LAS VEGAS -- Need a reason to go camping? Here's a great one. Meade Instruments showed off its new telescope at CES 2009, a 30-pound mean machine makes the night sky come alive. It's astronomy for ...

The new Meade telescope awaiting installation. Lowenthal tightening the final screws during the installation of the telescope. It’s International Astronomy Year and, fittingly, a new telescope just ...

Irvine telescope maker Meade Instruments has filed for bankruptcy protection just days after its Chinese owner lost an antitrust case alleging a conspiracy to squeeze a competitor out of business.

Struggling Irvine telescope maker Meade Instruments Corp. said Tuesday it’s closing a Georgia plant and cutting 20 jobs. The move is “another step in our efforts to align our operating expenses with ...

Meade's 14" RCX reflector touts a "large, coma-free field of view from edge-to-edge," which is to say, you can see things through it with the sharpness and clarity required for serious ...

Irvine telescope maker Meade Instruments has filed for bankruptcy protection just days after its Chinese owner lost an antitrust case alleging a conspiracy to squeeze a competitor out of business.

I'm listing this for my father. I've used the scope a few times myself and it is a good one. For sale: Meade 8" Starfinder Reflecting Telescope with a German equatorial mount, 115 volt clock drive, ...