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. As of September 13, 2013, Meade Instruments Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Sunny Optics, Inc.