The NEW Meade LX90ACF Computerized Telescopes 1210-90-03 can do more than track satellites. Meade LX 90 ACF 12" Telescope talks to them as well. Turn the Meade LX-90 ACF 12 in Advanced Coma Free Telescope on and the built-in Sony GPS sensor immediately determines your precise date, time and location. Meade AutoAlign then uses this info to align your scope for a tour of the most spectacular sights in the universe. With all the features of the legendary Meade LX 90 Advanced Coma Free plus the ability to communicate to satellites, the new Meade LX90 ACF 12 inch Telescope now has it all. When it comes to industry-leading American-made optics, depth of features, and value for your dollar, Meade LX90 ACF Telescope is the best telescope value you can find. Meade LX90 ACF Telescopes are upgraded versions of older Meade LX90 LNT Telescopes. Meade LX90ACF Astro Telescopes includes both GPS & LNT (Level North Technology).

Meade 12 LX90 ACF Advanced ComaFree Computerized Telescopes:

• 1210-90-03: Meade 12" LX 90 ACF Telescope w/ Meade UHTC

Meade AudioStar Controller - Meade LX 90 ACF Advanced Coma-Free Telescopes include Meade AudioStar Computer Controller. Meade AudioStar Controller helps you quickly find, and GoTo over 30,000 objects in the night sky. Meade Audio Star Computer Controller allows to View planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae and comets - all at the push of a button. You don't already know the night sky? Let the preprogrammed Tonight's Best tour in your Meade Audio Star automatically point your Meade Telescope to the best objects in the sky and play audio clips with detailed information. Astronomy has never been so easy and rewarding. Meade AudioStar can be updated after purchase. Log on to www.meade.com to download software upgrades, guided tours and timely objects like comets, satellites and new discoveries - Free! Keep your Meade AudioStar Computer up-to-date, and your Meade LX90 ACF Go To Telescope will grow with you for years to come.

Autoalign - Meade LX 90 Telescopes with Meade Auto Align come pre-aligned. They are smart scopes that know the night sky right out of the box. Meade AutoAlign picks two fail-proof alignment stars for you and places them right in your viewfinder. Just center them to fine tune your alignment and the wonders of the universe are at your fingertips.

Advanced Coma-Free Design - Meade 's ACF optical design produces coma-free pinpoint star images and a flatter field that discerning astrophotographers and most professional observatories expect, and reduces the astigmatism and eliminates diffractions spikes found in classical RCs.

Oversized Primary Mirror - Only Meade manufactures their primary mirrors in diameters larger than their listed aperture (e.g. the diameter of Meade 8" LX90 Telescope 's primary mirror is actually 8.25").This additional 1/4" yields a wider, fully illuminated field-of-view, and allows you to see the light other telescopes leave behind.

Slew Speed - Meade LX 90 ACF Computerized Telescope slews (moves) from star to star at 7 degrees per second. That is more than twice as fast as the competition. This means that over the course of an evening, Meade LX90ACF Telescope will show you two to three times more objects.

Rigid Cast Aluminum Fork Mount - The Meade LX90ACF OTA Optical Tube Assembly is mounted on two sturdy fork arms giving you a rock solid platform for astrophotography.

Meade LX200 Series Tripod - Meade LX90 ACF Telescopes come standard with the same sturdy field tripod as the Meade LX200 ACF Telescopes.

Smart Drive - Meade AudioStar provides Periodic Error Correction PEC(in polar mode). Over the course of one or more training periods your LX90ACF Meade Telescope will minimize guiding corrections during long exposure astro photography.

Smartfinder (Red Dot) & 8 x 50 Viewfinder - Quickly and easily locate and center deep sky objects.

Made in the USA - All Meade LX90 ACF Telescopes are made in the USA at Meade 's state-of-the-art design and manufacturing facility in Irvine, California.

Meade UHTC - available on Meade 12 inch LX90 ACF 1210-90-01 model, Meade UHTC Ultra-High Transmission Coatings is a series of exotic optical coatings precisely tuned to optimize the visual, photographic and CCD imaging performance of your Meade LX90ACF Go To Telescope. Image brightness is increased by nearly 15% over standard Meade coatings.

Specifications for meade LX 90 ACF 12in Telescopes:

Clear Aperture:		12" (305mm)
Optical Design:		Advanced Coma-Free
Focal Length Focal Ratio:		3048mm f/10(12")
Optical Coating:		MgF2 on correcting plate (2-sides); standard aluminum on primary and secondary mirrors; Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC)
Optical Tube Dimensions (dia. x length):		13.6" x 25"
GPS:		Sony GPS
LNT Module:		Patented Level-North Technology with electronic level sensor, electronic magnetic north sensor, high-precision clock.
Smart Finder:		Red Dot viewfinder
Viewfinder:		8x50
Telescope Mounting:		fork-type; double tine
Setting Circle Diameters, RA and Dec.:		RA: 8"; Dec.: 5"
Zero Image-Shift Micro Focuser:		Optional, click here to order
GO TO Pointing Precision (approx.):		5-arc mins.
Pointing Precision, High Precision Mode:		3-arc mins.
Slow-Motion Controls:		Electric, RA and Dec
Meade AudioStar Hand Controller:		PIC 16C57 microcontroller; 2 line x 16 alphanumeric character display; 20-button keypad, red LED backlit
Batteries (user-supplied):		8 x C-cells
Battery Life (approx.):		60 hrs.
Onboard Celestial Object Database:		30,223 objects
Slew Speeds:		RA and Dec: 1x, 2x, 8x, 16x, 64x, 128x sidereal and 1.5°/sec., 3°/sec., 6.5°/sec.
Tracking Rates :		Sidereal, lunar, or custom-selected from 2000 incremental rates
Tube Body:		Aluminum
Mount Castings:		Aluminum
Primary, Secondary Mirrors:		Pyrex glass
Correcting Plate/Lens:		Clear Water White Glass
Telescope Weight:		60 lbs.
Tripod Weight:		19 lbs.
Field Tripod Height all models:		30" to 44" variable

Features of Meade 12" LX90 ACF GoTo Telescopes:

• Has both LNT and GPS Technologies
• Meade AutoAlign
• AudioStar Controller
• • Contains hours of audio descriptions of planets, stars, constellations, clusters, nebula, galaxies and more
  • Audio Star with Astronomer Inside takes you on a guided tour of the best objects in the night sky from your location at that time, playing audio descriptions of the objections and their details
  • AudioStar controls the telescope to track over 30,000 objects automatically
  • Meade Audio Star provides detailed knowledge of the cosmos on par with a professional astronomer
• Advanced Coma-Free Optical Design
• Oversized Primary Mirror
• Rigid Cast Aluminum Fork Mount
• Meade LX 200 Tripod
• Smart Drive
• Red Dot Smartfinder & 8x50 View Finder

Package Contents:

• Meade 12 inch LX 90 ACF UHTC Advanced Coma-Free Computerized Telescope w/ AudioStar, GPS, LNT 1210-90-03
• Double-Tine Fork Mount
• AudioStar hand controller w/ LNT (Level North Technology)
• 8x50mm Viewfinder
• Meade Red Dot SmartFinder
• 1.25" Star Diagonal
• Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl 26 mm eyepiece
• Meade AudioStar Suite Software
• Meade LX-200 ACF Series Tripod