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Observatory
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Telescope
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Pier
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Mount
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Camera
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Miscellaneous
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RCOS 14.5
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FSQ-106 EDX II
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SolarMax II 60
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Meade LX50
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Eyepieces
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Finder Scope 50
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Meade 8 inch LX50 Schmidt-Cassegrain (Not Currently Used in Observatory)
(Paramount ME Robotic Mount currently used for RCOS 14.5 Telescope)
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Meade 8 inch LX50 Schmidt-Cassegrain
Meade Instruments Corporation
http://www.meade.com/
6001 Oak Canyon
Irvine, CA 92618
USA
Telephone: 1 (949) 451-1450
Fax: 1 (949) 451-1460
OTA (Optical Tube Assembly)
- Weight: 10 pounds.
- Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tube assembly with EMC super multi-coatings (D=203mm, F=2000mm, f/10)
- 6 x 30mm viewfinder
- MA25mm multi-coated eyepiece
- Eyepiece-holder and diagonal prism (1.25")
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Fork Mount (Not Currently Used in Observatory)
- Heavy-duty LX200-type fork mount with 4"-dia. sealed polar ball bearing
- 5.75" LX worm gear and quartz-microprocessor-controlled DC servo-motor in RA
- Tangent arm and DC servo motor control system in Dec
- Multi-function control panel
- Manual and electric slow-motion controls and setting circles in both axes
- Keypad hand controller
- 4-speed drive controls on both axes
- Battery compartment accepting six (user-supplied) AA-size batteries
- 25 ft. power cord for telescope operation from 12v. auto cigarette lighter plug
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