Celestron Travel Scope 80 with Backpack
80mm Refractor Telescope: Features fully coated glass optics for clear views, housed in a lightweight frame. Custom Backpack: Convenient storage for the telescope and all accessories, enhancing portability. Easy Setup:...
Description
- 80mm Refractor Telescope: Features fully coated glass optics for clear views, housed in a lightweight frame.
- Custom Backpack: Convenient storage for the telescope and all accessories, enhancing portability.
- Easy Setup: Quick, no-tool assembly, ideal for beginners and quick observing sessions.
- Accessories Kit: Includes two eyepieces (20mm and 10mm), an erect image star diagonal for correct image orientation, a finderscope for easy targeting, and a smartphone adapter for capturing images.
- Smooth Pointing Control: Equipped with a pan handle Alt-Az mount with a clutch for precise and effortless targeting.
- Adjustable Tripod: Customizable height for optimal viewing comfort, suitable for various terrains.
- Versatile Viewing: Capable of both celestial and terrestrial observation; views planets, the moon, star clusters, and brighter deep sky objects.
- Lightweight and Portable: Total kit weight of just 4.5 pounds, ideal for travel and spontaneous stargazing.
- Smartphone Adapter: Easily attach any smartphone for capturing celestial or terrestrial images.
- Educational Software: Includes Celestron’s Starry Night Software for an enriched astronomical learning experience.
Specifications
| OPTICAL TUBE INFO: | |
|---|---|
| Optical Design: | Refractor |
| Aperture: | 80mm (3.1") |
| Focal Length: | 400mm (15.74") |
| Focal Ratio: | f/5 |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: | 20mm (0.78") |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 1: | 20x |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: | 10mm (0.4") |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 2: | 40x |
| Barlow Lens: | Not Included |
| Finderscope: | 5x24 |
| Star Diagonal: | Erect Image, 45° (1.25") |
| Optical Tube: | Aluminum |
| Highest Useful Magnification: | 189x |
| Lowest Useful Magnification: | 11x |
| Limiting Stellar Magnitude: | 12 |
| Resolution (Rayleigh): | 1.74 arc seconds |
| Resolution (Dawes): | 1.45 arc seconds |
| Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): | 131x |
| Optical Coatings: | Coated glass |
| Optical Tube Length: | 457.2mm (18") |
| Optical Tube Diameter: | 98.4mm (3.87") |
| Optical Tube Weight: | 2.4 lbs (1.08 kg) |
| Dovetail: | Vixen/CG-5 Dovetail bar |
| MOUNT INFO: | |
| Mount Type: | Manual Alt-Azimuth |
| Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): | 558.8mm - 1320.8mm (22"-52") |
| Tripod Leg Diameter: | 16.4mm (.645") x 20mm (.787") - (rectangular legs) |
| Accessory Tray: | Yes |
| Slew Speeds: | Manual |
| Tripod Weight: | 1.8 lbs (.81 kg) |
| Dovetail Compatibility: | Vixen/CG-5 saddle plate |
| Software: | Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software and SkyPortal App |
| Total Telescope Kit Weight: | 4.2 lbs (2 kg) |
| SMARTPHONE ADAPTER INFO: | |
| Phone Compatibility: | Any smartphone |
| Compatible Optics: | Fits all 1.25" eyepieces or any eyepiece with an outside diameter of 45mm or smaller |
| Dimensions: | 177.8mm x 101.6mm x 38.1mm (7" x 4" x 1.5") |
| Weight: | 6 oz (170.1 g) |
| Included Items: | Optical tube Mount and tripod (preassembled) 20mm and 10mm Eyepiece Erect image diagonal 5x24 Finderscope Smartphone adapter SkyPortal app Celestron's Starry Night Basic Edition Software Manual Backpack |
| Solar Warning |
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| California Residents |
WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov. |
Celestron Travel Scope 80 with Backpack
$139.95