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Messier N-150 on LXD-75 is a combination of refined, recognized optics quality and a great German mount with Meade's AutoStar search system. The OTA is a high-quality reflecting telescope with a 150mm primary mirror and a 1200mm focal length. Designed for both beginners and advanced astronomy enthusiasts, it is a versatile astronomical instrument of considerable size, allowing for advanced visual observations and sky photography with short exposure times. It is equipped with a 2-inch focuser with a 1.25-inch reduction, allowing for the use of both eyepiece frame sizes.
In terms of observing capabilities, this telescope can be used to observe both Solar System objects (the Moon, planets, asteroids, comets) and nebulae. It covers several hundred nebulae from the Messier and NGC catalogs. The Meade LXD75 mount is a rigid tripod with an equatorial head equipped with a GO-TO electronic object search and positioning system. Four precision steel bearings ensure smooth and even independent movement in the Right Ascension (RA) and Declination (DEC) axes (with a low PE periodic error). Precision worm gears allow the telescope to rotate and precisely track objects. Nine speed ranges allow you to quickly position the telescope to the desired area of the sky.
The drive can be powered by 8 R20 batteries, via the car cigarette lighter socket or with an AC adapter.
This mount is designed for demanding observers. The Meade #497 AutoStar system with GoTo and a database of 30,000 objects allows for easy finding and tracking of planets, stars, star clusters, galaxies, and satellites. The AutoStar controller includes a database of attractive tour routes. Simply enter the date, time, and location. The AutoStar controller can be updated through downloadable resources from the manufacturer's website ( www.meade.com ). For example, you can download information about new comets and enter it into the mount's control database.
Solid construction, excellent assembly finish combined with a stable tripod enable visual observations and photography at the highest level. | • Optical system: | Newton's reflector | | • Mirror diameter: | 150mm | | • Lens focal length: | 1200mm | | • Light Force: | 1/8 | | • Precision of the mirror: | 1/10λ | | • Resolving power: | 0.76'' | | • Theoretical stellar range: | 12.5mag | | • Maximum usable magnification: | 300x | | • Optical tube weight: | 8kg |
| • Assembly structure: | German assembly (equatorial with counterweight) | | • Assembly class: | EQ-6 | | • Average PE (periodic error): | about 18 seconds of arc | | • Maximum load capacity: | 15kg | | • Polar scope: | YES, backlit | | • Power supply: | 12V (typically 8 R20 batteries) | | • Drive: | YES, in two axes, remote controlled | | • Searching for objects: | YES, Meade AutoStar II, database of 30,000 objects | | • Accessories shelf: | YES |
Moon planets star clusters nebulae PC control
The set includes the following accessories: • 2" focuser with 1.25" reduction • Ploessl eyepieces: 25mm, 15mm and 10mm (1.25'') • 2x achromatic Barlow lens • 8x50 riflescope with reticle and adjustable illumination • Moon map, rotating sky map • German Meade LXD-75 EQ-6 equatorial mount with AutoStar II system • 2" steel tripod • Accessories shelf • AutoStar Suite AE software CD 2-year warranty
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This device focuses a large amount of light. Looking directly at the Sun through it can cause partial or complete vision loss. For observing the Sun, we recommend the safest method, eyepiece projection, which projects the image of the Sun's disc onto a sheet of paper.
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>> FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS << (click to expand the list of questions) Question : Can a beginner assemble and operate this telescope?
Answer: Each telescope comes with a comprehensive manual in Polish, which explains how to assemble the telescope and how to use it during observations. Customers usually have no difficulty assembling the telescope once they read the manual. Finding celestial objects during your first observations is a separate issue. Therefore, we recommend educational items in the Publications section (especially maps and astronomy guides) and Stellarium: an excellent, free "planetarium" program in Polish, ideal for learning about the sky and planning observations.
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Answer: Yes, of course. You can connect a DSLR camera to this or any other telescope. You'll need a projection adapter and a T2 adapter ring appropriate for your DSLR (there are five DSLR mount standards: Canon EOS, Nikon, Olympus E, Petax K, and Sony Alfa/Minolta AF). These adapters are available in our online store in the astronomy accessories section. Question : Can I attach a compact camera to this telescope? What accessories are needed?
