Meade's new LXD75 Schmidt-Cassegrains offer a high-performance equatorial mount, heavy-duty, all-metal field tripod and precision drive system. The SC-8AT with ultra-high transmission coatings includes an electronic hand controller and is fully compatible with Meade's popular Autostar Suite.

Features

• OTA Weight about 12 lbs.
• Ultra-High-Transmission Coatings.
• Eyepiece Holder: Accepts both 1.25" & 2" eyepieces. Allows use of all common telescope accessories and cameras. (Requires optional accessory.)
• 8x50 Achromatic Viewfinder: Easily locate and center deep-sky objects.
• Made in the U.S.A. and Performance Tested: All Meade Schmidt-Newtonian and Schmidt-Cassegrain optics are manufactured at Meade's state-of-the-art facility in Irvine, Calif., then performance tested on an Interferometer.

  This telescope comes with the #497 Autostar GoTo Hand Controller with over 30,000 object database.

  Premium Meade® LXD75 Optics

  Diffraction-Limited Optics
  Meade's Schmidt-Newtonian and Schmidt-Cassegrain optics yield pinpoint stellar images over an extremely wide field-of-view with only half the coma of standard Newtonians of the same focal ratio.

  Optical Tube Construction
  Schmidt-Newtonian and Schmidt-Cassegrain optics are mounted in precision-machined aluminum cells, which are then mounted in sturdy steel tubes that are baked with high-grade textured enamel paint. The optical tube assembly is closed, reducing air currents inside the tube. This prevents distortion of an otherwise sharp image. Plus, a closed tube significantly helps keep the optics clean.

  Corrector Lens
  Fully corrects for spherical aberration and provides pinpoint star images. Water-white glass is used in all Schmidt-Newtonian and Schmidt-Cassegrain corrector lenses to maximize light transmission. The use of water-white glass increases light transmission by more than 10%, as compared to competitive telescopes using soda-lime glass.

  Individually Figured Optics
  Schmidt-Newtonian and Schmidt-Cassegrain corrector lenses and mirrors are individually figured to create a superior optical system that is renowned for its exquisite smoothness and performance.

  Pyrex® Primary Mirror
  Premium-grade Pyrex mirrors are used in all Schmidt-Newtonian and Schmidt-Cassegrain optical systems, providing exceptional thermal stability versus competing models using standard plate glass.

  System Highlights

• Sturdy Mount with Heavy-Duty Castings: Designed by Meade's engineers and manufactured for high-performance observing and astrophotography.
• Shaft & Bearing System: The sturdy German Equatorial Mount is accurate and precise. The RA and Dec axes move effortlessly on four high-precision stainless steel ball bearings.
• High-Precision Worm Gears: Located on both axes for smooth tracking and slewing.
• High-Precision Pointing (HPP): For even more-precise pointing, use the HPP function. HPP puts objects in the center of the field-of-view, which allows you to confirm deep-sky objects at the faintest limits of the telescope's capability.
• Periodic Error Correction: Corrects periodic errors on the RA axis over the course of one or more training periods, thereby minimizing guiding corrections during long-exposure photography.
• 9-Speed