Meade · Schmidt-Cassegrain · 10 inches and up · ACF generation from 2008
The 10-inch LX90 puts a bigger Advanced Coma-Free tube on the LX90's double-tine GoTo fork. The LX90-ACF manual covers 8, 10 and 12-inch versions, all f/10, all driven by the AutoStar #497 hand controller and powered by eight C cells or an external 12 volt supply. Compared with the 8-inch you get more light for galaxies and globular clusters, and a heavier scope to carry, though still lighter than a 10-inch LX200. It's a good choice if you want a bigger aperture GoTo SCT without a permanent pier. Meade stopped operating in 2024, so check the GoTo, the hand controller and the optics carefully, because factory parts and service are gone.
The full kit
Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. Plenty of listings are the tube alone or the mount alone, and a missing hand controller, power supply or counterweight should come off the price.
The fork's drive motors and the AutoStar are the parts to test. C cells left in the base can leak. The corrector can haze or grow fungus in damp storage, and a heavier tube is harder on the fork in rough shipping.
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Buying guide
Only two 10-inch LX90s are for sale, so the $2,100–2,375 band is built from their two asks, neither with shipping quoted, and isn't a market read. We'd start with the $1,999 LX90-ACF titled with its tripod, and get a shipping quote and photos of the fork and AutoStar, since its only photo is the corrector. Ask for a video of it slewing on both axes with its AutoStar #497, a photo of the C-cell holder in the base and a flashlight photo through the corrector at an angle, because Meade stopped operating in 2024 and factory parts are gone. Skip the zero-feedback seller's $2,500 one.
$1,999.00+ ship
The lower of the two asks at $1,999, an LX90-ACF titled with its tripod. No shipping is quoted and the photo shows only the corrector, so ask for photos of the fork, tripod and AutoStar.
Meade LX90-ACF 10" (254mm) Advanced Coma-Free SCT Telescope with Tripod
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Used$1,999.00+ shipping
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LX90-ACF with tripod. The photo shows only the corrector. No shipping quoted; ask.
Seller: piorta
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Used$2,500.00+ shipping
$2,500.00 · shipping not stated
Buy It Now$2,500.00
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Zero-feedback seller. No shipping quoted; ask.
Seller: see918
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