Meade Electronic Eyepiece

by Meade

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.4 x 2.6 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005QWZ4
• Batteries: 1 9V batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 19, 2001

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Meade Electronic Eyepiece with RCA video out cable to send images directly to your TV, VCR, or computer. Includes thread-on barrels in both 1.25" and .965". Powered by a 9v battery. This small-array monochrome eyepiece will have a field of view similar to a high powered 4mm eyepiece. Gain control is adjustable via a thumb dial. The Eyepiece can be used with virtually every telescope. With it you can view live video images of the Moon, planets, Stars and land objects on your television screen. Just connect the cable to the yellow-colored Video-in port of your TV set, Monitor or VCR. The Meade Electronic Eyepiece is easy to set-up and easy to use, and come supplied with a cable.

Product Description

Send real-time images from your Meade telescope to your television, VCR or camcorder. -- *Please Note: This Item is Shipped Directly from the Manufacturer. Please Allow 7-10 Business Days for Delivery

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A clever (and fun!) gadget, December 21, 2001

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Michael J Edelman (Huntington Woods, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meade Electronic Eyepiece (Electronics)

The name is somewhat misleading. What this is, actually, is a small, senitive black and white TV camera designed to slip into a telescope focuserin place of an eyepiece. Now this won't deliver images of faint, deep-sky objects- you need a cooled CCD and long exposures for that- but it will deliver excellent views of the moon and planets to a TV monitor, videorecorder of computer with video converter. Using videotape and a digitizer as a "poor man's active optics" it's possible to select frames and produce suprisingly good results.

At the asking price, it's a pretty good deal, too, and an inexpensive way to get started in digital astrophotograp

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun for bright objects, May 1, 2002

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Eric Smestad (Faribault, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Meade Electronic Eyepiece (Electronics)

There was very little documentation, nothing saying anything about the focal length to give any idea of the actual magnification.
Fun for bright objects, I've used it to get images of Jupiter and Saturn and some of the moon. I could only faintly see Jupiter's biggest moons when viewing on the TV screen (with the contrast set so Jupiter is washed out). When using my video capture card I couldn't get the moons to show up at any level of contrast, but still got some medeocre pics of Jupiter itself. There's not a very wide feild of view so it's very dificult to center something without tracking.
I've noticed that I can use it as a poor-man's electronic microscope by attaching my 25mm Meade eyepiece to it and using my trypod to help steady and focus.
A fun toy but I wouldn't expect to get any nebula or any other faint object with it.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beware..., December 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Meade Electronic Eyepiece (Electronics)

A few things you must know before purchasing the eyepiece:
1. The display is MONOCHROME (black & white)
2. You will need a 9-volt battery
3. In order to hook it up to the TV, your TV needs to have a yellow-colored Video-In port. Many TVs have it, duh, but yours might not. Some of us might have pawned our good TV set just to get enough cash for an ETX-90EC.
4. Keep in mind that you will need to take your TV or VCR where your telescope is. You might need an extension cord.
Have fun~*