Meade LX200 Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
by: Jim Pennington
This image of a Meade LX200 telescope is not an exact copy
of an actual telescope but simply my interpretation of what a 15"
aperture SCT might look like if I had been the designer. Many
details shown here are common to real life instruments made by Meade
Instruments Corporation in Irvine, California
I pursure amateur
astronomy as a hobby and my main interest lies in astrophotography.
In astro-photography, photographs are made through the telescope as
if the telescope itself were the lens of the camera. Most of
the photos I make are time exposures of deep sky objects where the
images are made with the camera shutter held open for several seconds
to as much as two hours or more. My main instrument is an 8
inch aperture LX200 computerized telescope that remains permanently
on an equatorial mount in my backyard observatory. To see my
photos, visit Jim's Astrophotography Page.
Close up view showing the intricate detailing on the
rear of this telescope model.
Close up view showing the drive base and lower
part of the fork mounting.
Front view showing the corrector plate lens which serves to negate any optical abberations caused by
the spherical primary mirror of the scope. Note the tinting on the corrector plate lens which mimics
the actual anti-reflection coatings of an actual scope.
