Celestron AstroMaster 90EQ Telescope

Celestron AstroMaster 90EQ Telescope

The Celestron AstroMaster 90EQ Telescope is a great dual-purpose telescope excellent for both terrestrial and celestial viewing. Each AstroMaster model is capable of giving image correct views of land and sky. With its time-tested durability and high-quality optics at an affordable price, the Celestron Astro Master makes a great first telescope!

The AstroMaster 90EQ is a high-quality, economical telescope with a superb optical system. This telescope produces breathtaking views of the Moon, Saturn with its ring structure, Jupiter with its belts, and hundreds of deep-sky objects. Add an optional solar filter and you can observe activity on the Sun. While observing, you'll notice that as the Earth rotates on its axis, stationary stars appear to move across the sky causing the object you're viewing to drift out of the field view. This telescope on its mount can be aimed at a celestial object and guided with the slow-motion controls to track your target!

Celestron AstroMaster 90 EQ Features

• Fully multi-coated optics for bright, crisp, clean images.
• Quick-release dovetail attachment for user-friendly set-up and storage. No tools needed!
• Permanently mounted StarPointer finderscope projects a red laser dot onto a non-magnified viewing window for easy aiming.
• German Equatorial Mount with setting circles - to accurately locate and track sky objects.
• Rugged pre-assembled tripod with 1.25-inch steel tube legs with a deluxe accessory tray for convenient access to observing tools.
• The Sky - Level 1 planetarium software with a 10,000 object database and enhanced images.

OPTICAL TUBE FULL SPECIFICATIONS

• Optical Design: Refractor.
• Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 20 mm (0.79 inches).
• Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 50x.
• Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: 10 mm (0.39 inches).
• Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 100x.
• Finderscope: Built-on StarPointer.
• Star Diagonal: 1.25-inch Erect Image Diagonal.
• Highest Useful Magnification: 213x.
• Lowest Useful Magnification: 13x.
• Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 12.3.
• Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.55 arc seconds.
• Resolution (Dawes): 1.29 arc seconds.
• Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 165x.
• Optical Coatings: Multi-Coated.
• Optical Tube Length: 914 mm (36 inches).

OPT Product Number: CE-21064