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Code: ME-TS-8LX200GPS-0810-50-30
MPN: 0810-50-30
Meade 8" LX200GPS SMT Telescope build on the legendary reputation of their predecessor LX200 telescopes and the result of a two-year design effort at the Meade facility, Meade 8" LX200 GPS-SMT Telescope take previous telescope technology to a level heretofore unimagined. Announced in September, 2001, few telescopes in the thirty-year history of Meade Instruments have aroused such intense interest, or been so quickly accepted, among both beginning and experienced amateur astronomers, but Meade 8" LX200-GPS SMT Telescope did.![]()
| Optical Design: | Schmidt-Cassegrain |
| Clear Aperture: | 203mm |
| Focal Length, Focal Ratio: | 2000mm f/10 |
| Resolving Power (arc secs.): | 0.56 |
| Optical Coatings: | MgF2 coatings on the correcting lens and standard aluminum coatings on the primary and secondary mirrors |
| Optical Tube Dimensions (dia. x length): | 9.1" x 16.75" |
| Telescope Mounting: | Heavy-duty fork type, double tine |
| Tripod: | Adjustable field tripod (30-44") |