OPTICAL DESIGN |
Schmidt-Cassegrain |
APERTURE |
235 mm (9.25 in) |
FOCAL LENGTH |
2350 mm (92.52 in) |
FOCAL RATIO |
10 |
FINDERSCOPE |
50 Finderscope w/ quick release bracket |
MOUNT |
Dual Fork Arm |
OPTICAL TUBE |
Aluminum |
EYEPIECE 1 |
40 mm (1.57 in) |
MAGNIFICATION 1 |
58.75 x |
STAR DIAGONAL |
1.25 |
ACCESSORY TRAY |
Leg Brace / Eyepiece holder |
TRIPOD |
Heavy Duty Steel Adjustable |
CD ROM |
NexRemote control software w/RS232 cable |
POWER SUPPLY |
Car battery adapter |
HIGHEST USEFUL MAGNIFICATION |
555 x |
LOWEST USEFUL MAGNIFICATION |
3 x |
LIMITING STELLAR MAGNITUDE |
14.4 |
RESOLUTION |
0.59 arc seconds |
RESOLVING POWER |
0.49 arc seconds |
PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION |
200 line/mm |
LIGHT GATHERING POWER |
1127 x |
ANGULAR FIELD OF VIEW |
0.7 ° |
LINEAR FIELD OF VIEW (@1000 YDS) |
38 ft (11.58 m) |
OPTICAL COATINGS |
Starbright XLT Coating |
SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION |
3.35 in (85.09 mm) |
SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION BY AREA |
13 % |
SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION BY DIAMETER |
36.2 % |
TELESCOPE WEIGHT |
58 lb (26.31 kg) |
TRIPOD AND MOUNT WEIGHT |
19 lb (8.62 kg) |
MOTOR DRIVE |
DC Servo motors with encoders, both axes |
MOTOR RESOLUTION |
0.14 arc seconds |
COMPUTER HAND CONTROL |
Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display; 19 fiber optic backlit LED buttons |
TRACKING RATES |
Sidereal, Solar and Lunar |
TRACKING MODES |
Altazimuth, EQ North & EQ South |
ALIGNMENT PROCEDURES |
SkyAlign, Auto Two-Star Alignment, Two-star Align, SolarSystem Align, EQ North Align, EQ South Align, One-Star Align |
SOFTWARE PRECISION |
24bit, 0.08 calculations |
PERIODIC ERROR CORRECTION |
Permanently Programable |
FORK ARM |
Dual fork arm, cast Aluminum w/ detachable HC cradle |
GEAR |
5.625 hard anodized gear in both axes, 180 tooth |
BEARINGS |
9.8 azimuth bearing |
COMMUNICATION PORTS |
RS-232 counication port on hand control |
MOTOR PORTS |
Aux Port, Autoguide Ports |
DATABASE |
40,000+ objects, 400 user defined programmable objects. Enhanced information on over 200 objects |
POWER REQUIREMENTS |
12VDC 1.5A |
POWER REQUIREMENTS - IDLE CURRENT |
340 mA |
POWER REQUIREMENTS - SLEW ONE AXIS |
640 mA |
POWER REQUIREMENTS - SLEW BOTH AXES |
900 mA |
CORD MANAGEMENT |
Cord Wrap Software |
GPS |
Internal 16 channel |