Answer: Of course you can. You can find a suitable mount for compact cameras in the astronomy accessories section of our online store ( universal adapter for compact digital cameras ). Question : Can I attach a HYBRID camera (a large, compact camera with the dimensions of a SLR) to this telescope? What accessories are needed?
Answer: You can try this, but it's not recommended. So-called hybrids are poor performers in astrophotography because they lack the lens removal capabilities of an SLR, and their large size and large lenses make shelf systems unsuitable. Vignetting is significant because the lens can't be brought very close to the telescope's eyepiece. We recommend purchasing an SLR or an inexpensive compact camera. Question : What else is worth buying for this telescope?
Answer: The presented telescope is a complete set, ready for astronomical observations on the first clear night. As a supplement, we recommend educational publications, which will make both using the telescope and observing more conscious and easier. It's also worth considering purchasing planetary contrast filters and solar filter foils (available in the astronomy accessories section). Question : Can this telescope be used as a spotting scope/nature scope?
Answer: NO. This reflecting telescope (Newtonian) is not suitable for observing terrestrial objects because it produces an upside-down image ("green-down"), and there are no good optical methods for "restoring" it. However, this does not impede astronomical observations, because for a terrestrial observer, the concept of up and down makes sense on Earth; in space, it does not exist. Newtonian telescopes, on the other hand, are quite good for photographing terrestrial objects and observing airplanes at cruising altitudes. Question : Can I observe both planets and nebulae through this telescope? Is this telescope only for city or country viewing?
Answer: All telescopes offered allow observation of the Solar System's planets (all of them) and nebulae, or more precisely, galaxies, star clusters, emission nebulae, etc. The clarity of planetary surface detail and the number and brightness of nebulous objects are a separate issue. A smaller telescope has its own sky, a larger one its own, but we can always count on stunning observations of the Moon's surface structures, the phases of Mercury and Venus, the disk of Mars, Jupiter's belts and Jupiter's four Galilean moons, Saturn's ring, and the disks of Uranus and Neptune. The brightest nebulae, such as the Great Andromeda Nebula (M31), the Great Orion Nebula (M42), or the globular cluster in Hercules (M13), always delight; even a small telescope will reveal dozens of the most beautiful nebulae. Finally, a telescope equipped with a solar filter can be used to observe sunspots on the solar disk. There's no division between city and country telescopes; rather, there are recommendations: if the telescope will be used primarily in the city, in conditions of city light pollution and a highly unstable atmosphere (buildings radiate heat at night, warming the air, and the image begins to "float" like on a hot day over a hot road!), then an achromatic refractor (lens telescope) or a Maksutov (meniscus-reflecting) is recommended. Our primary targets will be planets and compact objects. On the other hand, under pitch-black, rural skies, it's worth using a Newtonian (mirror) telescope with the largest mirror we can afford, as we can count on a more stable and clearer atmosphere and excellent opportunities for observing nebulae. Question : Does this telescope include a tripod/mount?
Answer: Of course YES, every telescope has a mount unless it is described as OTA ( Optical Tube Assembly ). Question : You write that the telescope comes with assembly, does that mean you will come and assemble the telescope for me?
Answer: Mounting doesn't mean mounting , but rather the system for mounting the telescope's tube. It's important to understand that we never observe with an astronomical telescope "handheld"—we must mount the telescope on a system that allows it to be precisely aligned to any region of the sky. In an equatorial (also called equatorial or equatorial) mount , the telescope's optical tube is mounted on a tripod with a movable head with two axes: the hour axis (right ascension axis) and the declination axis, corresponding to the coordinates of objects on the celestial sphere. Don't worry—it's not difficult, although the names may seem exotic at first. An equatorial mount has one axis (right ascension axis) set so that, as the telescope rotates, it moves like the stars across the sky. At our latitudes, objects do not move in straight lines or circles (unlike at the poles, where they move in circles parallel to the horizon, or at the equator - where they rise and set always perpendicular to the horizon), but in arcs. In practice, a properly adjusted equatorial mount allows you to follow astronomical objects by moving the telescope in only one axis, allows you to take sky images with exposure times longer than a few seconds, and allows you to install a clock drive/motor to compensate for the Earth's daily rotation. In short, an equatorial mount is a typical astronomical mount.
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