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8" Schmidt-Cassegrain
2032mm F/10
50mm Finderscope w/ quick release bracket
Dual Fork Arm
Aluminum
40mm Plossl (51x)
1.25"
Leg Brace / Eyepiece holder
Heavy Duty Steel Adjustable
Car battery adapter
NexStar Computer Control System
RS-232 communication port on hand control
Aux Port, Autoguide Ports
40,000 Object Database
Internal 16 channel
DC Servo motors with encoders, both axes
.1406 arcsecond
Nine slew speeds: 3° /sec, 2° /sec, .5°/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x
24bit, 0.08 arcsec calculations
Sidereal, Solar and Lunar
Altazimuth, EQ North & EQ South
SkyAlign, Auto Two Star Align, One-Star Align, EQ Align, Solar System Align
Permanently Programmable
Dual fork arm, cast aluminum w/ detachable HC cradle
5.625" hard anodized gear in both axes, 180 tooth, brass worm
9.8" azimuth bearing
480x
29x
14
.68 arc seconds
.57 arc seconds
200 line/mm
843x unaided eye
.8°
42 ft.
XLT Starbright Coatings
2.7"
11%
34%
23 inches
42 lbs
19 lbs
12VDC 1.5A
Software






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