Meade LT-8 Inch Telescopes

The new Meade LT-6 is a fully featured computer-controlled 8" telescope that sets a new high-performance standard.  Its legendary Meade optics - either classic Schmidt-Cassegrain or our premium Advanced Coma-Free systems - along with precision worm gear drives, sturdy die-cast aluminum mount and robust steel tripod make this the ultimate platform for high-resolution visual observation and imaging.

Simply put, the LT-8 is the ideal telescope for any astronomer who demands superior optics, mechanics and computer control in a compact high-performance package.

Meade Premium Optics

The heart of any telescope is its optics.  Meade's advanced, proprietary processes, combined with the best materials, deliver the highest quality professional grade optics available

Easy Align

Meade LT-8 telescopes are smart scopes that know the night sky right out of the box.  Just enter your site information, find level and North, and Easy Align picks two alignment stars for you and places them right in your viewfinder.  Center them to fine tune your alignment and the wonders of the universe are at your fingertips.

All new AUDIOSTAR 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.
• 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.