Meade LS 6-Inch SC (f/10) Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope

by Meade

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 21 x 14.5 x 30 inches ; 53.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 55 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B003IT5LBI
• Item model number: 0610-03-12
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,118 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
  • #28 in Camera & Photo > Binoculars, Telescopes & Optics > Telescopes > Catadioptric
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 20, 2009

Product Description

Aperture: 152.4mm(6-Inch). Focal Length: 1524mm. Meade’s revolutionary LS LightSwitch series of telescopes use advanced technologies like GPS, LNT and ECLIPS CCD imaging to do what no other consumer telescopes have done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. Simply flip the switch and the LS automatically aligns itself. Astronomer Inside then takes you on a guided multimedia tour of the best objects in your sky. The aluminum mount is lightweight and portable, yet has a rigid structure with precision worm-gear drives for the ultimate in tracking and pointing accuracy. All this combined with Meade’s Advanced Coma-Free or Schmidt-Cassegrain optical systems provide the stargazer with the most sophisticated, yet easiest to use telescope ever. AutoStar III — TOTAL CONTROL The easy-to-use hand-held controller lets you select from a huge object database, with over 100,000 celestial objects. Just select an object and push the “GoTo” button and the telescope will automatically put your object in the eyepiece. The AutoStar III also gives you complete control of the Astronomer Inside multimedia features only available from Meade. FEATURES: LightSwitch Technology The LS knows where it is in time and space even if you don’t. Just flip the switch and be ready to explore the cosmos. Innovative technology is applied to make using the LS simple, easy and fun. Astronomer Inside Learn the secrets and details of the objects you observe while you are viewing them with both audio through the built-in speaker and video (if connected to a video monitor or TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Telescope! Best one I've owned!, November 28, 2011

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This review is from: Meade LS 6-Inch SC (f/10) Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (Electronics)

As an amateur astronomer, I have been looking to upgrade from my Meade ETX 105 PE telescope. It's an excellent telescope, but the thought of having a telescope that autoaligns was very intriging. The LS telescope I purchased was an open-box item, but was in perfect cosmetic condition. The optics were also in perfect condition too. However, like so many people I recieved a "flash read error" as soon as I turned the telescope on. I ordered a Sandisk 2gb miniSD card with the SD adaptor to update the firmware. The SD slot in the telescope is a MINISD and has to be 2gb or less. The telescope DOES NOT recognize SDHC cards. Make sure you put the miniSD in telescope with the pins "facing" torwards the lightswitch button. In other words, you can see the pins disappearing as it goes in. You will feel the card springing back at you, but this is normal so just push it until the card goes in. I am giving clear directions on this because I put the miniSD card in backwards. The card "clicked in" just like the SDcard adaptor did in my memory card reader. With the telescope item being open box, and the complaints of the LS being picky on the type of miniSD card, I thought it was broken. Anyways, once the miniSDcard was in correctly and the telescope was turned on, it recognized the card and I was able to update (reload) the firmware. If your telescope has firmware 1.6a installed, you have to use a miniSD card to reload the firmware.This was the case with me. Once I had a clear night, I was able to see that the telescope does exactly what it's advertised to do. Many people have had problems with the telescope detecting GPS satelites However, this was not the case with me. The telescope found the GPS satellites within a matter of seconds and began the autoalign procedure. Furthermore, Meade recomends being far away from a house, a car, anything metal. The telescope was about 4 feet from a car and 15 feet from my house and I experienced no issues with the GPS. The telescope finds then finds north, detects the level and tilt of the telescope, finds the alignment stars, and centers them with the CCD camera. It is actually amazing to see the technology work as advertised.The optics are excellent and the guided tour is vey cool. The problems that seem to have plagued these telescopes seem to be resolved. I have put alot of detail in this review because I don't want people to be persuaded by the bad reviews. This is an excellent telescope so do not hesitate to buy it!!!!!!