MOUNT AND TRIPOD
EQ5 mount with stainless steel tripod. (upgraded from aluminum tripod)
Standard features of the EQ5 mount include a built-in holder for polar scope, a latitude adjuster with micrometer scale, an azimuth polar-alignment adjuster, aluminum setting circles, large manual slow-motion tracking controls on RA and DEC, and a bubble level. The proposed strong and rigid field tripod is remarkably stable with adjustable height, incorporating 1.5"-diameter steel tripod legs. The lowest possible height with the tripod is 70cm and the maximum extendable height with the tripod is 121cm.
- Diameter/Aperture: 200mm
- Focal Length: 1000mm
- Diffraction-limited secondary mirror support
- Paraboloidal (parabolic) primary mirror
- 200mm primary mirror gives magnificent images of deep-sky objects. 78% more light than 150mm, 137% more light than 130mm
- Huge 9x50 achromatic finderscope reveals objects that elude smaller finderscopes
New! -1.5" Steel tripod legs for maximum stability
- Perfect instrument for serious amateur
