Includes StarLock - the revolutionary new technology that makes target acquisition on your imaging sensor and accurate guiding during exposures completely automatic.
The 12" LX600-ACF comes fully equipped with AutoStar II keypad with 145,000 object library, Meade 1.25" diagonal mirror, 26mm Super Plossl eyepiece and 8x50 viewfinder with quick release bracket.
Power panel includes the following ports: 12V input, 12V output, illuminated reticle, handbox, RS-232 x1, StarLock, Aux, and Focuser.
Meade Microfocuser compatible, Microfocuser item (product code: 07080) sold separately.
Optical Tube with Split-Fork Arms: 16.3 kg (36 lbs). Drive Base with Split-Fork Arms: 23 kg (50 lbs).
Carries full one year UK warranty by Opticstar Ltd on behalf of Meade Instruments Corp.
LX600 telescope.
Easier to use. Easier to move. Smart. Only from Meade.
Meade’s remarkable LX600 f/8 ACF with StarLock technology takes a giant leap forward by making astro-imaging much easier and making setup and transportation a breeze. The LX600 is a simple to operate, portable package that makes taking great astrophotos as easy as focusing your camera and opening the shutter. The collection of features and technology integrated into the LX600 is unavailable from any other manufacturer and its ease of use cannot be duplicated by just attaching a set of add-ons to another scope.
Faster, sharper optical system
The LX600 employs a fast f/8 ACF™ optical system with high-contrast baffling that assures crisp, pinpoint imaging to the very edge of the field. The all-new optical tube assembly (OTA) features an internal Crayford-style, zero image-shift focusing system with a two-speed, 7:1 control.
Portability & transportation
Need a telescope system that can be easily broken down and moved to a dark-sky site? Always wanted a bigger telescope, but were worried about the weight? With the LX600 Split Fork design, you can have both. The OTA can be quickly separated from the mount, reducing the total weight that must be lifted at one time by 35 lb. This allows for easy setup and transportation even with a 12" or 14" OTA.
StarLock - full-time automatic guiding
StarLock is the revolutionary new technology that makes target acquisition on your imaging sensor and accurate guiding during exposures completely automatic. StarLock uses an 80mm f/5 optic and a super wide-angle lens in a two-camera system that automatically finds your target in high-precision, immediately captures a field star as dim as 11th magnitude and then guides to an accuracy of one arcsecond. There's no need for a separate guide or computer and the StarLock requires no user focusing or guide star selection. StarLock automatically programs periodic error correction and then corrects for any other errors down to virtually zero.
'Sky & Telescope' review
"...I can confidently say that it is the best telescope of its type that I have tested for astrophotography... [StarLock] is really amazing technology, and it sets the LX600 apart from any otherfork-mounted telescope on the market bar none."
Review by Dennis di Cicco, 'Sky & Telescope' magazine, May 2016.
