Khan Scope Centre AstroNotes Sept 14 2009

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Khan Scope Centre AstroNotes Sept 14 2009

Here is what's New this Week....

Haven't had a chance to visit a Star Party this year
yet? Well, there is still a chance to do so!

Here are a couple of Star Parties in the Ontario area worth checking out!

Upcoming Star Parties September 2009.

The
12th Annual Algonquin Adventure Star Party - September
18 - 30,

Star
Party organized by Bob and Lil Chapman, in the beautiful dark skies of Algonquin
Park!

http://toronto.rasc.ca/
content/aaa09.shtml or you can call Bob Chapman for more information at
705-386-7087.

Huronia Star Party organized by the South
Simcoe Amateur Astronomers

HSP 2009 will be held the weekend of SEPTEMBER 16, 17, 18,
19

http://www.hsp-ssaa.ca/Welcome_To_The_HSP_and_SSAA_Website.html

Fall - N Stars Star Party, Belleville Ontario.

Friday September 25 to Sunday September 27, 2009

Vanderwater Conservation Area Boy Scout Camping Area

Thomasburg, Ontario

Organized by the RASC Belleville

http://www.rascbelleville.ca/fallnstars/index.php

Just Announced, New from Televue!

21mm Ethos-

Price: TBA

Availability:ﾠ December 2009

Call now to be put on our waiting list

Hotech Telescope Accessories

Hotech specializes in industrial and commercial laser diode
modules and systems, optical and astronomical devices, and consumer electronics
products.

Finderscopes

Astro-Aimer
    G3

Astro
    Aimer Gen II

Astro
    Aimer Mount

Astro
    Presenter Combo

Astro
    Presenter Remote Switch

Green
    Laser Pointer

Green
    Pointer Mount

Green
    Pointer Remote Switch

Photographic Adaptors

SCA
    T-Adaptor 1.25-Inch

SCA
    T-Adaptor 2-Inch

Collimation

1.25-Inch
    SCA Laser Collimator

2-Inch/1.25-Inch
    SCA Laser Collimator

Hyperion Eyepieces: Featuring the Hyperion
8-24mm Zoom with Dual Barrels (1.25"/2") for only $273!

Hyperion
31mm Aspheric Eyepiece

Hyperion
36mm Aspheric Eyepiece .

Hyperion 68-degree field-of-view eyepieces are now available. You have got to
see them to believe them!

Hyperion
    3.5 mm Eyepiece )

Hyperion
    5 mm Eyepiece )

Hyperion
    8 mm Eyepiece

Hyperion
    13 mm Eyepiece )

Hyperion
    17 mm Eyepiece

Hyperion
    21 mm Eyepiece )

Hyperion
    24 mm Eyepiece )





Meade ETX-LS6 Telescope with LightSwitch & Built-in Imager





      In Stock! Only $1675....

Note: Schmidt Cassegrain Version also now
available for only $1450!

Same electronic Features but with the Schmidt Cassegrain Optical train.




The Meade 6" ETX-LS ACF Telescope features patented

      LightSwitch" Technology for complete, stress-free user alignment.












Superb quality Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) Optics for a professional

      level instrument at a very affordable price.












The Meade ETX-LS Astronomer-Inside" provides a full

      audio/visual lesson guide to enhance your experience. That is pretty

      remarkable!












Engineered with a built-in Integrated Sensor Module (ISM) which

      includes GPS and Level North Technology (LNT") sensors. The Latest

      in telescope pointing technology!












The Meade ETX-LS telescope includes the built-in ECLIPS"

      CCD Camera, able to capture and display images right at the scope -

      or store for later use!











Meade - 6" ETX-LS ACF Telescope with LightSwitch Technology &

Built-in Imager

For a lot of telescope users, aligning the telescope is always a frustrating

experience - even when it is considered a "Go To". There''s always

something you have to know... Be it the perfectly correct time, the date, your

latitude or longitude. How many new users have been stumped by not knowing the

names of the alignment stars? Or not being able to see an alignment star that is

blocked by a tree or a house? All of these little things can add up to beginning

an observing evening in an unpleasant way and that''s not what enjoying
astronomy

is all about. Now imagine yourself setting up a very portable telescope called

the Meade ETX-LS. Thanks to its new LightSwitch" Technology, you simply
turn

it on and let it do the work. Inside a built-in Integrated Sensor Module (ISM)

takes over the job and Global Positioning System (GPS) connects with overhead

satellites to automatically recognize your telescope''s position on Earth. Once

this fix takes place, this means your telescope also understands the local time

- without even looking at a watch! As silent as a cat on wheels, the Level North

Technology (LNT") sensors take over and the Meade ETX-LS seeks out two

alignment stars and automatically begins charting out a "real time"

night sky map in its memory banks for your own personal time and location.

