DESC: Meades world-renowned, Schmidt-Cassegrain optics fully qualify this mid-aperture scope as a serious observation instrument. Designed to operate at an extremely low focal ratio (f/10), the 8 LXD75 Schmidt-Cassegrain displays very wide, well-corrected fields of view with the convenience and usability of Autostar control and advanced, equatorial mountings. The result is a professional-level - but user-friendly - telescope with brilliant, rich-field imaging of nebulae, galaxies and star clusters that offers remarkably fast speeds for astrophotography or CCD imaging. Includes a powerful 26mm Super Plossl 1.25 eyepiece (29x) that offers a field of view 1.7 degrees across (over three lunar diameters) and has a 5.2mm exit pupil.