Filter
Top Products
42
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
A wide assortment of professional Meade accessories are available for the for ETX
telescopes. Meade accessories greatly extend many important applications to the
telescope, from low-power, wide-field terrestrial viewing to high-power lunar and
planetary observing. The premium quality of these accessories is well-suited to the
quality of the instr
ument itself.
Meade telescopes and accessories, including optional accessories for ETX
telescopes
, are available at more than 3,000 dealer locations in the U.S. and Canada
and through Meade international distributors worldwide. Once you have identified the
accessories you wish to order, contact your local Meade authorized dealer. To find a
dealer near you call
(949) 451-1450 or visit the Meade website at www.meade.com.
#505 Cable Connector Kit: With Meade AstroFinder
software loaded into your PC, AutoStar-equipped ETX–90PE, ETX-105PE, and ETX-
125PE telescopes may be remotely controlled from the PC display. The
#505 Cable
Connector Set,
permitting connection of ETX, AutoStar and PC, is included with each
AstroFinder package.
Eyepieces: For higher and lower magnifications, Meade Super Plössl (SP) and
Super Wide Angle (SWA) eyepieces (
Fig. 35), as well as the Series 4000 8mm to
24mm Zoom e
yepiece, yield high-resolution imaging with all ETX telescope models.
A useful selection includes the SP 9.7mm, SP 12.4mm and SWA 16mm. Under good
seeing conditions, Meade Series 5000 Ultra Wide Angle 4.7mm and 6.7mm eyepieces
present the widest obtainable fields of view at high powers and are well suited for
observing the Moon and planets (other eyepieces are available in this series). Powers
obtained with each eyepiece are shown in the following table.
#126 2x Barlow Lens: An amplifying lens, the multi-coated #126 2x Barlow (Fig. 36)
doubles the power of all eyepieces with which it is used. Insert the #126 into the
telescope’s eyepiece holder first, followed by an eyepiece.
Example: By itself, the
26mm e
y
epiece yields a power of 73X with the ETX-125PE; when used with the #126
2x Barlow Lens, this eyepiece yields 146X.
#64 T-Adapter: The basic means of photography through any ETX Astro telescope,
the #64 T-Adapter threads to the rear cell of the telescope, followed by a T-Mount
appropriate to the user’s brand of 35mm camera. In this way, the camera body is
rigidly coupled to the telescope's optical system, which in effect becomes the cam-
era's lens (see
PHOTOGRAPHY, page 38).
ETX-90PE ETX-105PE ETX-125PE
Eyepiece
Power 2x Barlow Power 2x Barlow Power 2x Barlow
SP 6.4mm 195X 390X 230 459 297X 594X**
SP 9.7mm 129X 258X 152 303 196X 392X
SP 12.4mm 101X 202X 119 237 153X 306X
SP 15mm 83X 166X 98 196 127X 253X
SP 20mm 63X 126X 74 147 95X 190X
SP 26mm * 48X 96X 57 113 73X 146X
SP 32mm 39X 78X 46 92 59X 119X
SP 40mm 31X 62X 37 74 48X 96X
SWA 16mm 78X 156X 92 184 119X 238X
SWA 20mm 63X 126X 74 148 106X 211X
SWA 24mm 52X 104X 61 122 79X 158X
UW
A 4.7mm
266X N/A
313 N/A 404X N/A
UW
A 6.7mm 187X 374X ** 219 439** 284X 567X**
*
Included as standard-equipment with the ETX models
.
**
Use these eyepieces only under extremely steady atmospheric conditions.
Fig. 35: Optional
Eyepieces yield higher and
lower magnifying powers.
Fig. 36: Use the #126 2x
Barlow Lens to double the
magnification of the
e
y
epiece emplo
yed.
Fig. 37: #825 Right-Angle
Viewfinder
.
Barlow