The big news in the
telescope world this year is the new
Meade ETX-LS, though it has yet to appear on store shelves. The buzz is all about this new
ETX-LS "light switch" system that supposedly allows the computer to align itself, with no help for you. From a telescope marketing perspective, this is sheer genius, though I am personally far more interested in seeing the 6" ACF optical tube. I don't care for computers on my own telescopes, but I have always been a fan of 5" and 6" Schmidt-Cassegrain optical systems. That new Meade 6" ACF telescope, with or without the LS system, could be a dandy. We'll see.