This telescope is ultra-portable, and gives you super bright and crisp daytime views. This little guy is perfect for birdwatching or as a spotting scope, and it allows for fantastic stargazing too. It's our favorite portable scope.
Great for Night & Day Viewing. Here is the most versatile optical instrument you will ever own. Perfect for astronomy, hunting, bird watching, or cityscape gazing, this refractor scope provides an impressive view. With a full-coated achromatic 80mm primary objective lens and a short 400mm focal length, this little bundle of power packs a super-fast F/5.0, which means it is the perfect light-gathering instrument for wide-field and deep space astronomy. With this kind of light-gathering power, you also will get great views of birds or animals in darker shaded areas, and you will see clear, bright images of anything through either of the two powerful Kellner eyepieces.
Fantastic Space Views. Of course, for the backyard astronomer, this telescope is ideal and is a great introductory telescope if you are serious about learning all about astronomy. With its tremendous light-gathering power, in dark skies you can observe fabulous nebulae, galaxies, binary star systems and most of the famed deep-space Messier objects. Of course, with this telescope, you can see outstanding detail when viewing the moon and you can see you can see the Rings of Saturn and the Moons of Jupiter.
Ultra-Portable. The best thing about this scope is its incredible portability. Included with your purchase is a padded, over-the-shoulder, carry case -- that makes this scope perfect if you are on the go. Take it on camping trips, hunting excursions, to the beach, to the mountains, overseas, or just stick it in your car "just in case" there's something to see. The mini "Instant Use" tripod fits right inside the carry bag -- you can set up your scope just about anywhere in about 5 minutes. Of course, the telescope mount will fit any standard full-size photographic tripod as well.
A Favorite for Kids 6 & Up. The small size of this telescope means that it is really the ideal first telescope for younger children. While, we wouldn't let a 6 or 7 year old use a telescope unsupervised, kids 8 & up should have no problem exploring the heavens with this 80mm telescope on their own. Plus, since it is designed for day use as well, it makes a great "explorer's" toy -- fun for wildlife spotting or even spying on the neighbors.
Detailed Specifications:
- 80mm fully coated, achromatic objective lens.
- Focal Length : 400mm.
- F Rati 5.0 (that is perfect for wide-field, deep-space observing!)
- 45 degree angle prism -- images are seen right-side up.
- Eyepiece Diameter: 1.25" (easy to upgrade).
- Included Eyepieces: (1) Kellner 25mm Eyepiece; (1) Kellner 10mm Eyepiece.
- 6x26 star finder scope.
- Portable "Instant Use" Mini-Tripod.
- Padded Carry Bag with Shoulder Strap.
- Dust Free Eyepiece Cleaning Cloth.
- Step-by-step color photo online assembly guide.
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