ETX-LS

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

THE NEW 6" and 8" ETX-LS® WITH LIGHTSWITCH™ TECHNOLOGY.
BRINGING THE FUN BACK TO ASTRONOMY.

Meade takes out all the hassles and puts in all the fun with the all-new ETX–LS featuring LightSwitch technology. Now it’s fast and easy to perform all start-up functions with just a lip of the switch. The revolutionary LightSwitch technology automatically delivers telescope location, time, date, orientation and alignment with the sky — all with a single touch. And thanks to Meade’s exclusive Advanced Coma-Free™ optics, you see it all in stunning Ritchey-Chrétien-like clarity. And with the Astronomer Inside comprehensive multi-media content, you experience the universe in a way you never have before. In short, the ETX-LS incorporates everything you’ve come to expect from Meade, the undisputed leader in innovation and quality.

Just look at all these radically new, cutting–edge features:

LIGHTSWITCH TECHNOLOGY FOR EASY, AUTOMATIC SELF-ALIGNMENT
Meade’s patented automatic self-alignment system — just one touch and it does all of the work for you. No stars to center. No bearings to take. No time or location to enter. Just lip the switch, and the Integrated Sensor Module in combination with the ECLIPS™(Electronically Controlled Locate Identify Position System) CCD imager delivers all the information necessary to automatically align your ETX-LS for fast, accurate, hassle-free viewing. All at the lip of a switch.

MEADE’S ASTRONOMER INSIDE
Take a multi-media guided tour of the universe, or select your favorite object and the ETX-LS’ Astronomer Inside gives you fun and informative audio descriptions of over 500 objects while you view them in the eyepiece — or experience the whole dazzling multi-media presentation on an attached video monitor — complete with audio, video, still images and text.

ACF™ (ADVANCED COMA-FREE™ ) OPTICS — SHARP, CLEAR, BRLLIANT
Meade’s proprietary, Advanced Coma-Free optics will wow you at irst sight. Distortion-free clarity. Sharp-as-a-tack resolution. ACF’s state-of-the-art optics are so good, you’ll see more objects than you’ve ever thought possible. Just compare ACF to Ritchey-Chretien systems selling for $10,000 or more, and ACF’s quality will absolutely astound you.

BUILT-IN IMAGING EXCITEMENT
The built-in ECLIPS CCD lets you capture images of your favorite celestial wonders and display them in real-time or save them to the SD card, with no external computer needed. You can even connect and control another DSI CCD camera and view images on an external monitor or save the images to the SD card or an external computer. Either way, you can start astro-imaging on your first night out!

AUTOSTAR III® — TOTAL CONTROL
The easy-to-use hand-held controller lets you select from a huge object database, with over 100,000 celestial objects. Just select an object and push the “GoTo” button and the telescope will automatically put your object in the eyepiece. The AutoStar III also gives you complete control of the Astronomer Inside multimedia features only available from Meade.

So drop by, or visit at www.meade.com to learn more about the exciting new ETX-LS — the hassle-free telescope that makes viewing the heavens fun again. Only from Meade.

Available in 6" ACF in store now