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However, for some reason the same Wi-Fi adapter connection to the LX600 is incompatible with the Wireless AutoStar II, necessitating use of the wired AutoStar II when I want to use Wi-Fi. With my Meade 8' LX200-ACF I could use the Wireless AutoStar II at the same time as I was controlling the telescope using smartphone apps via Wi-Fi. I worried about straining the end connectors if the coiled cable was stretched more than shown above.Д®ven if I can repair the old Wireless AutoStar II handcontroller, there is still a need to use the wired AutoStar II at times.

This photo shows about the maximum stretch of the Meade cable: Holding the wired handcontroller and walking around the telescope while it is slewing is also rather limited with the short Meade cable. Why did I need a longer cable? Simply put, the 12' telescope is so large that the supplied coiled cable does not allow holding the AutoStar II handcontroller at a comfortable and usable distance from the telescope. Cleaning the key mechanisms might or might not cure the problem, but before I would attempt cleaning I new that I needed a longer AutoStar II cable than the one that Meade supplied with my new 12' LX600. Key presses were no longer reliable, making the wireless handcontroller less useful to control the telescope. The multi-port panel of the ACF400 drive base includes a special single High-Speed USB 2.0 input port allowing simultaneous control over the telescope and either the Meade LPI or Deep Sky Imager camera through Meade's AutoStar Suite software.My Meade Wireless AutoStar II handcontroller, purchased in October 2010, just before it was discontinued, was beginning to show its age in early 2016. It incorporates a multi-port panel with 3 USB ports, a port for an autoguider, AutoStar II handbox, illuminated reticle, RS232, and one for future 'Smart' accessories.

The front and back cells of the ACF400 are designed to allow the maximum amount of air-flow around the optics, in order to achieve the quickest 'cool down' times, with a built-in fan. The carbon graphite and Kevlar tube is a unique light-weight, high strength material with ultra-low expansion characteristics that will maintain the spacing between the optics, so that focus settings do not change with outside temperature changes. Ultra Wide Angle Eyepiece represents the ultimate in eyepiece design and technology delivering extremely high resolution, contrast and full-field sharpness over an astounding 82В° apparent field-of-view.

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Standard equipment on all ACF400 telescopes, the Series 5000 24mm 2' O.D. The ultimate Advanced Coma-Free telescope is available in apertures of 10 inches, 12 inches, 14 inches, and 16 inches.

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In the hands of the serious astronomer or astrophotographer the Meade ACF400 is an instrument that will produce razor sharp star images across the entire field of view on par with the best professional observatories. Performance is further improved by incorporating computer-optimized baffling and Meade's unsurpassed Ultra High Transmission Coatings (UHTC). The corrector lens also minimizes the astigmatism inherent in the traditional AC design. Further, by utilizing the precision polished and figured front corrector lens, it eliminates the typical secondary mirror support structure which causes diffraction spikes that degrade image contrast and resolution. The ACF400 further improved optical design consists of a hyperbolic secondary and corrector lens/primary mirror combination that performs as one hyperbolic element. In fact, almost every professional reflector telescope in the world's observatories is an Advanced Coma-Free, even the Hubble Space Telescope.

Visual observers can view pinpoint stars and extended objects across the larger field of view. After carefully evaluating the merits of every telescope design, Meade engineers concluded their Advanced Coma-Free was the optimal telescope design.ДЄ fast (f/8) AC design produces a large, coma-free field of view from edge-to-edge, allowing astrophotographers to use the latest in imaging technology to capture tack sharp images over a wider field. An observatory-level telescope for the serious astronomer and astrophotographer. The Meade ACF 400 Advanced Coma-Free Telescope features the most sophisticated and technologically advanced mechanics and electronics ever offered.

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