Learn how to align your Meade altazimuth telescope, including the StarNavigartor NG, ETX Observer, LX65, LX90, LX200 and more. Observing the Sun The Sun is a 4.6 billion years old star of hot plasma located at the centre of the Solar System. The Sun spins round itself but being a ...
Accessory Manufacturer Model Price ETX-90 Premier Edition Case Meade Instruments #744 $99 John Zimmerman (john@z-family.com) reports: "I ordered the Meade carrying case for my ETX-90PE. They have a redesigned case designed to accommodate the PE series. What they have done is made the case...
All of the more advanced Meade telescopes including their ETX-90 EC, ETX-125 EC, LX90, LX200, and other models, are manufactured at the Meade Irvine factory. Smaller telescopes, such as Models DS-60 EC, DS-70 EC, and DS-114 EC, are manufactured under exclusive license to Meade designs...
The one that had any issue was my ETX-90/EC and Meade Support helped me through getting the firmware updated which fixed my issue. I've also contacted for some other questions in the past and they were always responsive. With Orion, I bought a set of the aluminium "mag" focus wheels ...
I think Celestron's (Synta) NexStar Maks have surpassed Meade's ETX's in every size and price point. SandyHouTex likes this #17 barbie Gemini Posts:3,337 Joined:28 Jan 2013 Loc:Northeast Ohio Posted07 July 2021 - 06:21 PM I have a deforked, excellent condition ETX90EC that I purcha...
...and at the same price point. One of my treasures is an ETX-105... the middle child of the ETX line. I have also enjoyed the backpack versions of the ETX. They make really nice grab'n go scopes and we usually bring one with us on vacation. I scored one of the backpacks and...
- 3 out of 10 went to Meade products (Meade 2080, Meade LX200, Meade ETX). - 2 out of 10 went to Orion Products (Orion XT8, Orion Starblast). - The remaining non-Meade/Orion products were Questar, Dynascope RV-6, Celestron C8, AP Traveler, ZWO SeeStar. ...
Currently I own an LX65 I picked up used 2 years ago. I've used it with ST80,ED80,ETX90 tube, Orion 120achro. I currently am in the works of deforking a C8 to put on it. Being in this hobby for over 35 years starting of in college courses with exposure to the trifecta of...
I have read several places where the older Meade 2080 had real good optics. If you could get one of the OTA's cheap, and maybe another mount, it would be worth it. It seems that mounts have been a problem for Meade, no matter how good the optics are. I have a 90 ETX with some...
Scopes I just couldn't love, the 6" Celestron Achro and ETXs. Love the ETX image but it's so darn tiny on that table tripod thing you get splinters in the chin when trying to use it. All the rest did just what they were supposed to do or better. ...