No More mirror shift during focusing and use a 2" eyepiece with your Meade SCT scope or Meade ETX. You will not believe the difference.

2" Self centering Helical focuser Adapter for Meade ETX 90mm, 100mm, 125mm scopes. $199 (ETXFA2inch)

2" Self centering Helical focuser Adapter for Meade SCT's - Installed on the diagonal of your choice.** Only $199 (SCTFA2inch)

** Diagonal you provide or we supply separate at your request and cost.

2" Non focusing replacement Adapter only - $99 (ETXAdapter2inch)

-----------------------------------    

With Purchase of the above adapters......  

 2" to 1.25" Standard step down Adapter.$15  (ETXAdapter2"to125")

----------------------------

$20 discount on any 2" Observatory and Ultra Class eyepiece with purchase of the Meade eyepiece  adapters .

Review  from a customer in Australia

Click Here

Cloudy nights discussion link below of the concept.

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbarchive/showflat.php/Cat/1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10/Number/27343/page/3/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1

Click to enlarge pictures below

Above ETX 90mm and the Adapter with Self centering holder and and fine focuser on left. On right the simple adapter W/O focus adjustment.

Above 32mm PL 1.25" max field.         Above 2" Siebert 40mm wide field. 

  Try my Observatory class 36mm SWA for the ultimate view the ETX can offer. 

Check out Pictures below text.

Is it advisable to use 2" eyepieces on a Meade ETX scopes?  Is there a benefit?  ETX's have a relatively long focal distance for a small scope and with 1.25" eyepieces cover a relatively small section of the sky.   With the right 2" eyepiece you can at least double the amount of sky you can see.  Sometimes it can come close to triple.  Is this a gain?  The extra apparent field is there, but can't be seen in a 1.25" eyepiece.  A standard 32mm plossl has a maximum apparent field of 52 degs.  With my 32mm Ultra Plus with a 70 deg. apparent field is almost double at 1.8x the amount of sky.   With my 36mm observatory class eyepiece this goes to 75 degs. apparent field, this goes to almost 2.5x the amount of sky.   So this represents a tremendous gain and if you think about it, doubles.   the amount of light you are seeing because you are seeing more of the sky.  This adapter comes with full instructions and is easy to install. The adapter slides over the 1.25" eyepiece socket which increases the internal size because no 1.25" barrel is inserted.  This means that an incredibly low power, wide angle lens can be used with zero vignetting.  Can you image a 40mm with 70 deg. apparent field in your ETX?  Many may have thought that this was impossible, but with this adapter it works perfect and can slew to the zenith with no problem.  Also it does not interfere with the finderscope.. The eyepiece shown in the photograph is my 36mm observatory class.  It has a  75 deg. fov .   This completely changes you low power viewing with the ETX.  

2" to 1.25" Helical  focuser

$99 (2-125helical)

This is not for 2" eyepieces since it is the center 1.25" part that focuses

2" & 1.25" Aluminum Replacement Eyepiece Adapters for Meade 114mm or 4.5" Newtonians or Meade DS 90mm refractors and may fit other Meade scopes.

The 2" and 1.25" replacement upgrades are for the Meade scopes that normally come with a 2" tube with the .965" plastic adapter.  This allows you to use 2" and or 1.25" eyepieces.  

1.25" Replacement Adapter only - $19 (114Adapter1.25inch)

2" Replacement Adapter only - $19 (114Adapter2inch)

2" with 1.25" step-down is - $29  (114Adapter2"-1.25")

2" to 1.25" step-down adapter - $10 (SD2-1.25)

If you get one or more eyepieces below with your adaptor you can minus $10 for each eyepiece. If you have question call or email

EX: If you get 1 Ep's and the $19 adaptor it would be $39 + $19 = $58 total.

EX: If you get 1 Ep's and the $29 adaptor it would be $39 + $29 = $68 total.

If you get 2 Ep's say a 10mm and 18mm and the $19 adaptor it would be $39 + $79 +$19 = $137 total.

If you get 2 Ep's say a 10mm and 18mm and the $29 adaptor it would be $39 + $79  +$29 = $147 total.

----------------------------------

 Performance + 1.25" 9mm    for $39    (114Adapter9)

 Performance + 1.25" 10mm  for $39    (114Adapter10)

  Performance + 1.25" 17mm  for $79    (114Adapter17)

 Performance + 1.25" 18mm  for $79    (114Adapter18)

 Performance + 1.25" 19mm  for $79    (114Adapter19)

 Performance + 1.25" 35mm  for $79    (114Adapter35)

The above eyepieces are ideal for use with these type scopes but this $10 discount offer on the adaptors goes with the purchase of any SiebertOptic's eyepieces.

.

Call about 2" eyepiece deals.

This replacement adapter allows you to use 2" eyepieces in your Meade 4.5" or 114mm scope or a 90mm Meade DS refractor.   You may also use 1.25" with the optional  1.25" step down adapter. 

Is it advisable to use 2" eyepieces on a Meade 114 scope?  Is there a benefit?  With the right 2" eyepiece you can at least double the amount of sky you can see.  Sometimes it can come close to triple.  Is this a gain?  The extra apparent field is there, but can't be seen in a 1.25" eyepiece.  A standard 32mm plossl has a maximum apparent field of 52 degs.   With my 36mm observatory class eyepiece this goes to 70 degs. apparent field, this goes to almost 2.5x the amount of sky.   So this represents a tremendous gain and if you think about it, doubles.   the amount of light you are seeing because you are seeing more of the sky.

.  

Rings w/mounting for all 50mm Finderscopes and small telescopes

$99 (#50mmRings)

Extra stop and aluminum mount. $19 a set (#50mmstops)

There is a Sky-Watcher Evoguide 50mm APO Refractor in the rings holder in the (First picture). It fits by only taking off the end cap and sliding it through. Why use this instead of the Metal rings that came with it. A few very important reasons. All pictures are clickable.  >>

These are very light weight and have a custom way to mount on your telescope using your existing hardware. Also it has an integrated place to put a red dot finder(See pictures 2, 3 and 4). This makes whatever telescope you mount in your rings easy to find their target even before you look through the finder itself.

 So you are doing your alignment and want to find your guide star quickly. With this setup you first can use you red dot finder to quickly slew your telescope. Then you look through your finder/50mm telescope and "Boom" your star in near the middle of the eyepiece the first time. This makes doing a multi star calibration a real breeze.

Now about the way it mounts. These rings mount on a round fully adjustable Delrin Stop. (See picture #4). Once you mount the rings on this stop, you have full adjustability in any direction. Notice how the stop is bigger at the top? There are three adjustment 1/4-20 screws (See picture 5) that allow fine tuning of the aim of the scope. Tilt up/down left and right. Once tight the rings are held very secure to you main telescope.

You will not need to use the scope alignment screws that are "holding" the scope to adjust the aim. The screws holding the scope itself are large nylon 1/4-20 that hold better than the old mounting ring screws and are completely mar proof.

Every ring set comes with full instructions.

The Round Delrin stop has a bottom 1/4 -20 hole in the bottom. This means you can mount it on any tripod or other mount that has the 1/4-20 screw. Great if you want to use this as a spotting scope.

The Delrin stop can also mount on the included aluminum part in (picture #6) the part in #6 is able to slide right into your old finders dovetail mount.