Meade Electronic Digital Series Telescope

Randall Edwards

The Meade Electronic Digital Series Telescope is a popular, state-of-the-art telescope that is great for both beginner and advanced astronomers. It features a 6-inch f/8 Schmidt-Cassegrain primary optics, a 9.7mm Super Plossl eyepiece, a 1.25” star diagonal, and a fully adjustable, heavy duty tripod. This telescope also comes with a full set of electronic accessories, including a computerized hand controller, a long focal length barlow lens, and an adjustable light shield that helps reduce light pollution.

Meade Electronic Digital Series Telescope
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Setting up the Meade Electronic Digital Series Telescope is relatively easy and straightforward. To begin, attach the telescope to the tripod and mount the tripod to a level surface. Then, attach the diagonal and eyepiece to the telescope. Next, connect the hand controller to the telescope and power up the telescope with the included power adapter. Finally, adjust the focuser knob on the telescope until the image is sharp.

The telescope is equipped with a powerful hand controller that offers many features. The hand controller allows users to manually move the telescope to the desired position, to select from a library of over 30,000 pre-programmed objects, to store images and videos, to access the Internet for real-time updates and images, and to control the telescope from a remote location.

The Meade Electronic Digital Series Telescope also includes a variety of useful accessories. The included long focal length barlow lens allows users to increase the magnification of the telescope, while the adjustable light shield helps reduce light pollution. Additionally, the Meade Electronic Digital Series Telescope comes with a smartphone adapter, which allows users to take pictures and videos of their observations and share them with friends and family.

Meade Focusing Wobble – Easy FIX from Supercooper Telescope Help.

Some Meade refractors have an awfully designed drawtube arrangement that means that when the tube is wound out, it goes UP! and when wound in, it goes DOWN!!! This is far from ideal and gives BIG focusing problems and flaring of the image and even movement of the image in the eyepiece view! I had a look at such a scope and made a ‘rider’ for the front of the drawtube that exactly fits the inside of the telescope tube.

In conclusion, the Meade Electronic Digital Series Telescope is a great choice for both beginner and advanced astronomers. It is easy to set up and use, and comes with a variety of useful accessories. The powerful hand controller allows users to search for and explore new objects, store and share images and videos, and access the Internet for real-time updates and images.

With its advanced features and user-friendly design, the Meade Electronic Digital Series Telescope is the perfect choice for anyone looking to explore the night sky.


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