Meade Electronic Eyepiece

The Meade Electronic Eyepiece with RCA video out cable to send images directly to your TV, VCR, or computer. Includes thread-on barrels in both 1.25" and .965". Powered by a 9v battery. This small-array monochrome eyepiece will have a field of view similar to a high powered 4mm eyepiece. Gain control is adjustable via a thumb dial. The Eyepiece can be used with virtually every telescope. With it you can view live video images of the Moon, planets, Stars and land objects on your television screen. Just connect the cable to the yellow-colored Video-in port of your TV set, Monitor or VCR. The Meade Electronic Eyepiece is easy to set-up and easy to use, and come supplied with a cable.

Product Description
This electronic eyepiece can be used with virtually any telescope to show you real-time live black and white images of the Moon, planets, stars, and daytime terrestrial objects on your television screen. Just connect the supplied cable to the yellow-colored Video-in port of your TV set, VCR, or camcorder. The Electronic Eyepiece has a 320 x 240 pixel CMOS monochrome imaging sensor. Barrels are included to allow you to fit the eyepiece into either 0.965" or 1.25" focuser sleeves. The eyepiece includes a 6 ft. cable and is powered by a (user-supplied) 9-volt battery that fits neatly inside the eyepiece housing. A built-in control permits contrast adjustment of the image. The Electronic Eyepiece is perhaps the largest-selling product of its type ever developed. Tens of thousands of Meade #902 Electronic Eyepieces are now in use in telescopes ranging from 60mm refractors to 12" Schmidt-Cassegrains
Product Features
View live monochrome video images through telescope
Composite video port for sending image to TV, VCR, or camcorder (6-foot RCA cable included)
Use with any telescope with 1.25- or 0.96-inch eyepiece
Powered by 9-volt battery (not included)
Easy to use and setup with contrast control dial

Technical Details
Imaging Sensor: CMOS Monochrome
Pixels: 76,800 pixels
Battery: One 9V
Image size: 320 x 320 pixels
Eyepiece Barrel: 1.25" or .965"
Contrast Control: Yes

Almost perfect device
By Zooball "Zooball" (Boulder City, Nevada United States)

I used this Electronic Eyepiece to make some movies of the Mercury Transit in 2006, and it did that very well with my Coronado PST and Konusmotor 500/Thousand Oaks White Light filter. However, I had to hook this up to my VCR to make the movie using a twenty foot long coaxial cable with RCA adapters. I had really planned on connecting it to my Sony Camcorder so I could have a lot of mobility, but the Camcorder and eyepiece simply cannot work together. It does work well with my VCRs and televisions, though.