Product Description
This electronic eyepiece can be used with virtually any telescope to show you real-time live black and white images of the Moon, planets, stars, and daytime terrestrial objects on your television screen. Just connect the supplied cable to the yellow-colored Video-in port of your TV set, VCR, or camcorder. The Electronic Eyepiece has a 320 x 240 pixel CMOS monochrome imaging sensor. Barrels are included to allow you to fit the eyepiece into either 0.965" or 1.25" focuser sleeves. The eyepiece includes a 6 ft. cable and is powered by a (user-supplied) 9-volt battery that fits neatly inside the eyepiece housing. A built-in control permits contrast adjustment of the image. The Electronic Eyepiece is perhaps the largest-selling product of its type ever developed. Tens of thousands of Meade #902 Electronic Eyepieces are now in use in telescopes ranging from 60mm refractors to 12" Schmidt-Cassegrains
Customer Reviews:
Exploration is fun...........2007-09-25
But not when it comes to locating information omitted from an instruction manual. The expected image I saw of the moon through my 9mm lens initiated the search. I should have came here first, because it would have saved me a lot of time - as would Meade mentioning somewhere on the box or in the manual that this was a 4mm eyepiece.
So now I know I need a reducer for decent lunar observation. Since they failed to mention the mm of this eyepiece, it should come as no surprise that Meade also fails to mention the use of filters with this eyepiece - neutral density or variable polarizers (which is nice to have for lunar observation), or Light Pollution/Broadband filters for deep-space observation (which is a must-have if you live in/near the city).
You may very well be able to see some deep space objects using this eyepiece with the proper filter - I have no clue yet. I was planning on purchasing filters anyway, so I'll update this review with an answer to those questions....
Almost perfect device.......2007-01-10
I used this Electronic Eyepiece to make some movies of the Mercury Transit in 2006, and it did that very well with my Coronado PST and Konusmotor 500/Thousand Oaks White Light filter. However, I had to hook this up to my VCR to make the movie using a twenty foot long coaxial cable with RCA adapters. I had really planned on connecting it to my Sony Camcorder so I could have a lot of mobility, but the Camcorder and eyepiece simply cannot work together. It does work well with my VCRs and televisions, though.
It was worth the price, but don't expect ccd performance.......2006-08-07
Having read the reviews of others prior to purchasing my electronic eyepiece, I did not expect too much from it. But for the price I paid, I would buy it again. My main dislike is the apparent focal length. It is the equivalent of about a 4mm lens. I live in a major metropolitan area with lots of haze and light pollution, a 4mm optical lens is of questionable value. The electronics makes it worst. I can see earth's moon pretty well, but only the brightest two of Jupiter's four visible moons. Forget about seeing dim stars or deep space objects.
I am relatively new to astronomy. I have two point and look refractors, a 350mm and a 700mm. I tried the Meade Electronic Eyepiece in both. The 700mm results in too much magnification. The eyepiece works better with the 350mm, but images go completely across the TV screen in about 40 seconds, resulting in a slight smearing as they move.
A control to increase the focal length would have made this eyepiece more usable. It also needs to be used on a telescope that tracks. I have now ordered such a telescope, which is costing me far more than the electronic eyepiece did in the first place.
Excellent product with alot of potential.......2005-07-08
I bought this product on sale for $39.00 at a local camera store after reading the reviews on this page. This was after I also bought an Orion Electronic eyepiece the week before. One thing that makes this eyepiece infinetly better than the Orion eyepiece is the fact that it is threaded for filters (or stacking of multiple filters) whereas the Orion eyepiece is not. Using it on my 6" reflector, I first tried it with a white light solar filter. The view was crisp as I expected on both the Meade and the Orion eyepiece. The Meade eyepiece is alittle larger than the Orion eyepiece (4mm vs. Orion's 3.8mm) but it is not really too noticeable. Viewing the moon at gibbous phase and the contrast tweaked, the view was also crisp and defined in both eyepieces. I finally tried it on Jupiter. Here is where the difference between the Orion eyepiece and the Meade eyepiece was most pronounced. Because the Orion eyepiece is not threaded, Jupiter came out completely whitewashed, even when the contrast was completely tweaked. Because the Meade eyepiece is able to be used with a filter, I placed a Baader's Planetary Contrast Booster on it. The 2 cloud belts at the equator were visible on my 20" TV as a monitor. Also visible were the 4 moons at the same setting. When used with a video card tied in to a pc, a person can frame-grab and have their own "poor man's" version of a CCD picture. Using this method, suprisingly good pictures that rival much higher priced CCD's may be achieved. This eyepiece in my opinion is well worth the price (even if you don't get it on sale) and has alot of potential when used with a video card. Just remeber to buy some extension cords and adapters for the RCA cables.
great addition to any telescope.......2002-10-27
This eyepiece is quite nice. I tried it out and was amazed at the results. I use it on a six inch reflecting telescope. I used it first on the best target in the night sky, the Moon. It looked as though I was looking through a window on an apollo capsule orbiting the moon. I am not kidding. It was great. I then moved over to Saturn. I could clearly see the rings and bands of clouds. This item is worth the cost!
