Meade LT-6 Telescope The new LT-6 is a fully featured computer controlled 6"" telescope that sets a new high-performance standard for telescopes selling upder $1,000. Its legendary Meade optics, along with precision worm gear drives, sturdy die-cast aluminum mount and robust steel tripod make this the ultimate platform for high-resolution visual observing and imaging. Simply put, the Meade LT-6 is the ideal telescpe for any astronomer who demands superior optics, mechanics and computer control in a compact high-performance package. Legendary Meade Optics The heart of any telescope is its optics. Meade Instruments offers you the finest 6"" optics...period. Our advanced, proprietary processes deliver the highest quality professional grade optics available. For those who want more, we offer your patented Advanced Coma-Free ACF Optical System, delivering distortion free, sharp-as-tack resolution from edge to edge. We invite comparison of our Advanced-Coma-Free system to Ritchey-Chrtien systmes selling for thousands of dollars more. Meade"s ACF quality will astound you. New AUDIOSTAR Computer Controller Originally developed for the ground breaking series of Meade LS™ LightSwitch® telescopes, Astronomer Inside is built into the new AudioStar™ Handbox that is included with Meade"s LX90™, LT™ and LXD75™ lines of telescopes. Now the intelligence integrated into these Meade telescopes provides the user with all the experience and astronomical knowledge that a professional astronomer could offer. The incredible Astronomer Inside does all this: * Knows the sky so you don"t have to.3 * Controls the telescope to find and track any of over 30,000 celestial objects automatically. Takes you on a guided tour. Shows you the best objects in your sky from your location and time and then plays audio descriptions of those objects so you learn the details of what you are seeing. Has over four hours of audio descriptions of astronomical objects including planets, stars, constellations, clusters, nebula, galaxies and more that bring astronomy to life. It"s like having a professional astronomer standing next to you at the telescope. The AudioStar computer controller with speaker helps you quickly find and GoTo over 30,000 objects in the night sky. View planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae, comets and more-all at the push of a button. Don"t know what you want to view this evening? Then go to the Tonight"s Best™ tour in your AudioStar. It automatically selects the best objects in the sky for that particular time and location. Precision Construction A rigid, die-cast aluminum mount solidly supports the optical tube in all sky orientations. Precision 4.875"" diameter worm gears in both axes provides smooth sidereal tracking of objects in the night sky. The stable, fully adjustable steel tripod delivers all the rigidity required in sensitive field applications.