Does anyone own one of these?
I'm thinking of buying one from Teds for $230 Au,
Here are the specs.
Bushmaster Mars-1400!
467 Power high resolution, shot tube, havy duty aluminum tripod, deluxe equatorial lmount.
MIRROR DIAMETER: 150mm
FOCAL LENGTH: 1400mm
MAIN TUBE POWER: 233X
MAX POWER: 467X
ACCESSORIES INCLUDED:
A) 6mm eyepiece,
B) 20mm eyepiece,
C) Lunar filter
D) 2x barlow lens, (optional)
E) 1.5x erecting lens. (optional)
Or
You reckon i shall stay with
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/transparent.gifPTICAL DESIGN
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif Newtonian Reflector APERTURE
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 127 mm (5 in) FOCAL LENGTH
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 1000 mm (39.37 in) FOCAL RATIO 7.87 EYEPIECE 1
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 20 mm (0.79 in) MAGNIFICATION 1
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 50 x EYEPIECE 2 4 mm (0.16 in) MAGNIFICATION 2 250 x BARLOW LENS 3 x FINDERSCOPE 5x24 MOUNT German Equatorial TRIPOD Aluminum ACCESSORY TRAY No-Tool Tray with Eyepiece holder CD ROM "The SkyŽ" Level 1 WEIGHT 17 lb (7.71 kg) LIMITING STELLAR MAGNITUDE
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 13 RESOLUTION
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 1.1 arcsec RESOLVING POWER
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 0.91 arcsec PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION 254 line/mm LIGHT GATHERING POWER
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 329 x ANGULAR FIELD OF VIEW
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 0.8 ° LINEAR FIELD OF VIEW (@1000 YDS)
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 43 ft (13.11 m) LINEAR FIELD OF VIEW (@1000 m)
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/b_q.gif 14 m OPTICAL COATINGS Aluminum SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION 1.6 in (40.64 mm) SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION BY AREA 10.2 % SECONDARY MIRROR OBSTRUCTION BY DIAMETER 32 % OPTICAL TUBE LENGTH 20 in (508 mm)
Any choices made up?
I'll probably stay on the Celestron powerseeker if i can manage to fix the Finder scope
Does anyone know how to fix the Finderscope?
Kind Regards
Arman
