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SWA / QX Eyepiece Promotion!!
You can get these great eyepieces at 50% OFF when you purchase them with a Meade telescope!
Offer valid through April 30, 2010. Quantities are limited.

Be sure to take this opportunity to save 50% on quality eyepieces for your telescope!

Meade moved its Irvine based manufacturing to a brand new factory just over the border in Mexico in early 2008. The new Meade factory has over twice the space for production than their Irvine operation with over 70,000 square feet devoted to building products like the LX200-ACF, the LX90-ACF, Coronado and more. This factory is wholly owned and operated by Meade.

The new optical shop uses the same hi-tech equipment that has allowed Meade to set the standard for advanced high quality optical systems like the Advanced Coma-Free system. Meade produces optics from 4 to 20 inches. After the glass has gone through the sophisticated optical figuring process and has been fully tested, it is ready to go to Meade’s state-of-the-art coating room. This is where Ultra-High-Transmission Coatings (UHTC) are applied.

Because of the different techniques required to produce their specialized solar filters and lenses, Coronado has its own optical fabrication area. Great care is taken in the assembly of these fine solar filters and solar telescopes. Each and every one is tested on the sun. Extensive quality testing is done on every Meade telescope for mechanical, optical and cosmetic quality and performance.

Bulletin - Better Business Bureau updates Meade’s Customer Service rating!!

"It is with great pleasure and pride that we announce Meade has regained it’s “A” rating with the Better Business Bureau. This rating is a result of our major effort to achieve World Class Excellence in our Customer Service Department.
Over two years ago, Meade committed to completely revamp our customer service department. Our metrics driven strategy has yielded precisely the results our customers demanded and more importantly deserved. Our targeted approach has virtually eliminated abandoned calls and lowered our average answer time to world- class levels, under 35 seconds. This, in conjunction with forward thinking programs like First Light, have completely changed the customer service experience. We are easier to reach and easier to work with, all of which is reflected in our most recent Better Business Bureau rating. This is just one of the many elements demonstrating Meade’s commitment to quality, service and innovation."

Check out Meade's First Light Customer Service Program!

LS owners - update your firmware to v1.2G! AutoStar Updater v5.9 required. Download here.

Some helpful links:

Autostar and Autostar II Operating Instructions

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filter #47 Violet By Meade

#47 Violet (3% transmission): Strongly rejects red, yellow, and green wavelengths; useful for the study of Martian polar cap regions and for the observation of occasional phenomena in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Enhances contrast between the rings of Saturn. Use only on telescopes of 8" aperture and larger.

$14.95

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filter #56 Light Green By Meade

#56 Light-Green (24% transmission): Is excellent for the observation of Martian polar ice caps as well as yellow-tinted dust storms on the Martian surface. Increases contrast of the red and blue regions in Jupiter's atmosphere as well as in the clould belts. Also useful for enhancing lunar detail.

$14.95

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filter #58 Green By Meade

#58 Green (24% transmission): Use on telescopes 8" aperture and larger to reject blue- and red-toned structures on the surface of Jupiter and thereby increase their contrast relative to lighter parts of the disc. Also use for the enhancement of Saturn’s cloud belts and polar regions. Strongly increases contrast of Mars’ polar ice caps, and increases contrast of atmospheric phenomena on Venus.

$14.95

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filter #82A Light Blue By Meade

#82A Light-Blue (73% transmission): useful on the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. This subtle pale blue filter enhances areas of low contrast while avoiding significant reduciton of overall image brightness. A valuable filter to piggyback with other filters.

$14.95

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filter #11 Yellow-Green By Meade

#11 Yellow-Green Used to enhance planetary features on Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

$14.95

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filter #12 Yellow By Meade

#12 Yellow (74% transmission): Contrasts strongly with blue-colored features on Jupiter and Saturn, while enhancing red and orange features. Lightens red-orange features on Mars, while reducing or blocking the transmission, and thereby increasing the contrast, of blue-green areas. Useful in increasing the contrast of lunar features in telescopes 6" aperture and larger.

$14.95

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filter #25A Red By Meade

#25A Red (14% transmission): strongly blocks the transmission of blue and blue-green wavelengths, resulting in very sharply defined contrast between blue tinted cloud formations on Jupiter and the lighter-toned features of the disk. Also useful for the delineation of the Martian polar ice caps and maria. Because of its relatively low total light transmission the #25A filter should be used on telescopes of 8" or larger.

$14.95

Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filter #38A Dark Blue By Meade

#38A Dark Blue (17% transmission): Is a popular filter for the study of Jupiter's disk, owing to the filter's strong rejection of orange and red wavelengths. It increases contrast between the reddish belt structures and enhances detail of the Red Spot. Also useful for the study of isolated phenomena, such as dust storms, on Mars, as well as the belt structure of Saturn. Increases contrast of subtle cloud markings on Venus.

$14.95

T-Mount for Canon (Not EOS) By Meade

T-ring mounts allow you to attach your SLR or DSLR camera to your telescope. This will not fit the Canon EOS SLR's.

$15.00

T-Mount for Canon EOS By Meade

T-ring mounts allow you to attach your SLR or DSLR camera to your telescope. This will only fit the Canon EOS series.

$15.00

T-Mount for Minolta Maxxum By Meade