Meade’s 10-inch LX200GPS-SMT with Autostar Suite hurried along something that’s been a long time coming in my life: I’ve finally become a cyberastronomer.

Meade offers this scope in four sizes: 8-, 10-, 12-, and 16-inch apertures. All models come in either the standard or deluxe version, except the 16-inch, which comes only in the deluxe model.

Bausch & Lomb Company gave the University of Colorado a 10.5-inch refractor, formerly the property of Carl L. Bausch. The telescope was designed by George Saegmuller, a B&L designer, in 1912.

The Celestron Inspire 100AZ Refractor Telescope and Meade Instruments Polaris 114mm Reflector Telescope are both excellent telescopes. This versus guide puts the two head-to-head to help you ...

It took about 18 months to build the refractor telescope, which is 10-feet long and sits on a computerized mount. ... He lauded the center for the addition of the 10-inch refractor.

The 10-inch refractor telescope has been around since 1934, and was built by Carl Zeiss Jena and shipped over from Germany. Here’s more from the Franklin Institute’s web site: The original ...