Meade LX850 10" F/8 ACF OTA
Advanced Coma-Free OTA. Objective lens diameter: 254mm. Focal length: 2032mm
| Product ID | 71721 |
| Brand | Meade Instruments Corp. |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| EAN | 0643824209268 |
| Package size (LxWxH) | 75x51x40 cm |
| Shipping Weight | 19.3 kg |
Meade 10" f/8 ACF Optical Tube Assembly with the Losmandy-style dovetail. The bare essentials for an unbeatable price. We're proud to offer the f/8 OTA without the accessories for an ultra-low cost.
Building on Meade’s award-winning Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optics, the 10" OTA employs a fast f/8 optical system with high-contrast baffling that insures crisp, pinpoint imaging to the very edge of the field. Features an internal zero image shift Crayford-style focusing system with a two-speed 7:1 reduction control that provides smooth, precise focusing at any magnification. Also features Meade's Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC) for maximum brightness and contrast, an oversized low-expansion primary mirror for extra aperture and to prevent thermal expansion of the mirror, and diffraction-limited optics.
Includes precision machined Losmandy-style dovetail rail mated to the tube with wide-stance radius blocks for rock-steady mounting, and front and rear dust covers. Focal length 2032mm. OTA weight is 15kg.
Features:
- 10" f/8 Advanced Coma Free optics – 2032mm focal length
- Meade Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC)
- Oversized low-expansion borosilicate primary mirror
- Losmandy-style mounting rail
| Product ID | 71721 |
| Brand | Meade Instruments Corp. |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| EAN | 0643824209268 |
| Package size (LxWxH) | 75x51x40 cm |
| Shipping Weight | 19.3 kg |
| Optical design | catadioptric |
| Optical scheme | coma-free Schmidt–Cassegrain |
| Optics material | borosililate glass with a low coefficient of thermal expansion |
| Optics coating | UHTC |
| Objective lens diameter (aperture), mm | 254 |
| Focal length, mm | 2032 |
| Lowest practical power, x | 42 |
| Highest practical power, x | 650 |
| Aperture ratio | f/8 |
| Resolution threshold, arcseconds | 0.456 |
| Limiting stellar magnitude | 14.5 |
| Focuser | internal, Crayford, backlash-free, dual speed (7:1) |
| Optical tube mounting mode | dovetail plate (Losmandy standard) |
| Dovetail mount | ✓ |
| User level | professionals |
| Observed object | planets of the Solar System and deep-sky objects |
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