Astronomy Log

Meade 5 Piece Ma Eyepiece Set

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Meade 5 Piece Ma Eyepiece Set
Supplied in a foam lined case, the Meade 5 Piece MA Eyepiece Set is designed to provide a wide range of magnifications to any telescope that accepts standard 1.25" eyepieces. These fine 3-element eyepieces offer the price-conscious amateur an excellent alternative to more sophisticated and expensive oculars. The Modified Achromatic showcase an optical advancement over the traditional Kellner and yield sharp, faithful lunar, planetary, and deep-space images. All 1.25" O.D. focal lengths are multi-coated. The set comprises of 6, 12, 17, 20 and 25mm focal lengths.

Price: £69.99

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Sky-watcher Eq-5 Equatorial Mount And Stainless Steel Pipe Tripod

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Sky-watcher Eq-5 Equatorial Mount And Stainless Steel Pipe Tripod
EQ-5 Equatorial Mount & Stainless Steel Pipe TripodThe very sturdy EQ5 Equatorial mount provides excellent precision and stability and a host of other useful features for the serious astronomer. The mount rests firmly on a large, adjustable stainless steel pipe tripod with accessory tray. Supplied complete with a bubble level, latitude adjuster with micrometer scale and an azimuth polar-alignment adjuster. It also features engraved aluminium setting circles and manual slow motion tracking controls. An optional polarscope is available for aiding in polar alignment. Optional single-axis and dual-axis D.C. motor drives can be installed for auto-tracking purposes.

Price: £199.00

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Sky-watcher Startravel-120 (eq3-2) Refractor Telescope

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Sky-watcher Startravel-120 (eq3-2) Refractor Telescope
The Sky-Watcher Startravel-120 (EQ3-2) Refractor Telescope is perfect for views of star fields and clusters, nebulae, bright galaxies, planets, the Moon and the Sun (with correct safety filters!). The Startravel-120 is extremely useful when capturing lunar and solar eclipses, and nature photographs because of it's fast focal ratios and current high-speed films.

Price: £279.00

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Sky-watcher Skymax 102 Synscan Maksutov-cassegrain Telescope

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Sky-watcher Skymax 102 Synscan Maksutov-cassegrain Telescope
The Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 is an ideal instrument for the wide-field observation of Deep-Sky objects, such as Nebulae, Star Field, Clusters and Galaxies and excels at medium-to-high-powers for the examination of the surface detail on the Moon. The Sky-Watcher Skymax 102 is a useful telescope for astrophotography and also for daytime terrestrial use.The Sky-Watcher SynScan Alt-Azimuth GoTo Mount is a precision engineered instrument that will allow you to easily find and view night sky objects such as Planets, Nebulae, Star Clusters, Galaxies and much more. The SynScan AZ hand control allows you point your telescope at a specific object, or even tour the night sky at the touch of a button! The user-friendly menu system allows automatic slewing to over 42,900 objects so that even an inexperienced astronomer can master its variety of features in a few observing sessions.

Price: £329.00

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Sky-watcher Explorer 130p Synscan Reflector Telescope

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Sky-watcher Explorer 130p Synscan Reflector Telescope
The Sky-Watcher Explorer 130P is ideal for planetary and deep-sky observing and astrophotographic use. The Sky-Watcher Explorer 130P features a premium-quality Parabolic Primary Mirror, normally found in larger more expensive telescopes, to eliminate spherical aberrations, producing sharper, higher-contrast images which are full of detail. The Sky-Watcher SynScan Alt-Azimuth GoTo Mount is a precision engineered instrument that will allow you to easily find and view night sky objects such as Planets, Nebulae, Star Clusters, Galaxies and much more. The SynScan AZ hand control allows you point your telescope at a specific object, or even tour the night sky at the touch of a button! The user-friendly menu system allows automatic slewing to over 42,900 objects so that even an inexperienced astronomer can master its variety of features in a few observing sessions.

Price: £299.00

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Sky-watcher Skyhawk 1145p Synscan Reflector Telescope

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Sky-watcher Skyhawk 1145p Synscan Reflector Telescope
The Sky-Watcher Skyhawk 1145P is an ideal scope for the Moon, bright planets and brighter deep-sky objects. The Sky-Watcher Skyhawk 1145P features a premium-quality Parabolic Primary Mirror, normally found in larger more expensive telescopes, to eliminate spherical aberrations, producing even sharper, higher-contrast images which are full of detail. The Sky-Watcher SynScan Alt-Azimuth GoTo Mount is a precision engineered instrument that will allow you to easily find and view night sky objects such as Planets, Nebulae, Star Clusters, Galaxies and much more. The SynScan AZ hand control allows you point your telescope at a specific object, or even tour the night sky at the touch of a button! The user-friendly menu system allows automatic slewing to over 42,900 objects so that even an inexperienced astronomer can master its variety of features in a few observing sessions.

Price: £249.00

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Sky-watcher Heritage 76 Mini Dobsonian Telescope

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Sky-watcher Heritage 76 Mini Dobsonian Telescope
The Sky-Watcher Heritage 76 is a highly affordable and easy to use Dobsonian base telescope that is perfect for beginners. Thanks to its careful engineering including aluminized and overcoated mirrors the Sky-Watcher Heritage 76 Mini Dobsonian Telescope combines ease of use, extreme portability and consistent great all-around astronomical viewing performance. The optical tube gathers enough light to allow simple study of galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae, while the 2 included interchangeable eyepieces provide added versatility. The telescope comes equipped, as standard, with a 5x magnification Finderscope, for the easy location of night sky objects. The uncomplicated manually operated Dobsonian alt-azimuth mount makes it a convenient, highly portable, grab-and-go system. The complete telescope and mount comes fully assembled straight out of the presentation Giftbox.

Price: £49.99

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Meade Ds-2080at Lnt Refractor Telescope

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Meade Ds-2080at Lnt Refractor Telescope
The Meade DS-2080AT LNT telescope is a fantastic scope for a beginner. It features an 80mm aperture that will provide its user with stunning views of a wide array of celestial objects, from the rings on Saturn and Jupiter's moons to deep-space objects. Easy to assemble and even easier to use, the AutoStar Controller can find one of over 1400 objects simply by pushing a button. The Meade DS-2080AT LNT is supplied complete with tripod, two eyepieces, Red Dot finder and AutoStar Controller and Software DVD.

Price: £194.50

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Sky-watcher Evostar-120 (ota) 4.7 5inch Refractor Telescope

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Sky-watcher Evostar-120 (ota) 4.7 5inch Refractor Telescope
The Skywatcher Evostar series are two element, air spaced, multi coated objective achromatic refractors. They are truly outstanding, high performance, high resolution instruments manufactured to extremely high standards of optical and mechanical precision. With their long focal lenghs and breathtaking, diffraction limited optical performance, they are ideal for the detailed high power study of the Moon, Planetary Surfaces and other objects in our solar system, giving crisp contrasty images.This is the OTA (Only Tube Assembly) and does not include a mount or tripod.

Price: £229.00

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Sky-watcher Mercury-705 Refractor Telescope

Daniel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:05:08 +0000

Sky-watcher Mercury-705 Refractor Telescope
This highly affordable refractor telescope allows you to take your first steps into the fascinating world of astronomy. Supplied with a sturdy Alt-Azimuth mount with fine-control cables and an easy to use red-dot finder. Unlike many other telescopes at this price, this one accepts 1.25" eyepieces and accessories (not 0.96" or hybrid 1.25"). Also, the eyepieces supplied have been carefully selected to give a more useful and practical range of magnifications.

Price: £99.00

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