Meade 114EQ-AST 114mm/4.5 inch Short Tube on sale. Buy at Focus Camera 800-221-0828.
Includes: Meade reflecting telescope 114EQ AST, Rack and pinion focuser, Equatorial mount with slow motion controls, Setting circles, Latitude control with scale, Aluminum tripod with accessory shelf, 9mm MA 1.25 inch eyepiece, 25mm MA 1.25 inch eyepiece, 5x24 viewfinder, Astronomical software.
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Meade 114EQ-AST is a 114mm/4.5 inch large aperture equatorial reflector telescope that incorporates a special relay lens which shortens the tube length and yields a 1000mm f8.8 focal length.
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With its equatorial mount, Meade 114EQ-AST greatly facilitates object tracking celestial objects as they move rapidly through the telescopic field, particularly at higher powers, simply by manually turning one or both of the control cables.
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The large 114mm-diameter mirror of this Meade telescope gathers 361% more light than 60mm telescopes.
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Fainter, more distant objects can be seen in far greater detail.
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The beginning amateur astronomer using a manual telescope on a regular basis will find the equatorial mount to be a valuable investment.
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