Land & Astronomical Telescope

Description

This is the one for both bird watching and the stars! Many are simply too powerful for land observation - perfect for whale watching or keeping an eye on the neighbours!

Saxon 70mm f/5 telescope is a two element, air spaced, fully multicoated objective refractor and a well proven performer, which gives "rich field" views of star fields, as well as excellent terrestrial views. This telescope gives crystal clear images which are crisp with very little chromatic aberration. It is quick and easy to assemble and the low maintenance, enclosed optics are fully collimated fro m the factory. Alignment of the finder scope and polar alignment of the optical equatorial mount are all that are needed to start viewing. The optical tube assemblies are held firmly by hinged, felt lined "tube mounting rings" which allow easy installation and optical tube rotation and balancing. Mounting one of these telescopes on the supplied aluminium alt-azimuth mount or a photographic tripod is quick and simple with the supplied "multi function mount plate".

This telescope performs well for both astrophotography and terrestrial photography applications. The fast focal rations, combined with today's high speed films, make them useful for capturing lunar and solar eclipses as well as nature photographs. With a suitable T-adaptor, a camera can be connected directly to the T-mount thread on the eyepiece holder and a supplied 60mm extension tube allows closer focusing for terrestrial photography.

The telescope comes with a 45degree erecting diagonal and 5 x 24 finder scope. It has three quality 1.25" eyepieces (H20,H12.5 and SR4) and 3 x Barlow lens for following magnification: 25x, 40x, 125x or 75x, 120x, 375x (with 3 x Barlow lenses). The telescope comes with AZ# mount which is exceptionally sturdy and easy to operate. It features slow motion control cables on both axis, allowing horizontal and vertical operation. This multi functional scope has applications for both land and astronomical viewing and can be used by either the beginner or the more experienced astronomical viewer.