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Meade ETX-90EC (325 x 90mm) Telescope

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Key Features
  • Optical Design: Catadioptrics
  • Optical Diameter: 90 mm
  • Finderscope: Optical
  • Focal Length: 1250 mm
  • Max Useful Magnification: x 325
  • Mount Type: Altazimuth
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Meade ETX-90EC (325 x 90mm) Telescope
 
 
 
 
 
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The revolutionary Meade ETX-90EC goes anywhere with you at a moments notice and presents high-quality optical images in an ultraportable package. For the casual or beginning observer the Meade ETX-90EC may be all the telescope ever required. Or, for the advanced astronomer who already owns a larger instrument, the ETX-90EC is the perfect diffraction-limited field telescope.
 

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Average Rating: 4.0
 
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Finally, A Childhood Fantasy Fulfilled!

Date of Review:  Oct 6, 2000
Review: Meade ETX-90EC
The relative explosion of consumer-oriented telescopes in the past few years has been a boon to the child in all of us who has always wanted to fulfill that dream of traveling to the moon and beyond. Remember back to age 7?...
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  5.0

by: owenzelig
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
High Quality, Great Design, Opens Up...
Cons
Can Get Expensive
 

Looks cool, but is flawed

Date of Review:  Oct 5, 2001
The Bottom Line: This thing looks cool, but it's not really s good a deal. Use your budget on the optics and not frills to get a good scope.
Review: The ETX-90 was hailed by Sky and Telescope and many others when it first appeared as the dream telescope everyone had been waiting for. It looked really cool. It looked like a new version of the legendary Questar 3.5" Maksutovs which, 50 years after...
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  1.0

by: Pirich
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Compact, lightweight
Cons
difficult to use, poor quality plastic...
 

A big disappointment- but it helped me define WHAT I wanted

Date of Review:  Dec 31, 2000
Review: I've always been intrigued by astronomy and wanted a telescope to explore the solar system. I finally bought an ETX90 with high expectations. The first thing I discovered was it's hard to set up a telescope for accurate orientation to the North Star...
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  2.0

by: STLambert
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Affordable, compact
Cons
Difficult to set up, Difficult to use.
 
 

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Product Details and Features

Product MPN

MPN 35140304

Key Features

Optical Design   Catadioptrics
Optical Diameter 90 mm
Finderscope   Optical
Focal Length 1250 mm
Max Useful Magnification x 325
Mount Type   Altazimuth

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UPC 999999000149
Product ID 20714791
 

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Meade ETX-90AT Astro Telescope with UHTC Coatings
Want to see a hard-to-find deep-space galaxy? Simply push a button. Want to look at Jupiter? Again use one finger. The same goes for the moon the other planets stars nebulae and more. Just pick an object you want to observe press a button and the ETX-90AT AutoStar controller will automatically point your telescope to put the desired star galaxy or planet right in your eyepiece.It gets even better too! Don't know just what you want to see on an evening? Go to the "Tonight's Best" tour in your AutoStar controller. It automatically selects the best objects in the sky for any particular season time and location from a built-in database of over 30000 celestial objects. Then it puts them in the eyepiece for you to view. All you need is a clear night a dark sky and a little curiosity. Whether you already know the sky by heart or are just beginning your journey of discovery your Meade ETX-90AT will take you where you want to go - conveniently. Truly astronomy has never been so fun and rewarding! Maksutov- Cassegrain Op
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Diffraction limited optics in a portable, 90mm Maksutov- Cassegrain design.The Meade ETX-90PE incorporates exotic multi-layer optical coatings optimize light transmission and utilizes internal flip mirror design.The Deluxe Field Tripod works in either altazimuth or equatorial mode and is fully adjustable to any user height.The Meade ETX-90PE is completely computerized and includes Deluxe AutoStar Controller with 30,000 object database. Motorized Dual-Axis Drive System, Automatic Alignment and Smart Finder, Included Eyepiece, Planetarium Software, Training DVD, Carry Case and more!
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