Skywatcher Comet Catcher Special Edition - Startravel 80 Refractor onto AZ3 MountSkywatcher offers to the comet ISON a special edition from Startravel 80 refractor telescope on the azimuthal AZ3 mount. This edition is limited.
Fields of use
An ideal instrument for the wide-field observation of Deep-Sky objects, including nebulae, star fields, star clusters and galaxies, the moon, bright planets and comets, as well as for daytime terrestrial observations.
This wide-field, short-tube telescope is great for both astrophotography and terrestrial photography.
MountThe intuitive and easy to use AZ3 Alt-Azimuth mount provides excellent stability and precise control, via its slow motion cables, on both the horizontal (azimuth) and vertical (altitude) axes.
AccessoriesIt will be delivered with the following accessories: 2 high quality Plössl 1.25" eyepieces with 26 mm and 12.5 mm focal length in metal version with multicoated lenes. Also you will get a 2 x Barlow and a 90° star diagonal. The telescope is equipped with a red dot finder.
Delivery contents- Refractor tube
- AZ3 mount
- Plössl eyepieces 26 mm and 12,5 mm
- 2 x Barlow lens
- 1.25" star diagonal
- Red dot finder
Products specifications
| Type of telescope | Achromatic Refractor |
| Lens | Achromat |
| Aperture | 80 mm |
| Limit value | 11.3 mag |
| Max. useful visual power | 160x |
| Viewfinder | Red Dot Finder |
| Diagonal mirror | 1 1/4" |
| Tracking | manually |
| Focal ratio | f/5 |
| Resolution | 0.89" |
| Designation | Alt-Azimuth |
| Color | black |
| Focal length | 400 mm |
| Focuser | 1.25" Rack and Pinion |
| Connection to eyepiece | 1.25" |
| Included accessories | 26 mm and 12.5 mm Plössl Eyepieces, 2 x Barlow, 90° Diagonal, Red Dot Finder |
| Eyepieces | 26 mm and 12.5 mm Plössl |
| Type of mount | AZ3 |
