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Meade LX70 R5 4.7" f/8.3 Achromatic Refractor Telescope OTA # 270020

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Brand Meade
Part Number 270020
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The Meade LX70 5" Achromat Refractor Optical Tube is equipped with a high-quality, diffraction-limited, air-spaced objective lens producing high resolution and incredible contrast for lunar, planetary, and deep-sky observations. Its 120mm clear aperture allows it to resolve details down to 0.9 arc-seconds across and can be viewed using the two included 1.25" Plossl eyepieces. With its 2" rack and pinion focuser and 2" 90° diagonal, it is equipped to handle wide-field 2" eyepieces out of the box. The 6x30 optical viewfinder with cross-hair reticle makes locating faint object quickly and easily. All LX70 optical tube assemblies come complete with an aluminum Vixen-style dovetail and dust covers, and they will provide their owner a lifetime of observing satisfaction. Optical tube weight is 11 pounds. LX70 mount sold separately.

 
Product carries full one year Meade factory limited warranty (within US/Canada only).
 
Manufacturer part number: 270020

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      Review by john K.
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      Nov 5, 2017

      5.0 LX70 R5

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      5 stars due to quality of scope for the price. Also, the 2 Meade eyepieces included are not too bad.

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      Review by Dan of Los Angeles.
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      Aug 12, 2015

      4.0 Nice refractor telescope

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      Easy to Use,Strong Construction,Quality Lenses

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      Nice refractor, well built, good optics, packaged well and shipped really fast! I own an older Meade 90mm by 1000mm focal length refractor. I could only resolve one moon of Saturn with it (Titan). With this Meade LX70 120mm by 1000mm refractor, I could easily view 3 moons of Saturn (Titan, Rhea, and Dione). Sure, they are still tiny objects in the eyepiece - but they were there to see!! All images are sharp, and I am able to resolve stars into pinpoints. I am no expert, but the refractor does not seem to have any aberrations or astigmatism. To me, that makes a self explanatory statement about the quality of this Meade LX70 refractor!

      Bottom Line: Would you recommend this item? Yes
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      Specifications

      Telescope Aperture 4.72" (120mm)
      Manufacturer Meade
      Telescope Aperture 81mm - 125mm
      Telescope Series Meade LX70