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Sky-Watcher Telescopes AZ4 80 Telescope

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"Rock Star" 80mm Entry Level Telescope

Hands-down this is the best performing manual starter-telescope for astronomy in its price-class. It packs a powerful one-two punch of quality optics, plus sufficient aperture to see prominent astronomical phenomenon well. The rock-solid mount and tripod banishes the wiggles and distracting vibrations common with telescope mounts of lesser capability. See clearly Saturn's rings; Jupiter's equatorial cloud belts, plus its 4-major satellites; the Orion Nebula; craters on the Moon by the hundreds; and much more. As a terrestrial spotting scope, the Sky-Watcher 80AR-AZ4A is a dream-machine offering razor-sharp, high-resolution views of distant scenery, wildlife, and people. Read a license plate from a half-mile away.

Sky-Watcher 80AR achromatic lenses are fabricated to the highest optical standards from Grade-A Crown & Flint glass. Each lens set is individually pitch-polished, and hand figured by a master optician ensuring premium optical performance. Each lens system is air-spaced with high transmission coatings on air-to-glass optical surfaces

Quality Accessories Enhance Your Viewing Experience

The telescope includes premium, 4-element Super Plossl 10mm and 25mm eyepieces, 45° Erect Image Prism 1.25", beefy adjusrable aluminum tripod, Red-Dot finder, and planetarium software.

The Rock (AZ4 Mount) Includes Heavy Duty Aluminum Legs on SW 80AR-AZ4

The superbly designed Sky-Watcher AZ4 mount is remarkably portable with heavy-duty, yet relatively lightweight construction - a veritable paragon of stability - perfect for demanding terrestrial and astronomical applications.

A mount's stability and ease-of-operation during the process of viewing terrestrial or moving sky objects can make the experience a consistently enjoyable pastime, or render it generally frustrating as images appear to dance around uncontrollably in the eyepiece. Mechanical stability and fluid tracking are the keys to mount quality. The high-performance Sky-Watcher AZ4 mount excels admirably in both these important attributes. The AZ4's altazimuth design also adds to the mount's stability as the center of gravity is directly over the tripod.

The Sky-Watcher AZ4 pan-handle mechanical tracking motions about both axes glide on large thrust-bearing surfaces lubricated by industrial-standard Teflon bearings producing smooth, fluid motion. Control knobs adjust the mount of drag (stricture) to ensure ease of movement without loss of precision. The mount and tripod head are constructed of rigid, cast aluminum.

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SKU S11800
Shipping Weight 10.00 lbs
Optical Design 80mm (3.1") Achromatic Refractor
Lens Material Grade A Crown & Flint Glass
Aperture (Diameter) 80mm
Focal Length 900mm
F-Ratio f/11.2
Highest Practical Power 189
Faintest Stellar Magnitude 12.5
Resolving Power 1.75
Finderscope Red Dot Finder
Eyepiece(s) Plossl25mm & lomm
Mount Type AZ4 Manual Altazimuth
Slow-Motion Control Pan Hangle w/ Knob
Accessory Tray Included
Tube Weight 11 lbs
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