Meade ETX-125 EC Telescope with tripod and MANY extras!

Up for action is a used but well cared for Meade ETX-125 EC telescope.  This telescope is in excellent condition and fully functional.  I am selling this telescope because I have upgraded to a Meade 12” telescope and I no longer use this one.

This will be shipped in 3 separate boxes to minimize the chances of damage during shipping.  Telescope will be shipped in its original box, hard case and accessories in a separate box and the tripod in another box.

Meade ETX-125EC Astro Telescope (In original box with manuals)

Meade #497 Autostar Computer Control System.  Automatically points to 30,000 space objects.

Meade standard control box for telescope

Accessories included:

Meade Hard Carrying Case for Telescope

Meade #1247 Electric Focuser (for smooth, rapid focusing of the image with any Meade ETX 125)

·         Meade Deluxe Field Telescope Tripod #883 (Adjustable in height from 34 to 54 inches. Elevation angle can be fixed at any observing latitude between 20 and 90 degrees)

Tripod leg clamps (Adds Stability to the tripod legs)

Meade #541 AC Adapter & Meade #607 - 25FT CIGARETTE LIGHTER POWER CORD

Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl 40mm Multi-Coated Eye Piece

Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl LP 26mm Multi-Coated Eye Piece

Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl 9.7mm Multi-Coated Eye Piece

Meade 2X Telenegative Multi-Coated Barlow (This will double the power of any eye piece)

Meade T-Adapter #64 for Meade ETX 125 Telescope

Camera Adapter

5” Dew Heater (Keeps dew from building up on lens while in use)

Meade #505 Connector Cable Set  (Meade's #505 Connector Cable Set allows you connect your ETX-125 scope, Autostar to your laptop or PC to control the scope and download updated   Autostar programs and the orbital elements of satellites, comets, and asteroids from the Meade website.)

SAC IV CCD Imaging camera (with manual and software CD)

Manufacturer Product Description

When the original ETX telescope was introduced in 1996, it quickly created a revolution in amateur astronomy. Here for the first time was a stunningly beautiful, ultraportable, and highly versatile telescope system of unprecedented optical resolution and performance. Within one year of its introduction the ETX became the largest-selling modern telescope in the world. Meade ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC models build on the original ETX concept to create the most advanced electronically-controlled telescopes including optional automatic GO TO object-location with the Autostar Computer Controller ever produced in their price range. And yet without sacrificing any of the user-friendly features that started the ETX revolution.

Optical Systems: Manufactured entirely at the Meade Irvine, California, facility, ETX Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes produce optical performance and resolution that equal or exceed any Maksutov optics of similar apertures ever manufactured at any price, past or present. Optics so high in contrast, image brightness, and resolution that ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, and ETX-125EC models often out-perform many telescopes of larger apertures.

Fork Mounts with Standard-Equipment Dual-Axis Drive System and Electronic Controller: The fork mountings of ETX Maksutov-Cassegrain models include high-torque DC motors on both telescope axes, permitting electronic operation from the standard-equipment plug-in hand controller. Use the pushbutton electronic controller at any of four dual-axis speeds: 8x sidereal for image centering in the main telescope at high power; 32x for image centering at lower powers or for pushbutton object-tracking in the altazimuth mode; 0.75°/second for image centering in the viewfinder or for terrestrial tracking; 5°/second for fast slewing across the sky. The observer can instantly select any of these speeds simply by depressing the SPEED button on the controller.

Altazimuth or Equatorial Operation: With the telescope placed in the altazimuth mode on a table, astronomical object-tracking may be accomplished from the directional pushbuttons of the hand controller. Fully automatic astronomical tracking in the altazimuth mode may be accomplished with the optional Autostar Computer Controller. Alternately, any ETX telescope may be mounted in the equatorial orientation, using either an optional Table Tripod or the Deluxe Field Tripod. In this latter case the telescope tracks celestial objects automatically at the sidereal rate.

Cordless Field Operation: The drive base of each telescope accepts eight (user-supplied) AA-batteries that power the telescope for more than 40 hours of normal usage, negating any requirement for an external power source in the field. Alternately, the telescope may be powered from an automobile cigarette lighter plug, using the optional #607 Power Cord.

Flip-Mirror System: Flip the internal, optical-flat mirror "up" for observing in the standard 90° position; flip the mirror "down" for terrestrial observing with the optional #932 45° Erecting Prism or for photography with the optional #64 T-Adapter.

Materials and Coatings: ETX optical systems include a Maksutov meniscus corrector lens of Grade-A BK7 optical glass. This lens is individually hand-figured by a Meade master optician to achieve an optical null in combination with the Pyrex primary mirror. High transmission magnesium fluoride (MgF2) coatings on both sides of the correcting lens, as well as aluminum/silicon monoxide coatings on the primary and secondary mirrors, are provided as standard equipment.

Standard Equipment: Meade ETX Astro Telescopes are supplied as complete instruments. Standard equipment includes a premium-grade Meade Series 4000 Super Pl?sl 26mm eyepiece for 48X with the ETX-90EC, 57X with the ETX-105EC, or 73X with the ETX-125EC. The 8 x 21mm viewfinder of the ETX-90EC incorporates an internal roof prism that results in an erect-image orientation, facilitating the quick location and field-centering of both terrestrial and astronomical objects. ETX-105EC and ETX-125EC models are supplied with an 8 x 25mm right-angle viewfinder for comfortable object-sighting with the larger instruments.

ETX-125EC Astro Telescope: With twice the light-collecting area of the ETX-90EC, the ETX-125EC permits a much broader range of astronomical study. Jupiter's cloud belts, for example, are observable at a significantly heightened level of detail, with whirls and festoons and the Great Red Spot readily visible as they transit the planet's disc; the Cassini division in Saturn's rings is routinely seen, as are additional features of the planet's surface, even under less than perfect seeing conditions; microfine lunar detail beyond the reach of smaller telescopes can be resolved in the ETX-125EC. In deep-space the ETX-125EC's larger aperture enables the observation of galaxies and nebulae in much wider extension and permits the resolution of celestial objects as faint as magnitude 12.5. The entire Messier listing of 110 objects is now not only visible, but, in addition, every object takes on a readily discernible structure. The observer who accepts astronomy as a serious field of interest will find the Meade ETX-125EC a deeply satisfying instrument for a lifetime of high-resolution astronomical study.