Description
TEL EXPLORASCOPE 60AZ
Designed and built for beginners, the Celestron ExploraScope 60AZ 60mm f/12 Alt-Az Refractor Telescope offers a complete set-up for viewing the Moon, planets, meteor showers, and satellites. The optics are fully multi-coated with anti-reflection coatings to reduce light loss and produce brighter and clearer images with improved contrast.
The scope features a manual alt-azimuth mount with an altitude adjustment rod that allows users to track objects as they move across the night sky with a simple twist of the handle. Two eyepieces are included to produce 35x and 175x, with a 3x Barlow lens that effectively triples the magnification of each eyepiece. A 90° diagonal is also provided to put the user in a more comfortable viewing position, and it has an erector prism to correct the image orientation horizontally and vertically to enable the scope to be used for terrestrial viewing as a conventional spotting scope. Its aluminum tripod provides a stable observation platform, and has an adjustable height from 31 to 52″ allowing for comfortable viewing by most users. With a total weight of only 5.2 pounds, the ExploraScope easy to transport and handle by most people.
Optical Tube
- 60mm aperture
- f/12 focal ratio
- 700mm focal length
- Classic refractor-style optical design
- Anti-reflection fully coated optics improves light transmission and contrast
- Resolution: 2.32 arc sec, Rayleigh; 1.93 arc sec, Dawes
- Rack-and-pinion focuser with 1.25″ drawtube
Mount and Tripod
- Mount
- Manual alt-azimuth yoke-style
- Slow-motion altitude control rod to make minute adjustments
- Tripod:
- Aluminum legs with black finish
- Two-section, adjustable height
- 31-52″ adjustment range
- Accessory tray with eyepiece holders
Eyepieces and Accessories
- Eyepieces:
- 1.25″ diameter barrel
- Accepts most 1.25″ eyepiece filters
- 4mm eyepiece yields 175x magnification
- 20mm eyepiece yields 35x power
- Diagonal:
- 90° angle puts user’s head in a comfortable viewing position
- Erect-image prism corrects view for terrestrial viewing
- Barlow Lens:
- 3x magnification effectively triples the power of each eyepiece
- Finder:
- Red-dot StarPointer
- Wide, unmagnified view to find subjects easily makes star-hopping navigation faster
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