Meade Instruments Corp., a consumer products company, designs, manufactures, imports, and distributes telescopes, telescope accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes, and other consumer products worldwide. The company s products include the LX850, LX600, and LX80, as well as LX200 series of telescopes with the precision of advanced coma free optics; the LX90GPS that brings global positioning system capabilities to a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope; and LS computerized telescopes that use Lightswitch technology. It also offers the LT-6 telescope for astronomers; NG and NGC series of telescopes, as well as the Digital Electronic Series telescopes; Coronado Personal Solar Telescope, a solar viewing telescope; and the Deep Sky Imager series of high-performance charge-coupled device cameras. In addition, the company provides sport optics to retailers; weather stations and digital clocks; and accessories, such as additional eyepieces, multi-media celestial observation guides, and software. The company offers its products under the Meade and Coronado brands. Meade Instruments Corp. sells its products through a network of mail order and Internet dealers, specialty retailers, distributors, and mass merchandisers. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.