First up is raising the OTA horizontal, and acquiring the GPS, so that the telescope has its location and time. The "Astronomy Inside" gives you a brief introduction to the ETX-LS, and almost literally informs you each step of the way during the alignment process. Once the scope is turned on, your greeted by the "Astronomer Inside". Let me review how the scope performs its typical alignment process so you can understand how they all work together. But what sets the ETX-LS apart is the incorporation of the innovative Eclipse CCD camera to the bottom of the OTA and using this in conjunction with the GPS. Now GPS is nothing new to telescopes, its been around for a few years at least. It accomplishes this with 2 key features GPS and the Eclipse CCD. So what makes the Meade ETX-LS so unique? The fact that it can align itself, without the need for the end-user to search for alignment stars, center and continue the step a second time until a successful alignment is achieved. We all remember the original LX200 and of course the revolutionary ETX-90, the scope that arguably changed the face of amateur astronomy. Meade really came out with an innovative approach to alignment of an astronomical telescope. Finally I'll wrap up with my final thoughts on the ETX-LS itself. For this final part, I'll give you my summary of the overall experience of using the GOTO mount with its unique alignment and multimedia capabilities. Part two focused on the optical performance of the ETX-LS. Part one focused on my initial impressions, which included my opinion on the physical characteristics and the initial GOTO capabilities of the ETX-LS.
This is the final part of my three part review of the Meade ETX-LS.
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