Meade DS-2114ATS Polaris 114mm Reflecting Telescope with Tripod, Software
This Polaris Computer Controlled Reflecting Telescope by Meade lets you explore the heavens with the touch of a button. It combines state-of-the-art optics with convenient motorized technology that brings the stars and beyond to your own back yard. This telescope features a large 114mm precision polished primary mirror, with its front surface coated in highly reflective aluminum and protected by a hard silicone-monoxide quartz overcoat. It gathers 361 percent more light than a 60mm diameter lens, showing brighter and more detailed images. This helps a great deal when observing faint and distant deep space objects. The Autostar (AT) telescope system automatically locates and tracks over 1400 celestial objects at the touch of a few buttons. It features easy-to-use menus to guide you through its comprehensive database and incredible operations. This virtually eliminates the traditional learning curve needed to navigate the sky. Your very first night after an initial setup you can find hundreds of objects, some of which might otherwise needed years of study for you to locate. Autostar's substantial software programming includes 'guided tours' of the night's best objects, all the major planets, asteroids, comets,. satellites, Messier, Caldwell, SAO catalog objects and a text description of most objects to be observed. It makes exploring the heavens as easy as scrolling the menus, pushing the GO TO button and then watching as Autostar does all the work locating and tracking the database objects. Autotstar tracks objects at the precise sidereal rate needed to keep them centered in the eyepiece after they are acquired. It uses 9-speed operation on both axes from slow to fast to do this. Otherwise a planet will move out of a modest power eyepiece's field of view in between 15 and 30 seconds due to the Earth's rotation. The oversize bearings offer smoother motions in altitude and azimuth than those available on manual telescopes, making your telescope very easy to operate. Other details of your Motorized Reflector Telescope include: Newtonian reflector optical design 1000mm focal length, f/8.8 Uses 8 AA batteries (not included) Adjustable aluminum tripod with tray (2) 1.25" super Plossl eyepieces (MH9mm and MA25mm)AutoStar computer controller DS-2000 mount 5x24 view finder and bracket 2X Barlow lensHardware packet CD-ROM with software Measures approx. 18"L x 5" in diameter Model #: DS-2114ATS Comes with a manufacturer's 1 year limited warrantyFor warranty information about your Meade 114mm Reflector Telescope, please call HSN.com Customer Service at 800.933.2887 (8 am-1 am ET).About Meade Telescopes...From small beginnings - a one person business operating from a one-room apartment in 1972! - Meade has become a world leader in the design and manufacture of telescopes and accessories for amateur astronomers. Starting with eyepieces, focusers and viewfinders, the company steadily worked its way into buil