| SPECIFICATIONS | TOP |
OPTICAL DESIGN |
Schmidt-Cassegrain |
APERTURE |
203.2 mm (8 in) |
FOCAL LENGTH |
2032 mm (80 in) |
FOCAL RATIO |
10 |
FINDERSCOPE |
StarPointer |
MOUNT |
Single Fork Arm Altazimuth |
DOVETAIL COMPATIBILITY |
Quick Release Tube Clamp |
OPTICAL TUBE |
Aluminum |
EYEPIECE 1 |
25 mm (0.98 in) |
MAGNIFICATION 1 |
81.28 x |
STAR DIAGONAL |
1.25" |
CD ROM |
NexRemote V1.6.14 & The Sky L1 |
TRIPOD |
Steel (sku 93593) |
POWER SUPPLY |
8-AA batteries (not included) |
HIGHEST USEFUL MAGNIFICATION |
480 x |
LOWEST USEFUL MAGNIFICATION |
29 x |
LIMITING STELLAR MAGNITUDE |
14 |
RESOLUTION |
0.68 arc seconds |
RESOLVING POWER |
0.57 arc seconds |
LIGHT GATHERING POWER |
843 x |
ANGULAR FIELD OF VIEW |
0.63 ° |
LINEAR FIELD OF VIEW (@1000 YDS) |
33 ft (10.06 m) |
OPTICAL COATINGS |
Starbright XLT Coating |
SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION |
2.5 in (63.5 mm) |
SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION BY AREA |
10 % |
SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION BY DIAMETER |
31.3 % |
OPTICAL TUBE LENGTH |
17 in (431.8 mm) |
TELESCOPE WEIGHT |
24 lb (10.89 kg) |
TRIPOD AND MOUNT WEIGHT |
9 lb (4.08 kg) |
MOTOR DRIVE |
Integrated D.C. Electronics |
COMPUTER HAND CONTROL |
Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display w/ 19 fiber optic backlit LED buttons |
SLEW SPEEDS |
Nine slew speeds: 5°/sec, 3°/sec, 1°/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x |
TRACKING MODES |
Altazimuth, EQ North |
ALIGNMENT PROCEDURES |
SkyAlign, Auto 2-Star Align, 1-Star Align, 2-Star Align, SolarSymtem Align |
DATABASE |
40,000 objects, 400 user defined programmable objects. Enhanced information on over 200 objects |
SOFTWARE PRECISION |
24bit, 0.08 arcsec calculations |
COMMUNICATION PORTS |
RS-232 communication port on hand control, Autoguider port, Aux port |
TRACKING RATES |
Sidereal, Solar and Lunar |