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ETX-125AT Telescope w/ Autostar Controller and Tripodprice 999.95
With twice the light collecting area of the ETX-90EC, the ETX-125AT permits a much broader range of astronomical study. Jupiter's cloud belts, for example, are observable at a significantly heightened level of detail, with whirls and festoons and the Great Red Spot readily visible as they transit the planet's disc; the Cassini division in Saturn's rings is routinely seen, as are additional features of the planet's surface, even under less than perfect seeing conditions; microfine lunar detail beyond the reach of smaller telescopes can be resolved in the ETX-125AT. In deep-space the ETX-125AT's larger aperture enables the observation of galaxies and nebulae in much wider extension; the entire Messier listing of 110 objects is now not only visible, but, in addition, every object takes on a readily discernible structure. The observer who accepts astronomy as a serious field of interest will find the Meade ETX-125AT a deeply satisfying instrument for a lifetime of high-resolution astronomical study.