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OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
A wide assortment of professional Meade accessories is available for the RCX400 tel-
escope models.The premium quality of these accessories is well-suited to the quality
of the instr
ument itself.
Consult the Meade General Catalog f
or complete details
on these and other accessories.
Meade Series 4000 Eyepieces:
Series 5000 TeleXtenders:
An advanced 4-element design flattens the field of view,
and the fully coated lenses deliv
er the maxim
um light transmission, the highest con-
trast and an image free of color fringing. Maintains a comfortable eye relief of longer
focal length eyepieces, while increasing magnification.
Series 4000 8 - 24mm Zoom Ey
epiece:
The inter
nal z
oom optics of this e
yepiece
move on smooth, precisely machined surfaces which maintain optical collimation at
all z
oom settings
.
A scale g
r
aduated in 1mm units indicates the z
oom f
ocal length in
operation. An excellent addition to any eyepiece set.
Series 4000 Photo-Visual Color Filters: Color filters significantly enhance visual
and photographic image contrast of the Moon and planets. Each filter threads into the
barrel of any Meade 1.25" eyepiece, and into the barrels of virtually all other eyepiece
brands as well. Meade filters are available in 12 colors for lunar and planetary appli-
cations, and in Neutral Density as a lunar glare-reduction filter.
Fig. 39: Series 5000 5 Element
Plossl Eyepieces.
Fig. 40: Series 5000 Super Wide
Angle Eyepieces.
Fig.
41:
Ser
ies 5000 Ultr
a Wide
Angle Eyepieces.
Fig. 42: Series 5000
TELEXTEN
-
DERS.
10” f/8 12” f/8 14” f/8 16” f/8
Eyepiece
Power/Actual Field Power/Actual Field Power/Actual Field Power/Actual Field
Plössl Ey
epieces (5 elements; 1.25”O.D., except as noted)
5.5mm (6-elements) 369/0.16° 443/0.14° 517/0.12° 591/0.10°
9 mm 226/0.26° 271/0.22° 316/0.19° 361/0.17°
14mm 145/0.41° 174/0.34° 203/0.30° 232/0.26°
20mm 102/0.58° 122/0.49° 142/0.42° 163/0.37°
26mm 78/0.76° 94/0.64° 109/0.55° 125/0.48°
32mm
(2" O.D.)
64/0.93° 76/0.79° 89/1.67° 102/0.59°
40mm
(2" O
.D.)
51/1.17
° 61/0.98° 71/1.85° 81/0.74°
Super
Wide Angle Eyepieces (6-elements; 1.25” O.D., except as noted)
16mm 127/0.53° 152/0.45° 178/0.38° 203/0.33°
20mm 102/0.67° 122/0.56° 142/0.48° 163/0.42°
24mm 85/0.80° 102/0.67° 119/0.57° 135/0.50°
28mm 73/0.93° 87/0.78° 102/0.67° 116/0.41°
34mm
(2" O.D.)
60/1.13° 72/0.94° 84/0.81° 96/0.59°
40mm
(2" O.D.)
51/1.33° 61/1.11° 71/0.96° 81/0.74°
Ultra Wide Angle Eyepieces (8-elements; 1.25”O.D., except as noted)
4.7mm 432/0.18° 519/0.16° 605/0.14° 691/0.12°
6.7mm 303/0.27° 364/0.23° 425/0.19° 485/0.17°
8.8mm 231/0.35° 277/0.30° 323/0.25° 369/0.22°
14mm 145/0.57° 174/0.47° 203/0.40° 232/0.35°
18mm 113/0.73° 135/0.61° 158/0.52° 181/0.45°
24mm
(2” O.D.)
85/0.96° 102/0.80° 119/0.68° 135/0.60°
30mm
(2” O.D.)
68/1.20° 81/1.01° 95/0.86° 108/0.76°
Magnification
Barrel Size # of elements
2x
1.25”
4
3x 1.25 4
5x 1.25 4
2x
2.00 (w/1.25”
adapter)
4