Product Description
Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepieces 1.25" and 2.0"MODEL: 1.25'' Meade Super Plossl 9.7mm Eyepiece Model 07171-02
Customer Reviews:
Quality high power plossl.......2006-04-02
This Meade eyepice is of excellent build quality. It offers very good resolution of the planets, moon, starclusters, planetary nebulae, and double stars.
A great general purpose high power eyepiece.......2004-09-09
The Meade Series 4000 Super Plössls are an improvment over the 3000 series Plössls. The 9.7mm is used for high power observing on most telescopes. This eyepiece offers a magnification of 129x on an ETX90 or 206x on a 2000mm focal length telescope like the LX90. At high magnifications one requires a steady atmosphere, or else the image appears blurry due to bad "seeing". But with steady skies, this eyepiece produces stunning views of the planets.
Product Description
Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepieces 1.25" and 2.0"MODEL: 1.25'' Meade Super Plossl 15mm Eyepiece Model 07173-02
Customer Reviews:
A great general purpose medium-high power eyepiece.......2004-09-09
The Meade Series 4000 Super Plössls are an improvment over the 3000 series Plössls. The 15mm is used for medium-high power observing on most telescopes. This eyepiece offers a magnification of 83x on an ETX90 or 133x on a 2000mm focal length telescope like the LX90.
Product Description
Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepieces 1.25" and 2.0"MODEL: 1.25'' Meade Super Plossl 12.4mm Eyepiece Model 07172-02
Customer Reviews:
Christmas Gift.......2007-01-09
This was bought as a Christmas gift so I personally can not review this. However, from the reaction received and the use it has gotten, I would say this rates very high.
A great general purpose medium-high power eyepiece.......2004-09-09
The Meade Series 4000 Super Plössls are an improvment over the 3000 series Plössls. The 12.4mm is used for medium-high power observing on most telescopes. This eyepiece offers a magnification of 101x on an ETX90 or 161x on a 2000mm focal length telescope like the LX90.
Product Description
The finest in premium telescope eyepieces.... The world standard in telescope oculars, Meade Series 4000 eyepieces yield the widest possible fields of view, consistent with pinpoint edge-of-field sharpness and long eye reliefand yet with extremely low astigmatism, spherical aberration, and off-axis color. Incorporating 7-layer multi-coatings and edge-blackened optics for optimum image contrast, these sophisticated 4 to 8-element designs permit levels of optical performance generally impossible to achieve with eyepieces of fewer elements.All Series 4000 eyepieces include a soft rubber eyeguard, custom fitted to each eyepiece with a bayonet mount. The eyeguards fold down for eyeglass wearers, and in fact the folded eyeguard shields eyeglasses from coming into contact with the metal eyepiece housings. Rubber grips are provided on all but the three shortest focal length Super Plossl eyepieces. Super Plossls: Designed to utilize the very latest in optical glass types, Meade 4-element Super Plossls are excellent general-purpose eyepieces. For observing hairline lunar and planetary detail, splitting close double stars, or for resolving faint nebulosity in deep-space, Meade Super Plossls optimize the performance of any telescope type, whether f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain, f/16 refractor, or f/4 reflector. They also operate well in conjunction with the air-spaced design of the Meade #140 2x Apochromatic Barlow. All focal lengths through 32mm a
Customer Reviews:
A great general purpose low power eyepiece.......2004-09-09
The Meade Series 4000 Super Plössls are an improvment over the 3000 series Plössls. The 26mm is the standard eyepiece supplied with most Meade telescopes. This eyepiece offers a magnification of 48x on an ETX90 or 77x on a 2000mm focal length telescope like the LX90.
Product Description
Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepieces 1.25" and 2.0"MODEL: 1.25'' Meade Super Plossl 32mm Eyepiece Model 07176-02
Customer Reviews:
A great general purpose wide field eyepiece.......2004-09-09
The Meade Series 4000 Super Plössls are an improvment over the 3000 series Plössls. The 32mm is used for low power observing on most telescopes. This eyepiece offers a magnification of 39x on an ETX90 or 63x on a 2000mm focal length telescope like the LX90.
Product Description
Meade Modified Achromatic Eyepieces MA12mm/ MA25mm (1.25")
Product Description
Meade Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepieces 1.25" and 2.0"MODEL: 1.25'' Meade Super Plossl 20mm Eyepiece Model 07174-02
Customer Reviews:
A great general purpose medium power eyepiece.......2004-09-09
The Meade Series 4000 Super Plössls are an improvment over the 3000 series Plössls. The 20mm is used for medium power observing on most telescopes. This eyepiece offers a magnification of 63x on an ETX90 or 100x on a 2000mm focal length telescope like the LX90.
Product Description
Meade professional-quality camera adapters permit a rigid coupling of standard 35 mm SLR cameras to reflecting or refracting telescopes. These adapters attach directly to virtually any 35 mm camera with removable lens.
Customer Reviews:
Good for what it does.......2007-03-22
This adapter works fine in my etx-90, however it's tuff to fit it with the 26mm eyepiece, which is not a major problem b/c I usually use an 18 or smaller. Other than that, this is a good item.
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