Hey Guys,
I'm new here and am looking to take up astronomy as a hobby. I'm looking to buy my first telescope and came across this one. Specs are below. I don't know the brand name. Can anyone shine some light as to whether it is worth looking at? Also, what difference does tube length & width make?
Box Includes:
- Equatorial reflective telescope
- Sighting scope
- Eyepieces
- Moon filter
- Sunglasses
- Flexible cable controls
- Declination circle
- Barlow lens
- Latitude scale
- Hour circle
- Equatorial mount
- Tripod
- Accessory tray
- Instructions
Features:
- High quality 4.5 inch (114mm) equatorial reflective astronomical telescope
- Hard coated, concave mirror
- Rack and pinion focusing
- Equatorial mount
- 3 lense H20mm, SR4mm and barlow lens
- Setting circles to locate stars
- Crosshair sighting scope
- Flexible cable controls: move the telescope in any direction by using cable
- Declination circle
- Latitude circle
- Hour circle
- Double hour indicatior so that you can easily find the location of a sky object even if the telescope is rotated either clockwise or counter clockwise
- Moon filter
- Height adjustable aluminum tripod
Specifications & Dimensions:
- Lens clear aperture: D=114mm (4.5 inch)
- Focal length: 1000mm(synthesized) Resolving power: 1 inch
- Light collection power: 265X
- Faintest discernible: 12m
- Eyepiece: K25mm, K10mm
- Sight scope: 6X30mm / turn direction
- Magnification: 40X, 100X
- Main tube length: 400mm
Regards
Cameron