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All our parallel rail systems

HD camera mounting platform

AC509

89.99

AC Mains Power Supply Unit
12V IC-Regulated AC Mains Power Supply Unit 1200mA
 

Suitable for all 12V Meade telescopes including LX90, LX200Classic/GPS LXD55 and all 12V ETX models. IC-regulated DC output. Automatic thermal cut-off and short circuit protection. Automatic overload protection. With red LED indicator. Total lead length over 3m.

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The MegaWedge
Heavy-Duty Field Power Station 12V 17.5Ah Battery

The HD Field Power Station has a cigar lighter socket and meter to indicate battery charge and output level. This unit has power to spare and will run an LX200 all night long with a complement of anti-dew heaters running at the same time. Includes integral red night-vision utility light. Even includes built-in jump leads to start your car with its 400amp cold cranking power! High-impact slimline case with carrying handle. Complete with in-car recharging cable and AC mains recharging transformer (220-240V for UK use only available at this time).

Includes a 1.2m long LX and ETX telescope connection cable.

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12V 7.5m (25ft) Power Extension Cable
12V 7.5m (25ft) Power Extension Cable

 

This fuse-protected extension cable has a 10m reach and a standard cigar lighter plug at one end. To minimise the risk of tangles the cable has a right-angle LX telescope connection jack plug (2.5mm). With red LED indicator light (Equivalent to Meade #607).

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AC Mains Power Supply
Heavy Duty 13.8V 6amp (max) Regulated AC Mains Power Supply Unit with Cigar Lighter Socket Output

 

Suitable for all 12V Meade telescopes including LX90, LX200Classic/GPS, LXD55 and all 12V ETX models. Heavy duty 6amp regulated DC output, ideal for use with anti-dew heaters in an observatory situation (see Anti-dewing Equipment section). Fuse protected. Output to cigar lighter and 4mm sockets (banana). Does not include telescope connection cable. See AC367 below.

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Portable Astro Power Station
Compact Astro Power Station
A rechargeable 12V 10Ah battery power supply for telescopes
 

Half the physical size of other battery power supplies, but well over half the power - the Compact Astro Power Station packs a surprising punch. Its heavy-duty 12V10Ah battery will run a telescope for days, or a telescope and small anti-dewing system all night. Versatile and powerful, the unit has a built-in night vision-saving red work-light to help set up your scope, and built-in jump leads to start your car! Supplied with 12V ETX/LX telescope connection cable, AC mains charging unit and a 12V car recharging cable (to recharge the battery unit from a car cigar lighter socket).

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collumates
Coll-U-Mates
Replacement collimating knobs for all LX SCTs
 

Good SCT performance is heavily dependent on good collimation. These simple knob screws replace the three existing hex key-adjustable screws on the secondary, making collimation an easy, intuitive task that you can do in minutes every time you use your scope (as you should to get the best out of your instrument). Coll-U-Mates can be fitted in less than 2 minutes - just follow the simple instructions and your scope will be so easy to collimate you'll never look back! Full instructions are included. NB: Please specify aperture when ordering

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Tiltable Piggy-Back Brackets
For tracked astro-photography with all LX telescopes
 

The Tiltable Piggy-Back Bracket allows the supported camera to be pointed at any angle regardless of the pointing attitude of the telescope. For use with all LX series telescopes including the 14" and 16" LX200/GPS. For heavier equipment the tilting head can be easily removed and cameras and telescopes can be fitted directly to the supporting plate with the thumb screw provided in the kit. Supplied with all fixings, tools and instructions. NB: Please specify scope aperture size when ordering. We recommend that some form of counterbalance aid be employed with this product - see below.

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BACKCAP
Deluxe thread-on SCT back-cap


OK, we admit it - sometimes we make things just for the heck of it! It is possible to live without a hand- finished and polished aluminium back-cap with inlaid rubber grips. Truly the Deluxe thread-on SCT back-cap is hardly our most vital accessory. Of course it does a great job protecting your visual-back threads from damage and keeping the interior of the scope free from dust and freeloading insects. But, who cares? The really important thing is it feels great and looks stunning!

