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product_id: 7952486
title: "Meade Instruments 1210-60-03 12-Inch LX200-ACF (f/10) Advanced Coma-Free Telescope"
brand: "meade"
price: "€ 291.15"
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# Ultra-High Transmission Coating 3050mm focal length 12" aperture Meade Instruments 1210-60-03 12-Inch LX200-ACF (f/10) Advanced Coma-Free Telescope

**Brand:** meade
**Price:** € 291.15
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🌠 Discover the Universe Like Never Before!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Meade Instruments 1210-60-03 12-Inch LX200-ACF (f/10) Advanced Coma-Free Telescope by meade
- **How much does it cost?** € 291.15 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- meade enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted meade brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **User-Friendly:** Compatible with mounts, computers, and CCD autoguiders for seamless use.
- • **Precision Optics:** Experience pinpoint stars with Advanced Coma-Free technology.
- • **Smart Technology:** Navigate the night sky effortlessly with AutoStar II and GPS.
- • **Sturdy & Versatile:** Includes a Variable Height Giant Field Tripod for stability.
- • **Unleash the Cosmos:** Explore thousands of deep-sky objects with stunning clarity.

## Overview

The Meade Instruments 1210-60-03 12-Inch LX200-ACF Advanced Coma-Free Telescope is a powerful astronomical tool featuring a 305mm aperture and 3050mm focal length, designed for serious stargazers. With its Ultra-High Transmission Coatings and advanced optics, it delivers exceptional image quality and clarity, making it perfect for deep-sky observation. The telescope is equipped with smart technology, including a GPS receiver and an extensive object library, ensuring a user-friendly experience for both novice and experienced astronomers.

## Description

Aperture: 12-Inch. Focal Length: 3048mm. Focal Ratio: f/10. UHTC coatings, Standard Field Tripod, 1.25-Inch Diagonal Prism, 26mm Series 4000 Super Plössl Eyepiece. The most widely used research quality telescope now features the most advanced optical system. Meade’s LX200-ACF brings Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optics within reach of aspiring astronomers everywhere. Nearly every observatory reflector in the world uses an aplanatic (coma-free) optical system like the Ritchey-Chrétien (RC), including NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Now you can own similar optics to what the professionals use. The LX200-ACF includes all the field-proven features of the LX200 including GPS, Primary Mirror Lock, Oversized Primary Mirror, SmartDrive; Smart Mount, AutoStar II and more. The new LX200-ACF. It’s the biggest news in astronomy since, well, the LX200.The “advanced” in Advanced Coma-Free. A traditional Ritchey-Chrétien (RC) is a type of reflector that delivers a coma-free, flat field of view via hyperbolic primary and secondary mirrors. Because the mirrors in these telescopes have always been very expensive to make, few amateur astronomers could enjoy them. Fortunately, Meade engineers developed a radical new Advanced Coma Free design by combining a hyperbolic secondary mirror with a corrector-lens-and-spherical-primary-mirror combination that performs as one hyperbolic element. This ACF design produces a coma-free, flat field of view that rivals traditional RC telescopes at a fraction of the cost. The design even eliminates diffraction spikes and improves astigmatism, both of which are inherent in the traditional RC design. When reviewing Meade’s LX200-ACF Advanced Coma Free, Sky and Telescope magazine said, “ [It] does indeed perform like a [Ritchey-Chrétien]. The difference between the off-axis images (compared to a Schmidt-Cassegrain) was dramatic to say the least.”

## Features

- The Meade 12" LX200-ACF telescope means business!
- With 305mm of power you will see thousands of deep-sky objects and capture detail that smaller optics leave behind.
- Meade ACF, or Advanced Coma-Free, optics offer a flatter field and pinpoint stars out to the edges of the field of view.
- This Meade 12" LX200-ACF telescope includes Meade Ultra-High Transmission Coatings, a Sony GPS receiver, oversized primary mirror, AutoStar II handbox with 145,000 object library, Smart Drive with Permanent Periodic Error Correction (PPEC), the patented Level North Technology (LNT), 8X50 Viewfinder, AutoStar Suite software, Variable Height Giant Field Tripod, a 1.25" diagonal, and 26mm Series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepiece.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Coating | Ultra-High Transmission Coated |
| Focal Length Description | 3050 millimeters |
| Zoom Ratio | 7 |
| Power Source | Battery Powered |
| Finderscope | Reflex |
| Compatible Devices | Mounts, Computers, CCD Autoguiders |
| Eye Piece Lens Description | Super Plossl |
| Mount | Altitude Azimuth mount |
| Focus Type | Manual Focus |
| Item Weight | 16 ounces |
| Exit Pupil Diameter | 30.4 Millimeters |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 304 Millimeters |
| Optical-Tube Length | 26 Inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** MEADE
- **Model Name:** LX200-ACF
- **Optical Tube Length:** 26 Inches
- **Eye Piece Lens Description:** Super Plossl
- **Objective Lens Diameter:** 304 Millimeters
- **Telescope Mount Description:** Altitude Azimuth mount
- **Focus Type:** Manual Focus
- **Power Source:** (Optional) 12v DC 5 amp Meade Universal Power Supply
- **Finderscope:** Reflex
- **Item Weight:** 34.7 Pounds

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: How is it at looking at the moon?**
A: I know this is an older post, but just in case someone else wants to know the answer........This is a VERY LARGE telescope commonly called a "light bucket" because of the large primary mirror size. It truly excels at taking light from very distant and very dim objects and concentrating that light on an eyepiece or camera. For distant galaxies and nebulae (commonly called Deeps Sky Objects, or DSO's), it is hard to beat this piece of equipment.The moon on the other hand is neither distant nor dim. One can make excellent observations and take great pictures using considerably less complicated, heavy, and expensive optics. This scope weighs around 100lbs with the mount (not very portable), takes a good 20 minutes to setup each time you decide to use it (too much trouble just to look at the moon or planets for a few minutes), and will cost around $5k after you put an eyepiece in it (about $4k more than you need for a good lunar/planetary scope). If I were going to look at the moon a lot I would purchase a small 3" refractory type telescope with no electronics on a mount/tripod much heavier than recommended for that telescope with a quality eyepiece or two. Yes, you can use this telescope to view the moon, but unless you have your own permanent observatory, you are unlikely to go through all that effort very often.

**Q: It's too heavy for me to move as a single unit.  Would it be difficult to move the tripod, then move the mount/tube assembly and attach to the tripod?**
A: It definitely takes two people to mount the telescope on the tripod.

**Q: I'm looking for a case for the LX-200 14" telescope....any suggestions**
A: Hi Donald, I used to have JMI rolling case for the LX200 14" telescope. It's pretty expensive.

**Q: I'm impressed by the Meade. I only want to view clearly but not take photos.  Any suggestions for which one?**
A: Budget? Portable or not? Weight? Automated (GPS)? I'd start small in the beginning.

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*Last updated: 2026-01-23*