Meade DS-2114ATS-LNT 114mm AutoStar Reflecting Telescope
Let modern technology bring the cosmos to your eyes and guide your explorations of the skies with this AutoStar Reflector Telescope by Meade. It features precision optics combined with computerized navigation that puts the universe at your fingertips. This telescope features a large 114mm precision polished primary mirror, front surface coated with highly reflective aluminum and protected by a hard silicone-monoxide quartz over-coat. It gathers 361% more light than a 60mm diameter lens, showing far brighter and more highly detailed images. This is very advantageous when observing faint, far away deep-space objects. Its AutoStar (AT) computer controller automatically locates and tracks over 1400 celestial objects at the touch of a few buttons. AutoStar features easy-to-use menus to guide you through its comprehensive database and amazing operations. It obliterates 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 have otherwise required years of study 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, plus a text description of most objects to be observed. This makes exploring the heavens as easy as scrolling the menus, pushing the GO TO button and watching as AutoStar does all the work locating and tracking database objects. After acquiring an object, AutoStar tracks objects at the precise sidereal rate needed to keep them centered in the eyepiece. It features 9-speed operation on both axes from slow to fast. Otherwise a planet will move out of an eyepiece's field at modest power in 15 to 30 seconds due to the Earth's rotation. The oversized bearings offer smoother motions in altitude and azimuth than those usually achieved with manual telescopes. This provides a degree of mechanical precision and smoothness that enables extremely accurate and consistent motions about both axes. Refinements like this make DS telescopes fun and easy to operate. Its Level North Technology points the telescope northwards, so when combined with the Autostar system it virtually aligns itself. You also receive PC compatible Meade Navigator astronomy software that includes a database of over 10,000 celestial objects for you to explore. Other details of your Computerized Relector Telescope include: Adjustable aluminum tripod (2) 1.25" super Plossl eyepieces DS-2000 mount Red dot finder Astronomy software DVD Tripod tray and hardware packet Measures approx. 18"L x 5" in diameter Uses 8 AA batteries (not included) Model #: DS-2114ATS-LNT Comes with a manufacturer's 1 year limited warranty For warranty information about your Meade AutoStar Telescope, please call HSN.com Customer Service at 800.933.2887 (8 am-1 am ET). About Meade Telescopes...From small