What is the difference between the ETX-LS, LS, and LT models?
A. Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 16:02:58 From: Meade Instruments ETX-LS 6/LS-6: are the same LightSwitch, Astronomer Inside (built-in Audio), AutoStar III, Eclips CCD Module, GPS, Magnetic North Sensor Telescope. Flip a switch and Lightswitch technology Uses GPS, Magnetic North sensor, and level sensors to tell it where it is. Slew to a guide star and use the built-in CCD camera to center and verify the guide star. SC and ACF optic available. Built-in audio, and optional video display capability. The ETX-LS 6 telescope and the LS-6 Telescopes are one in the same. There is no design difference between the two, save for the name plate, and perhaps minor assembly differences that have been reflect lessons learned from the first units that have come off the line. Software architecture is unchanged. The “ETX” moniker was dropped because the “LS” mount share nothing in common with the ETX series. The “LS” series has a die-cast Aluminum mount and 4.875″ diameter worm gears in both axis. In
