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Meade #505 Connector Cable Set only for AutoStar Controlled Telescopes

MEAD081 Maps/Books/Software Discontinued

$24.00Last catalog price, March 2008

Catalog description

Meade #505 Connector Cable Set only for AutoStar Controlled Telescopes, part number MEAD081, is a discontinued product from the 2007–2011 catalog. It was last listed at $24.00, down from a high of $26.00.

The Meade #505 Connector Cable Kit allows you to control your telescope from a PC. When used with #505 AstroFinder software (not included) your #497 Autostar-equipped ETX telescope can be remotely controlled from the PC's display. Then simply point and click your way to any object shown on the computer screen and the telescope will automatically slew around and place the object in your field of view.

Includes6-foot 4-pin-to-6-pin telephone-style cable extension DB-9 6-pin- to-RS232 serial interface adapterThe kit will work with ETX 90/105/125 telescopes.

If your computer or laptop does not have a serial connection port you can purchase a USB to RS-232 Bridge Cable for connection

Catalog price history

ObservedListed priceChange
September 2007$24.00
February 2008$26.00+$2.00
March 2008$24.00−$2.00

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