"Meade's revolutionary ETX-LS (LightSwitch) telescope uses advanced technologies like GPS, LNT and ECLIPS CCD imaging to do what no other consumer telescope has done before: take all the hassle out of using a telescope. Simply flip the switch and the ETX-LS automatically aligns itself. Astronomer Inside then takes you on a guided multimedia tour of the best objects in your sky. The new aluminum mount is lightweight and portable, yet has a rigid structure with precision worm-gear drives for the ultimate in tracking and pointing accuracy. All this combined with Meade's Advanced Coma-Free optical system provides the stargazer with the most sophisticated, yet easiest to use telescope ever."

Here's what you get with the Meade 6" ETX LightSwitch Telescope:

• The Meade 6" ETX LightSwitch Telescope
• Advanced Coma-Free Optics
• Built-In ECLIPS CCD Imaging Module
• Full-size, Deluxe Stainless Steel Field Tripod
• 1.25" Diameter Super Plossl 26mm Eyepiece
• Autostar III 100,000 space object computer controller.
• Astronomer Inside Multimedia Suite

Premium Advanced Coma-Free Optics. Meade's exciting optical innovation delivers stunning performance only seen previously with systems costing tens of thousands of dollars more. With the standard Ultra-High Transmission Coatings, the ETX-LS gives you the sharpest, brightest optical system for its size available at any price. Meade's proprietary, Advanced Coma-Free optics will wow you at first sight. Distortion-free clarity. Sharp-as-a-tack resolution. ACF's state-of-the-art optics are so good, you'll see more objects than you've ever thought possible. Just compare ACF to Ritchey-Chrétien systems selling for $10,000 or more, and ACF's quality will absolutely astound you.

Automatic Computer Controlled Star Finding. The AutoStar controller helps you quickly find, and GoTo over 100,000 objects in the night sky. View planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae, and comets, all at the push of a button. AutoStar is pre-programmed with several guided tours, including the popular Tonight's Best. Let AutoStar take you on a guided tour of the best objects for that particular night. Meade's AutoStar controller can be updated after purchase for the life of your scope -- FREE.

Astronomer Inside Multimedia Suite. Take a multi-media guided tour of the universe, or select your favorite object and the ETX-LS Astronomer Inside gives you fun and informative audio descriptions of over 500 objects while you view them in the eyepiece or experience the whole dazzling multimedia presentation on an attached video monitor complete with audio, video, still images and text. Over four hours of audio featuring the voice of Sandy Wood from "Star Date."

Ultra-High Transmission Coatings. This telescope comes with Meade's Ultra-High Transmission Coatings. Meade UHTC is a series of exotic optical coatings precisely tuned to optimize the visual, photographic and CCD imaging performance of your telescope. Image brightness is increased by nearly 15% over standard Meade coatings. Objects such as stars, galaxies and nebulae as observed through your ETX-LS will be dramatically brighter. Even observations of the Moon and planets will benefit in increased image brightness from the full spectrum of light transmission.

Turn it on and it knows the night sky: Meade's patented automatic self-alignment system - just one touch and it does all of the work for you. No stars to center. No bearings to take. No time or location to enter. Just flip the switch, and the Integrated Sensor Module in combination with the ECLIPS (Electronically Controlled Locate Identify Position System) CCD imager delivers all the information necessary to automatically align your ETX-LS for fast, accurate, hassle-free viewing. All at the flip of a switch.

Great for Dads and Grads. The 6" ETX LightSwitch is one gift that is guaranteed to be loved by Dads & Grads. Easy to use, reasonably portable, and complete with computer controls, this telescope makes a gift that will be cherished and utilized for a lifetime of stargazing and heavenly observations.