It''s a marvelous experience to look through a telescope at a distant object -

but nothing can match the experience of knowing things like how far, how fast,

how hot, how high, etc. Thanks to The Astronomer-Inside", the Meade 6"

f/10 ETX-LS delivers like no other telescope on today''s market can. Right at
the

telescope the user has the capabilities of a complete audio/visual library at

their fingertips... just waiting to give you a full tour of the night sky.

Thanks to a built-in speaker and video-out jack, the whole family can share in

the fun! Just think of what a great outreach tool the Meade ETX-LS can be for

Star Parties, Public education, etc..

Built

on the foundation of Meade''s superb Advanced Coma Free Optics in a size capable

of revealing all the Messier objects and such a huge portion of the NGC catalog

as to keep most observers happy for a lifetime, this telescope is going to offer

outstanding planetary and lunar views at a professional level. What more could

you ask? What''s that you say? Eyes like a CCD camera? Then stop dreaming and

take a look at tomorrow''s technology... the built-in ECLIPS" CCD Camera.
Now

you can take vibrant, high-resolution, low-noise images of objects right at the

telescope and view them on the spot using the scope''s video output function.

What''s more, you can also store them on an SD card for later modifications - or

sharing! Just exactly what does that mean? Can you imagine sending Grandma an

email with a picture of comet you just viewed? Or how about an image of Saturn?

For those who really like challenges, a built-in CCD camera means you can push

the Meade ETX-LS beyond its visual limits by taking timed exposures of objects

far fainter than the human eye can see - and revealing them right at the

telescope before your eager eyes!

Some of Meade ETX-LS LightSwitch Telescope Features...

Single arm fork Altitude-Azimuth (Alt-Az) mount provides rigid structure

    with large precision roller bearings on both axis designed to carry large

    OTAs.

Precision worm gear drives with 4.875 main gears in both axis for

    smooth and accurate tracking and slewing.

Long fork arm length to allow clearance with the base for most cameras.

Runs on internal C cell batteries for 3-5 hours of portable
    field

    operation with hand control holder built into base.

Off-On LightSwitch and USB and other ports for accessory equipment.

Heavy-duty stable tripod with quick attachment of the mount

6 ACF optical tube assembly (OTA) provides 6" clear aperture
    with

    1524mm focal length for an f/10 system.

Advanced Coma-Free optical system for performance that only professionals

    or extreme amateurs have had.

Standard SC threaded back cell that accepts most existing accessories

    designed for all Schmidt-Cassegrain models over the last 30 years.

Integrated Sensor Module (ISM) with GPS and Level North Technologies (LNT).

Electronically Controlled Locate Identify Position System (ECLIPS) CCD

    imaging module.

Multimedia output includes professionally produced audio and video content

    for hundreds of objects and custom guided tours designed for your location,

    time and date.

Multimedia presentations feature the voices of Sandy Woods of Star

    Date astronomy radio program and George Woods, Hollywood actor and the

    voice on many productions.

Built-in speaker in drive base and audio out jack for audio instructions

    and object descriptions.

Video out for video presentations and images of many objects, instant

    display of images from the ECLIPS imager and easy on-screen menu navigation.

AutoStar III hand controller easily control telescope for automatic

    location of objects, tours and many other features including 100,000 object

    database.

ECLIPS CCD Imager is an essential part of the LightSwitch alignment

    system.

Sensitive wide-angle color 640x480 CCD imager for taking your own

    astrophotographs. Save your photos on a SD card (user supplied).

With a video monitor connected to the video out jack, see real-time images

    of the objects you see in the eyepiece.

New electronics provide full USB support for accessories like additional

    DSI CCD cameras.

SD card slot for easy software upgrades and storing your astrophotographs.

Meade FREE BONUS Promotions end September 30th 2009

Just a reminder that the Meade promotional Bonuses being given away with
several different Models of

Meade telescopes are coming to an end soon, (Sept 30th. 2009).

For more details see here:

http://khanscope.com/newEquipList.cfm?catID=1&subCatID=1&manID=1

Introducing the EdgeHD Telescope Series, Celestron's
New flagship telescope line...

Celestron has taken another bold step as the market leader in telescopes with
the introduction of our latest series of high-end telescopes.ﾠ

Since the moment we first started producing Schmidt Cassegrain optical systems,
we have continued to design high-quality optics with pride.

After years of research and development, we have now taken one giant step!