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2007 The Artificially Intelligent Telescopes!

Easy, Entertaining, And Convenient, Intelligent Exploration Tool For The Inquiring Child, Family, And Serious Adult

The NEW Meade LX90GPS From Casanova's, Comes With Heighten Artificial-Intelligence For Your Personal Convenience --- The Way Today's Technology Should Work!

Simply Turn On One Of These Models From Casanova's, And Your Telescope Starts Listening For And Then Collects Positioning, Time And Date Information From Overhead Global Positioning Satellites (A Free Service).  The Onboard Artificial Intelligence Then Determines Its Current Precise Date, Time And Location On Earth!   Next The AutoAlign Feature Then Uses This Data To Help The Operator Fine Tune Its Alignment To Objects In The Universe.  Now Let The Telescope Present A Tour Of The Most Spectacular Sights In The Universe At That Precise Moment.   Packed With Smart And Convenient Features, The Legendary LX90 Schmidt-Cassegrain Combined With GPS Receiver And Artificial Programming Is The Latest Telescope Of Today With Modern Intelligence For Maximum Personal Convenience!

AUTOALIGN ? Artificial Alignment Intelligence ---- AutoAlign Will Select Two Fail-Proof Alignment Stars, First Moving The Telescope To Ami Towards The First Star, Bring It Into View Through The Viewfinder.  Next, Simply Fine Tune The Telescopes' Alignment To The Star By Simply Centering The Star In The Viewfinder, By Moving The Scope.  Once Aligned, The Universe Is At Your Fingertips!  Included IN All LX90 Models From Casanova's!

DIFFRACTION-LIMITED MEADE SCHMIDT-CASSEGRAIN OPTICS
Meade individually figures their water-white corrector lenses and Pyrex? primary and secondary mirrors for superior light transmission, temperature stability, smoothness and correction.

OVERSIZED PRIMARY MIRROR

Only Meade manufactures their primary mirrors in diameters larger than their listed aperture (e.g. the diameter of the 8" LX90?s primary mirror is actually 8.25").This additional 1/4" yields a wider, fully illuminated field-of-view, and allows you to see the light other telescopes leave behind.

Slew Speed

The Telescope Slews (moves) From Star-To-Star At 7-Degrees Per Second.  That is more than twice as fast as the competition.  This means that over the course of an evening, a Meade LX90GPS will get two to three times more objects seen!  More Enjoyable To Use!

RIGID CAST ALUMINUM FORK MOUNT

The Optical Tube Assembly is mounted on two sturdy fork arms giving you a rock solid platform for astrophotography.

LX200 - SERIES TRIPOD - The LX90GPS comes standard with the same sturdy field tripod as the LX200R series telescope.

SMART DRIVE - Meade's AutoStar provides Periodic Error Correction (in polar mode). Over the course of one or more training periods your LX90GPS will minimize guiding corrections during long exposure astrophotography.

AUTOSTAR CONTROLLER - Meade's AutoStar can be updated after purchase. Log on to download software upgrades, guided tours and timely objects like comets, satellites and new discoveries ? Free! Keep your AutoStar up-to-date, and your LX90GPS will grow with you for years to come.


SMARTFINDER (RED DOT) & 8 X 50 VIEWFINDER ? Quickly and easily locate and center deep sky objects.

MADE IN THE USA

All LX90GPS telescopes are made in the USA at Meade?s state-of-the-art design and manufacturing facility in Irvine, California.

Specifications 8" 10" 12"
Optical Design Schmidt-Cassegrain Schmidt-Cassegrain Schmidt-Cassegrain
Clear Aperture 203mm (8") 254mm (10") 305mm (12")
Focal Length Focal Ratio 2000mm f/10(8") 2500mm f/10 (10") 3048mm f/10 (12")
Optical Coating MgF2 on correcting plate (2-sides); standard aluminum on primary and secondary mirrors
Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC?) Included Included Included
Optical Tube Dimensions (dia. x length) 9.1" x 16.75" 11.75" x 22" 13.6" x 25"
GPS Sony?GPS Sony?GPS Sony?GPS
LNT Module Patented Level-North Technology with electronic level sensor, electronic magnetic north sensor, high-precision clock.
Smart Finder? Red Dot viewfinder Red Dot viewfinder Red Dot viewfinder
Viewfinder 8x50 8x50 8x50
Telescope Mounting fork-type; double tine fork-type; double tine fork-type; double tine
Setting Circle Diameters, RA and Dec. RA: 8"; Dec: 5" RA: 8"; Dec: 5" RA: 8"; Dec: 5"
Zero Image-Shift Micro Focuser optional optional optional
GO TO Pointing Precision (approx.) 5-arc mins. 5-arc mins. 5-arc mins.
Pointing Precision, High Precision Mode 3-arc mins. 3-arc mins. 3-arc mins.
Slow-Motion Controls electric, RA and Dec electric, RA and Dec electric, RA and Dec
#497 AutoStar Hand Controller PIC 16C57 microcontroller; 2 line x 16 alphanumeric character display; 20-button keypad, red LED backlit
Batteries (user-supplied) 8 x C-cells 8 x C-cells 8 x C-cells
Battery Life (approx.) 60 hrs. 60 hrs. 60 hrs.
Onboard Celestial Object Database 30,223 objects 30,223 objects 30,223 objects
Slew Speeds: RA and Dec: 1x, 2x, 8x, 16x, 64x, 128x sidereal and 1.5?/sec., 3?/sec., 6.5?/sec.
Tracking Rates sidereal, lunar, or custom-selected from 2000 incremental rates
Tube Body aluminum aluminum aluminum
Mount Castings aluminum aluminum aluminum
Primary, Secondary Mirrors Pyrex? glass Pyrex? glass Pyrex? glass
Correcting Plate/Lens clear water white glass clear water white glass clear water white glass
Telescope Weight 33 lbs. 50 lbs. 60 lbs.
Tripod Weight 19 lbs. 19 lbs. 19 lbs.
Field Tripod Height all models: 30" to 44" variable 30" to 44" variable 30" to 44" variable

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