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Meade telescopes: Combining advanced technical features with affordable prices

Founded in 1972, Meade Instruments Corporation is a well-known designer and manufacturer of optical devices. Meade telescopes are innovative and technologically advanced products that are recognized to be among the best in the world. While maintaining an emphasis on value, Meade telescopes offer a wide variety of features, functions and prices.

Whether you're looking for a reflector or refractor, whether you're a novice or a seasoned pro, there are Meade telescopes are designed for every need and budget. Take the entry-level 2.8" refractor with "go-to" technology. Using the "Autostar" feature, the user is able to point the telescope instantly at any one of 30,000 catalogued objects with the push of a button. Once Autostar is programmed with a few simple parameters, it will track any catalogued object across the sky, keeping it constantly in the field of view. There are also 5" and 6" refractors with the same computerized tracking ease.

Many Meade telescopes utilize UHTC (ultra high transmission coating) on their optics. This affords a 20% increase in light throughput. A 10" refractor, for example, will have the light-gathering power of an 11" instrument. Other features on some Meade products include GPS (global positioning system) that make setting up and configuring the device a snap. "Smart mount" technology on some models provides pointing accuracy that constantly improves as you use the scope. Some systems have an electronic imaging camera that allows you to display real-time images taken from the scope directly on a computer screen.

Meade telescopes are among the best-selling in the world. With such a wide selection of features and prices, you're bound to one just right for you.

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Rita Liotta is a successful author and publisher at www.1st-at-binoculars.com.  Recommending binoculars, telescopes, rifle scopes, night vision, spotting scopes, laser sights, range finders & night vision goggles. 16-05-04