This extra-heavy duty equatorial Ultrawedge is designed to have the strength and rigidity needed to hold heavy 10" -12" and 14" Meade LX200 Telescopes and the LX90 10" and 12". The Ultrawedged will fit directly to the Meade field tripod and allow the instrument to be used in Polar mode which is required to do long exposure astro imaging to eliminate field rotation.
The Ultrawedge can be used in latitudes ranging from 25° to 65°. It comes with large 3" diameter no-tool altitude and azimuth adjustment knobs to make polar alignment easy.
A supplied compass fits into the Ultrawedge to make the initial north alignment easier. The die cast vertical side pieces that hold the tilt plate are reinforced by two steel bars bolted from side to side at the rear of the wedge. These bars also improve the Ultrawedge’s vibration damping times. An additional reinforcing plate bolted between the vertical side pieces at the front of the wedge has been drilled to form a convenient accessory tray to hold one 2" eyepiece and four 1.25" eyepieces.
