Meade Instruments Top-of-the-Line 16'' Telescope Donated to Southern California High School.News Editors/Business Editors IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2004 Meade Instruments
Meade Instruments Corporation (aka Meade) is a company based in Irvine, California, that manufactures and imports telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes, CCD cameras and telescope Corp. (Nasdaq:MEAD), acting in conjunction with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WMT (Windows Media Technologies) See Windows Media. ), has donated its top-of-the-line commercial telescope to the Murrieta Valley High School To meet Wikipedia's and conform with our NPOV policy, this article or section may require cleanup. The current version of this section reads like an advertisement. is available. in Murrieta, California Murrieta is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 44,282 at the 2000 census.Population was estimated to be 97,257 in 2007, [1] making it one of the fastest growing cities in the state. . In a program that dates from 2001, each year Meade and the Wal-Mart store with the highest sales of Meade telescopes give a 16" LX200GPS-SMT to an organization with an interest in promoting the study of astronomy within the community served by the store. The donated telescope retails for approximately $17,000 with accessories and is the largest production Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope The Schmidt-Cassegrain is a catadioptric telescope. It combines a folded optical path with a corrector plate to make a compact astronomical instrument. Invention and Design The Schmidt-Cassegrain is a design based on Bernhard Schmidt's Schmidt camera. in the world. With features generally found only on professional instruments, the Meade 16" LX200GPS-SMT meets the needs of the most demanding teaching and research programs at universities and secondary schools. Among those participating in a ceremony that took place on March 25, 2004 at the Wal-Mart store in Murrieta were Jack Van Haaster, mayor of Murrieta; Renate Jefferson and Jack Jones, respectively principal and co-chair of the science department of Murrieta Valley High School; Randy Johnson, chair of the science department at Vista Murrieta High School Vista Murrieta High School (VMHS) is a comprehensive, four-year high school located in Murrieta, California. It is operated by the Murrieta Valley Unified School District. ; Rick A. McCabe, manager of the vision center at the Wal-Mart store in Murrieta; and Scott Roberts, vice president of sales for Meade Instruments. In accepting the telescope, school officials lauded Wal-Mart and Meade's interest in giving back to the community and noted that the telescope -- available to students from all campuses within the Murrieta Valley School District -- will greatly facilitate the teaching of astronomy throughout the district. About Meade Instruments Meade is a leading designer and manufacturer of optical products including telescopes and accessories for the beginning to serious amateur astronomer. Meade offers a complete line of binoculars that address the needs of everyone from the casual observer to the serious sporting or birding observer, as well as a complete line of rifle scopes under the Simmons(R), Weaver(R) and Redfield(R) brand names. The Company distributes its products worldwide through a network of specialty retailers, mass merchandisers and domestic and foreign distributors. |
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