Meade Series 5000 ED Apochromatic Refractors

Nothing beats a high quality refractor for crisp wide field observing and imaging. Meade Series 5000 ED refractors produce pinpoint stars and very high contrast. And like all good refractors, they offer the widest range of useful magnification of any telescope type.

Meade Series 5000 ED Triplets are virtually free of chromatic aberration, or false color. This means that the white of the lunar limb meets with the black of space, and not the violet fringe seen on lesser refractors. Perhaps less obvious, but this also means sharper images at higher magnifications as three points of the visible spectrum come into focus at the same point. Even beginners will notice the breathtaking high contrast and resolution of a Meade Series 5000 ED.