My Meade 16" Starfinder Reflecting Telescope The spec are Focal Lenght 1830mm Focal Ratio f/4.5 Resolving Power (arc secs.) 0.28 Limiting Visual Magnitude 15.8 Limiting Photographic Magnitude 18.1 Image Scale 0.79deg/inch Maximum Practical Visual Power 600X But I had it to 1240X |
35mm Angular Film Coverage 0.74deg X 1.06deg Opytical Tube 19" dia X 66" Long Spiral wound Sonotube Secondary Mirror Minor Axia 4.00" Secondary Mirror Obstruction 6.2% Equatorial Mounting German-Type Polar and Dec Shaft Dias. 1.5" Bearings. Polar: 2 Sealmaster Ball Bearings; Dec: Nylon Pier (dia. X Height 6.0" X 18" Steel Motor Drive System 9-Volts D.C Will Run Up To 30 hrs. |
Drive Gear 5" Worm Gear Setting Circle Dias. RA and Dec: 6" Latitude Range 25 deg to 60 deg Rotating Rings Gust Installed. $700.00 just for that Total Net Telescope Weight 249 lbs. |
Here is my SolarMax 40 H-Alpha Telescope. SPECIFICATIONS ARE TYPE: SolarMax series thermally stable with hard non-degenerating coatings. APERTURE: 40mm WAVELENGTH: 6562.8A (H alpha) BANDWIDTH: <0.8A(40mm) FOCAL LENGHT: 400mm |
Pictures of the sun was takeing with a Kodak DX-4900 4.0 MegaPixels Camera. |