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Basic Counterbalance System
Basic Counterbalance System for use with all LX telescopes


The Basic Counterbalance System provides a simple means of balancing cameras and other accessories fitted to all Meade LX telescopes. Easily attached the system comes with two weights (3lb - 1.35kg total) and is supplied with fitting tool and instructions. Additional weights are available

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Deluxe 3D Rail Counterbalance System
Deluxe 3D Rail Counterbalance System
For use with all LX telescopes

This system is for the advanced user and provides highly responsive 3D balancing, allowing the weights to be placed in the widest range of positions and angles along the full length of the optical tube assembly. Available for all Meade LX telescopes including the 16" LX200/GPS. Manufactured from steel, aluminium and brass, the 3D system is easily attached and comes with two weights (3lb - 1.35kg total) and is supplied with fitting tool and instructions. Can be left permanently in position without weights. Additional weights are available.

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Parallel Rail Ring Mounting System
For use with all LX telescopes

The Parallel Rail Ring Mounting System allows small telescopes and camera lenses to be piggy-back mounted on top of all Meade LX-series telescopes including the 16" LX200/GPS. There are two sizes of mounting ring available: 125mm ID (5") and 180mm ID (7"). The rings slide and lock anywhere on the twin hexagonal rails. Manufactured entirely from aluminium, the lightweight system is easily attached and comes with all fastenings, fitting tool and instructions. Please specify telescope model and aperture when ordering.

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T-mount Extension Tube
T-mount Extension Tube


This 50mm long T-mount extension tube with male T-thread at one end and female T-thread at the other can be used to solve a variety of photographic problems. Most importantly it can be attached to the Combi (AC306) adaptor above to make an eyepiece projection camera adaptor. Precision-turned with a knurled barrel and finished in black anodic dye.

(when employed with AC306 equivalent to Meade #64-T + 1.25).

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Focus-Master Lens Cap
Focus-Master Lens Cap
Combined astro-photography focusing aid and off-axis Solar filter holder
(also aids collimation!)

Great astro-photography depends heavily on perfect focus. The Focus-Master is a three hole mask that fits over the end of the telescope and helps you achieve perfect focus in seconds. In poor seeing conditions, or on a dim camera focusing screen or CCD monitor, it can be difficult to tell the difference between one focus position and another. With the Focus-Master attached there is no uncertainty: if the image is out of focus you will see not one but three images.

Adjust the focus and make the three images merge into one and the instrument is focused. Simply remove the mask and you are ready to begin imaging.

But the story doesn't end here. One aperture of the Focus-Master has a special threaded rim that enables our range of precision-mounted glass solar filters to be screwed into place for off-axis viewing* (see next item below for more info). If this isn't enough, the Focus-Master also provides a good method of checking and adjusting collimation. Still not convinced? The Focus-Master has three large plastic plugs for it's holes so it makes a perfect replacement dust cover as well! Please specify aperture when ordering.

*Our range of adapters can also be fitted with Coronado Ha filters.

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solar
Solar Observation Filters
Discover the nearest star, our Sun, in stunning detail with your Meade LX telescope.

Our solar filters have been designed to allow direct viewing or photography of broadband solar phenomena (sunspots, faculae etc). Because of the poor seeing that usually attends daytime telescopic observations we do not consider full aperture solar filters much beyond 100mm (4") diameter to be very worthwhile. With this in mind we have produced a high quality filter system that exploits the Focus-Master (above) and allows the use of smaller filters off-axis. The filter is manufactured from glass and has a multi-layered metalised coating applied by a process of evaporation in a vacuum chamber. For safe and secure observation, the glass filter is sealed in a high precision black anodised aluminium cell that screws directly onto the thread on the front of the Focus-Master. For safety, the glass filter is held in the cell with precision-machined screws and not glue (or tape!) as in some competitors products. Solar observation can be dangerous ­ read enclosed instructions carefully.

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LX solar finder
Converts your standard 50mm optical view finder into a solar finder

Simplicity itself to fit and use, the LX solar finder fits directly over the front of the standard Meade LX viewfinder. Lock it into place with the single nylon thumbscrew, and in seconds your LX is fitted with a safe solar finder. Your crosshairs are safe from burning through as the solar finder fits like a cap covering the optical finder lens completely. Point the scope in the general direction of the sun, and a small image of the sun a couple of millimetres in diameter will appear on the projection screen - simply steer the telescope and centre the bright dot in the circle-sight and the instrument is pointing directly at the sun! Fits many other finders with front lens cell barrels between 50 and 63mm diameter inclusive. The insert (top right) in the picture shows the rear of the projection screen seen from the eyepiece end of the telescope. Observing the sun is dangerous and can cause permanent blindness. The LX solar finder must only be used in conjunction with a safe solar viewing energy rejection filter (see above).

