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Meade 07210 45 Degree Erecting Prism #932 |  | Brand: Meade
Category: Photography
List Price: $49.00
Buy New: $42.50
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Seller: The Camera Company
Rating:  reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 4.1 x 2.7 x 2
MPN: 932
Model: 932
UPC: 709942923209
EAN: 0709942923209
ASIN: B00000K3RO
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| | Use for high-quality, crystal-clear terrestrial viewing | | | 45-degree angle creates normal, not reversed object image | | | Provides better viewing position than normal 90-degree position | | | Attaches to rear of telescope with set-screw | | | Compatible with Meade ETX 90, 105, and 125 |
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Product Description
ETX-90AT and ETX-125AT Astro Telescopes include an internal optical-flat mirror to reflect light to the telescope's 90 astronomical observing position. In this position, the telescope's image is upright, but reversed left-to-right. This is of little consequence for astronomical viewing, but for terrestrial observing it is highly desirable to have a correctly oriented image. The #932 Erecting Prism delivers a fully corrected image and provides a convenient 45 observing angle for optimal terrestrial viewing.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great product December 11, 1999
Daniel W. Schuffert (Chicago, IL USA)
69 out of 76 found this review helpful
This prism is needed if you intend to use your telescope for terrestrial viewing and photograpy. If you do not use it, your image will be inverted.
Best Buy February 10, 2010
Redbull72 (Atlanta, GA)
Not only is this a high quality piece of equipment that mounts easily and makes my Meade ETX into a dual purpose viewer, but better yet was the price. Best price I found online period and free shipping. Look, the resellers don't make the items, they just make the profit so for me the lowest price wins every time. I got what I paid for and more. Thanks Amazon for a great deal and free shipping.
Useful- but not for astronomy June 16, 2000
Michael J Edelman (Huntington Woods, MI USA)
82 out of 84 found this review helpful
This is a generic Pacific-rim made prism imported by Meade, and not terribly different from similar items sold by Celestron, Orion and other popular companies catering to amateur astronomers. It's a useful accessory for nature viewing, but don't try to use it for star gazing. Because of how they're constructed, with multiple reflecting surfaces, erecting diagonals lose a lot of light, something you can't afford when looking at distant, dim images. Worse, they produce ghost images- for every star or planet, you'll see a dim twin nearby. Save it for daylight use, and you'll have no problem.
Great for terrestrial, ok for astronomy May 30, 2001
Tam (Roseville, Ca)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This 45 degree erecting prism is great for birding or terrestrial viewing but is not suitable for star gazing (imagine if the star is right above your head). For star gazing the prism does not reflect as much light as desired so you won't be able to see dim distant objects easily, for that I recommend star diagonal with everbrite mirror ( from televue), it will cost more but a good investment for anyone who is serious about star gazing.
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