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The companys innovative and technologically advanced products are recognized to be among the best in the world. This is an early vintage meade etx90ec, or equatorial clock drive telescope. It offers cordless operation, allowing you to use the telescopes dualaxis drive system for more than 40 hours on eight aa batteries. Products include astronomical telescopes and accessories, eyepieces, ccd imaging equipment, astronomical software, spotting scopes, binoculars, and microscopes. Astronomy etx sun meade b4250 from thousand oaks optical. To correct this problem you will need to update the autostar software by using the free trial version of starpatch or the meade asu. Dimension 4 is available for download at the following url.
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This lowprofile sp 26mm is designed to work in harmony with the ultracompact scale. Meades dsi camera control and basic image processing software. Upon installation, please use serial number 783a36800007296416. Meade instruments gives you a complete gotoenabled observation rig with the ability to make detailed observations of the moon, easily see planets, and reach outside the solar system to resolve bright deepspace objects with their venerable etx90 observer 90mm f. The meade etx 90ec is specially designed to be portable and used in the field. At the time, this telescope was also the first affordable alternative to highend products such as the questar maksutov cassegrain, and more than 20 years later its still a great telescope. Thats pretty much what i had gathered by lurking here for the last couple weeks. Your personal window to the universe the meade etx 90at, etx 105at and the etx 125at are extremely versatile, highresolution telescopes. Meade etx telescope in 10 easy steps astronomy know how.
This page is your source for older versions of the meade autostar software. A world leader in the manufacturing of telescopes, solar telescopes, microscopes, optics, binoculars, for amateur astronomers and. Envisage software click to download meade s dsi camera control and basic image processing software. Technical specifications for meade etx series telescopes. Meade etx90ec users manual page 7 free pdf download. Etx90ec drive repair etx series meade 4m community. How would they stack up against the legendary questar. I recently obtained a etx 90ec and after reading the instructions and aligning, i found that the ra axis drive isnt working. Over the past two months i have been working with meade on improving the autostar software. Im getting back into observing after a several year hiatus and dug out my old meade etx 60.
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Page 1 of 2 best grease for my meade etx 90 ec gears posted in beginners forum no astrophotography here please read the forum description. Instruction manual instruction manual instruction manual. Meade etx autostar telescope field guide astrosurf. Ian littlewood of rother valley optics shows the contents and features of the new meade etx 90 portable observatory telescope package including its advantages and included accessories. Etx 90 connected to a laptop posted in meade computerized telescopes.
Youll need to take precautions to minimize vibrations, such as locking up the cameras mirror if possible as well as using a cable release or remote control to fire the shutter. Autostar update software is a free download that allows the autostar. Updating my old etx60 getting started general help and. The etx90 observer has a maksutovcassegrain optical design for pinpoint star images and striking contrast, making it an incredible deep sky scouter and perfect for detailed lunar and planetary observation at high. To see this telescope in action, you can check out my video of the. Where can i find software and manual downloads for my meade. Unfollow meade etx 90ec telescope to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Meade etx90 observer 90mm maksutovcassegrain telescope. View and download meade etx 70ec instruction manual online. Starting your astronomy journey with the meade etx 90 is an excellent choice. Read and download meade telescope etx 90ec users manual page 6 online. The only problem is that the autostar firmware needs to. At the time, this telescope was also the first affordable alternative to highend products such as the questar maksutov cassegrain, and more than 20.
Download the latest software revisions directly few pushes of audiostars buttons. Many readers and contributors to this etx web site have suggested that meade should send me an etx 90ec and autostar. With autostar plugged into your etx 90ec, etx 105ec, or etx 125ec, the astronomical universe is in the palm of your hand. Meade astrofinder software displays a realtime interactive star chart on your computer screen that constantly shows you where your scope is pointing, so you can locate targets. Astrophotography with meade etx 90 maksutov cassegrain.
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The etx started out as a 90 mm 312 maksutov cassegrain telescope first produced in 1996 and took advantage of high volume mass production and simplified optical and parts construction to open a new market for a cheap alternative to the very expensive questar 312 maksutov cassegrain the etx line has been expanded to 105 mm, and 125 mm maksutov cassegrains and achromatic. Meade etx90 as astro lens astrophotography talk forum. Meade etx90ec users manual page 5 free pdf download. Packing your etx 90 observer and tripod at a moments notice is. So i called meade support, and they informed me that they no longer repair those telescopes.
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