Meade ETX-90PE Astro Telescope Premier Edition - UHTC Coatings (Astro Tube)

Just because a star may be millions of years old doesn't mean it should take you that long to find it.

Until now, the stargazer's two biggest challenges to enjoying the night sky have been aligning the telescope and finding objects. Meade's new ETX Premier Edition eliminates these two challenges and makes astronomy as easy as pushing a button - right out of the box. Want to see a hard-to-find deep space galaxy? Simply push a button. The same goes for planets, stars, nebulae, and more. Just pick an object you want to observe, press a button, and then AutoStar will automatically point your telescope and put it right in your eyepiece.

Don't know what you want to see this evening? Go to the "Tonight's Best" tour in your AutoStar hand controller. It automatically selects the best objects in the sky for that particular time and location from its database of over 30,000 celestial objects. All you need is a clear night, a dark sky, and a little curiosity. Whether you already know the sky by heart, or are just beginning your journey of discovery, your Meade ETX-Premier Edition will take you where you want to go. Astronomy has never been so fun and rewarding.

Turn it on and it knows the night sky

The ETX-Premier Edition features AutoAlign, Meade's patented alignment system. Telescopes with AutoAlign come pre-aligned. They are smart scopes that know the night sky right out of the box. AutoAlign. It's that easy. It's that fast. It's that smart.

• Electronic Level Sensor
• Electronic Magnetic North Sensor
• High-Precision Internal Clock
• Red-Dot Viewfinder (SmartFinder)

Meade AutoStar #497 Hand Controller

The AutoStar controller helps you quickly find and GoTo over 30,000 objects in the night sky. View planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae, and comets...all at the push of a button. AutoStar is pre-programmed with several guided tours, including the popular Tonight's Best. Let AutoStar take you on a guided tour of the best objects for that particular night.

Meade's AutoStar controller can be updated after purchase for the life of your scope. FREE.

Includes #884 Deluxe Field Tripod

• Sturdy field tripod
• Stainless steel legs
• Adjustable height
• Equatorial or Alt-Ax position
• Spreader Bar

Includes AutoStar Suite Astronomer Edition Software

• Planetarium software for your PC
• Current star charts and printable star maps
• Control your telescope from your PC or laptop
• PC interface cable included