 144,000 stars and celestial objects it can locate and track for you, GPS, and a full-time StarLock guiding system that automatically centers objects with a +/- one arc minute accuracy and tracks them for viewing and imaging with an accuracy of +/- one arc second.
With Meade’s exclusive LightSwitch technology at its core, the Meade StarLock uses a two camera system to automatically find your target with high precision, immediately capture a field star for guiding as dim as 11th magnitude, and then guide with high accuracy while you view or image. The permanently built-in StarLock cameras include a super wide angle 25mm f/1.04 optic with a 1/2 inch format CMOS sensor for star field acquisition, and a narrow angle 80mm f/5 refractor with a 1/2 inch format CMOS sensor for precise centering.
This link will take you to the Meade LX800 complete scopes (up to 14” Advanced Coma-Free catadioptrics in aperture), while this separate link will take you to the LX800 mount only, if you already have your own quality optics and just want to upgrade your current mount to StarLock’s state-of-the-art.
Meade’s LX80 and LX800 bring cutting edge astronomical technology to imaging and observing. Pre-order your LX80 or LX800 now to be among the first to take advantage of the latest performance jump from Meade. | 
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