The 21st Century beginners telescope The Meade ETX-80AT offers everything a budding amateur astronomer could wish for and is also a great wide-field second scope for the more advanced enthusiast. With an 80mm (3.1 inch) aperture the ETX-80AT fits the bill as an ideal telescope for general astronomy. Common advice for beginners in the 20th century was that a 3” refractor was a good choice of telescope to start out with in astronomy. Meade have taken this sage advice and expanded it further by offering a 3” telescope with Autostar micro-processor control that can give the modern amateur the ability to cruise the universe. Other great features of the ETX80AT include a right-angled focuser, a built-in Barlow lens and built-in time chip. The ETX-80AT is a fully automated GO TO telescope with over 1400 of the sky's best celestial objects in its computer database. The large 80mm objective lens delivers bright, high definition images of celestial and terrestrial objects. The revolutionary Meade Autostar system facilitates fully automatic astronomical object-location. Just select the object shown on the Autostar display, press GO TO, and the telescope automatically moves to the object and places it in the telescopic field of view! Autostar also tracks the object automatically, compensating for the earth’s rotation.

Don't forget to book a place on our "Using your ETX" course - free with every ETX purchase. Click here for information on the course.

Price: £249.98 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

Until now, the stargazer's two biggest challenges to enjoying the night sky have been aligning their 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. 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.

Automatic Alignment + SmartFinder™ Meade's new ETX-Premier Edition automatically levels your telescope, points it to North and sets the time. You just enter your location or zip code. After your ETX completes its patented Level North automatic alignment procedure it will point to the first alignment star. Use the new wide-field SmartFinder to center the red dot over the alignment stars for ultra-precise pointing accuracy. It’s that easy.

All models come with UHTC coatings, Autostar computer controller handset and #884 tripod as standard.

Don't forget to book a place on our "Using your ETX" course - free with every ETX purchase. Click here for information on the course.

Price: £448.99 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

Until now, the stargazer's two biggest challenges to enjoying the night sky have been aligning their 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. 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.

Automatic Alignment + SmartFinder™ Meade's new ETX-Premier Edition automatically levels your telescope, points it to North and sets the time. You just enter your location or zip code. After your ETX completes its patented Level North automatic alignment procedure it will point to the first alignment star. Use the new wide-field SmartFinder to center the red dot over the alignment stars for ultra-precise pointing accuracy. It’s that easy.

All models come with UHTC coatings, Autostar computer controller handset and #884 tripod as standard.

Don't forget to book a place on our "Using your ETX" course - free with every ETX purchase. Click here for information on the course.

Price: £640.00 (Including VAT at 17.5%)