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dewshields
Flexible Dew Shields

Our Easy-Fit Flexible dew shields will combat dewing and keep stray light at bay. The shield features black fibre flocking on the inside for improved image contrast and good infrared absorption (good for CCD imaging). A perfect fit is achieved by hidden Velcro fixing strips that hold the tube to itself and not the scope. The shields will simply undo along their Velcro joint and lay flat for storage.

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Wheel-Easy Telescope Moving Dolly
Wheel-Easy Telescope Moving Dolly
The easy way to move your LX telescope

The Wheel-Easy is a telescope moving dolly that fits a wide range of telescope tripods including all Meade models up to and including the 10" LX200 (it also fits Celestron models up to 11"). Fully adjustable to fit all tripods with a leg spread of between 31" to 36". With the addition of the leg extender pack, the 12" and 14" LX200 models can be accommodated. Supplied with instructions all fastenings and assembly spanner.

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eyepiecetray
Eyepiece and Autostar™ Handset holder Tray

The eyepiece tray has been designed to place 1.25" eyepieces and your Autostar™ handset conveniently to hand during an observing session. The EP tray provides a useful and safe storage space around the base of the LX90 telescope and offers 360 eyepiece-storage and four handset-hanger cut-outs. The tray also fits the LX10 LX50 LX200GPS and Classic range of telescopes (used in Altazimuth mode) but with fewer eyepiece holes available. The tray simply fits underneath the telescope between the base and the tripod head, no screws or tools required. Finished in durable black powder coating.

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Under Wedge
Under Wedge Eyepiece and Autostar™ Handset holder Tray
For use under the Meade™ Std, Super Wedge and the BC&F AE MegaWedge

• Places eyepieces and handset safely and conveniently to hand and provides large work area around telescope pier or tripod

• Integral handset holders for LX200 Classic and LX200GPS (Autostar II) cures wire tangles with GPS auto alignment

• Easy, no bolts required, fitting underneath wedge

Includes two 2" to 1.25" storage hole adaptors

The Under Wedge Eyepiece Tray has been designed to place 1.25" and 2" eyepieces and the Autostar™ and Classic handset conveniently to hand during an observing session when using a wedge mounted LX telescope. The tray provides a useful and safe storage space around the base of the telescope and offers near 360 eyepiece-storage and two handset-hanger cut-outs. The tray simply fits underneath the wedge between the tripod or pier head, no screws or tools required. Finished in durable black powder coating.

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Under Wedge
Top of Wedge Eyepiece and Autostar™ Handset holder Tray
For use with the Meade™ Std, Super Wedge and the BC&F AE MegaWedge

• Places eyepieces and handset safely and conveniently to hand

• Integral handset holders for LX200 Classic and LX200GPS (Autostar II) Cures wire tangles with GPS auto alignment

• Easy fitting on top of wedge—does not require the disassembly of wedge (on Polar aligned piers etc.)

Includes two 2" to 1.25" storage hole adaptors

The Top of Wedge Eyepiece Tray has been designed to place 1.25" and 2" eyepieces and your Autostar™ handset conveniently to hand during an observing session when using a wedge mounted LX telescope. It offers less storage space than the Under Wedge Tray but has the benefit that it can be attached without dismantling an observatory pier installation and losing polar alignment. The tray provides a useful and safe eyepiece storage at the base of the telescope and provides two Autostar handset-hanger cut-outs. The tray simply fits on top of the wedge using the central bolt or knob as a fastening point. Finished in durable black powder coating.

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latitude
Deluxe Latitude Adjuster for Meade Standard Wedge

For precise polar alignment using the Meade Standard Wedge.

The Deluxe Latitude Adjuster allows precise setting of the Meade Standard Wedge's latitude position by simply rotating one slow-motion knob control. Constructed of aluminium and stainless steel, the adjuster is supplied with all fixings and instructions.

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