Building on Meade’s award-winning Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optics, the 12" OTA employs a fast f/8 optical system with high-contrast baffling that insures crisp, pinpoint imaging to the very edge of the field. Features an internal zero image shift Crayford-style focusing system with a two-speed 7:1 reduction control that provides smooth, precise focusing at any magnification.

Picture yourself sitting in your friend Bill's backyard, with your other colleagues and friends Janice, Frank,  Sue and Zeak. All of you have come together to commemorate Earth Hour. If only you had remembered, you would have come prepared with your Meade 10" LX200ACF computerized telescope to impress them all.

Meade 115mm ED Triplet APO Refractor #4507-00-05. For crisp wide field observing and imaging, nothing can beat a true triple-element Apochromatic Refractor (APO)

With all these innovations and technological features built in, what's not to like about the Meade LX-200 ACF 12 inch Computerized Telescope - except maybe for the fact that you don't yet own one!  

So, you're finally planning on buying your first telescope. Well, good for you! Once you've made up your mind however, you are likely to delve into a bottomless pit of information out there before you find what you are looking for. You'll come across words like "Catadioptric", "Refractor" and "Reflector".

Building on Meade’s award-winning Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optics, the 16" OTA employs a fast f/8 optical system with high-contrast baffling that insures crisp, pinpoint imaging to the very edge of the field.