Celestron AstroMaster 70 EQ Telescope
Refractor. Objective lens diameter: 70 mm. Focal length: 900mm
Product ID | 03980 |
Brand | Celestron |
Warranty | 3 years |
EAN | 2400000026419 |
Package size (LxWxH) | 38x24x104 cm |
Shipping Weight | 10.5 kg |
Manual German Equatorial telescope
The AstroMaster mount comes with two slow motion control knobs that allow you to make fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both Right Ascension and Declination axes, also referred to as RA and DEC.
Accessories Included
Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, erect image diagonal, and a finderscope. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views.
Starry Night Software
Download Celestron’s Starry Night Software and learn about the night sky, celestial objects, and how to plan your next observing session. Celestron Starry Night Software is the premier astronomy software package on the market, providing resources and knowledge to view our solar system and beyond.
Features:
- Manual German equatorial mount with setting circles - to locate and track sky objects
- Adjustable, full height steel tripod with deluxe accessory tray
- Quick and easy no-tool setup
- Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, erect image diagonal, and a finderscope
- Download Starry Night Basic Software with a 36,000 object database, printable sky maps and enhanced images including 3D renderings of stars, exoplanets, and galaxies
Product ID | 03980 |
Brand | Celestron |
Warranty | 3 years |
EAN | 2400000026419 |
Package size (LxWxH) | 38x24x104 cm |
Shipping Weight | 10.5 kg |
Optical design | refractor |
Optical scheme | achromat |
Optics coating | fully coated |
Objective lens diameter (aperture), mm | 70 |
Focal length, mm | 900 |
Lowest practical power, x | 10 |
Highest practical power, x | 165 |
Aperture ratio | f/13 |
Resolution: Rayleigh criterion | 1.99 |
Resolution: Dawes' limit | 1.66 |
Limiting stellar magnitude | 11.7 |
Eyepieces | 20mm (45x), K10mm (90x) |
Eyepiece barrel diameter, in | 1.25 |
Finderscope | red dot, StarPointer |
Tripod | steel |
Tripod height (adjustable), mm | adjustable |
Accessory tray | ✓ |
Mount | equatorial |
Slow-motion controls | along both axes |
Additional | diagonal prism 1.25" |
Software | electronic planetarium |
Optical tube material | aluminum |
User level | elementary, beginners |
Observed object | planets of the Solar System, terrestrial objects |
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