Description
- Experience our best optical performance with EdgeHD’s aplanatic, flat field Schmidt-Cassegrain optics for pinpoint stars all the way to the edge of today’s largest imaging sensors and widest eyepieces
- Aluminum optical tube with tube vents featuring an integrated 50-mesh filter allows hot air to be released from behind the primary mirror. Mirror support knobs hold the mirror in place and reduce image shift during imaging
- Versatile design accommodates 3 focal ratios: native f/11, f/7 with the addition of a focal reducer, or ultra-fast f/2 imaging with a removable secondary mirror and third-party accessories
- Celestron’s premium StarBright XLT coatings provide maximum light transmission
- A 9×50 finderscope, 2” mirror diagonal for more comfortable viewing, and wide-angle 23mm Luminos 2″ eyepiece are all included
Specifications
| Optical Tube Info: | |
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| Optical Design: | EdgeHD |
| Aperture: | 356mm (14″) |
| Focal Length: | 3910mm (154″) |
| Focal Ratio: | f/11 |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: | 23mm (0.91″) |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 1: | 170x |
| Finderscope: | 9×50 |
| Star Diagonal: | 2″ with 1.25″ adapter |
| Optical Tube: | Aluminum |
| Highest Useful Magnification: | 840x |
| Lowest Useful Magnification: | 51x |
| Limiting Stellar Magnitude: | 15.3 |
| Resolution (Rayleigh): | 0.39 arc seconds |
| Resolution (Dawes): | 0.33 arc seconds |
| Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): | 2579x |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction: | 114mm (4.5″) |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter: | 32% |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area: | 10% |
| Optical Coatings: | StarBright XLT |
| Optical Tube Length: | 787mm (31″) |
| Optical Tube Diameter: | 400.5mm (15.77″) |
| Optical Tube Weight: | 46 lbs (21 kg) |
| Dovetail: | CGE Dovetail Bar |
| Additional Information | |
| Solar Warning |
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| California Prop 65 |
WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
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