Meade ETX60AT Telescope (Obsolete)
- price: $450.00
SKU: ETX-60AT
Sales Rank: 8509
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Product Description
Whether you want to study Saturn and its ring system, the primary cloudbelts of Jupiter, or mountain ranges and other terrestrial objects, the MeadeETX-60AT offers extraordinary power for its price. It offers a 60mm multicoated,air-spaced achromatic objective lens manufactured with Grade A crown and flintoptical glass components. The flip-mirror system lets you observe in thestandard 90-degree position. Just flip the internal optical flat mirror up, andyou'll be set for sky viewing.
It's easy to carry, so you can take the MeadeETX-60AT to a distant mountaintop or to your own back yard. It only needs aquick 60-second alignment for setup. This telescope includes an Autostar handcontroller that permits the automatic location of over 1,400 celestial objects.Just enter the object you wish to observe and watch as the telescope movesrapidly to place the object in your field of view. The Meade ETX-60AT alsoincludes a serial interface, so you can download new software through your PC tothe telescope. This way, the positions of Earth satellites may be updated forobservation, or newly discovered objects, such as comets, can be located.
Product Specification
- Binding:
- Electronics
- Brand:
- Meade
- EAN:
- 0709942350005
- Feature:
- Razor-sharp images of astronomical and terrestrial subjects
Either straight-through or 90-degree observing positions
Convenient electronic hand controller
Internal flip-mirror system
60mm diameter lens - Label:
- Meade
- Manufacturer:
- Meade
- Model:
- ETX-60AT
- NumberOfItems:
- 1
- ProductGroup:
- Photography
- Publisher:
- Meade
- Studio:
- Meade
- Title:
- Meade ETX60AT Telescope (Obsolete)
- UPC:
- 709942350005
- MPN:
- ETX-60AT
Customer Reviews
A Great Little Scope
I've seen alot of negative reviews on this telescope and all I can say is:I absolutly love it.True, it isn't the best telescope as far as observing deep sky objects or even some of the planets.But it isn't usless as some claim.I have been an amatuer astronomer for well over 25 years and have uses a variety of telescopes.Yes, through some scopes the details of planets are better and can see galaxies and nebula more clearly, but this is my favorite telescope so far (until I can afford a bigger one...
10/27/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
the best money I have spent and the many $$$$ i spent later.
I got this telescope for no particular reason. I had no interest in Astronomy or any thing closely related to star gazing. My back-ground is banking and investments. However, I bought it to start a new hobby. Low and behold, My free time began to disappeared and i was a full-fledge convert of the star-gazing cult. to make it simple it is a great gadget to pull your leg but no a particularly good piece. The software that comes with it is exceptional and indispensable....
8/16/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
It struck me with awe at first, then with ugh...
After several hundred dollars, I've discovered that this telescope is pretty much useless. An avid star gazer, I would have been better off purchasing the cheapest model at the local department store. I was sold on the idea of the "auto finder" but after reading the instructions and following them. The auto tracker still does not prove worthy. What a piece of junk. The nice thing about it is you can see the moon - oh...and it looks like a really cool telescope....ugh!...
10/23/2002 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
A darn expensive finder/spotting scope
After intensely looking through an acquaintance's Meade ETX-60AT several times, I walked away perplexed. What niche is Meade trying to fill with this scope? One would expect such a small scope to be optimized for planetary viewing- as viewing of the deep sky (star clusters, galaxies, nebulae) is definitely not its strength. However, presumably because of the difficulties inherent in the manufacture of low focal ratio telescopes, the optical quality is too low to give decent views of the moon and...
8/27/2002 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
My five-year-old loves it.
I purchased this "beginners" telescope for my five-year-old son for Christmas and he and I have truly enjoyed it.All features work as advertised.The telescope must first be "aligned" by pointing it due north, setting the date and time, and then centering two stars it rotates to in the eyepiece.Once this is done the telescope finds anything an amateur astronomer could hope for automatically.The images of planets are not large.Saturn and its rings are visible, but still quite small with the delivered...
1/12/2002 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
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