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PowerSeeker 60EQ Telescope

PowerSeeker 60EQ Telescope

Item #: 21043

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  • Manual German equatorial mount with setting circles to locate and track sky objects
  • Adjustable, full height tripod with deluxe accessory tray
  • Quick and easy no-tool setup
  • Accessories include a 20mm and 4mm eyepiece, an erect image diagonal, a finderscope, and a 3x Barlow lens.
  • Download Starry Night Basic Software with a 36,000 object database, printable sky maps and enhanced images including 3D renderings of stars, exoplanets, and galaxies

Specifications

Optical Tube Info:
Optical Design: Refractor
Aperture: 60mm (2.36")
Focal Length: 900mm (35")
Focal Ratio: f/15
Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 20mm (0.79")
Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 45x
Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: 4mm (0.16")
Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 225x
Finderscope: 5x24
Star Diagonal: 1.25" Erect Image Diagonal
Highest Useful Magnification: 142x
Lowest Useful Magnification: 8.57x
Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 11.4
Resolution (Rayleigh): 2.32 arc seconds
Resolution (Dawes): 1.93 arc seconds
Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 73x
Optical Coatings: Fully Coated
Optical Tube Length: 720mm (28.3")
Optical Tube Diameter: 63mm (2.48")
Optical Tube Weight: 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
Dovetail: CG-3 Dovetail bar
Mount Info:
Mount Type: Manual Equatorial
Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): 812.8mm - 1295.4mm (32" - 51")
Tripod Leg Diameter: 31.75mm (1.25") steel
Accessory Tray: Yes
Tripod Weight: 5.9 lbs (2.68 kg) includes weight of mount
Slew Speeds: Manual
Dovetail Compatibility: CG-3 saddle plate
Software: Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software and SkyPortal App
Total Kit Weight: 7.6 lbs (3.45 kg)
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Included Celestron Technologies

  • Starry Night

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Manual German Equatorial telescope

The PowerSeeker mount comes with two slow motion control knobs that allow you to make fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both Right Ascension and Declination axes, also referred to as RA and DEC.

Accessories Included

Accessories include a 20mm and 4mm eyepiece, a finderscope, and a 3x Barlow lens. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views.  The 3x Barlow lens triples the magnifying power of each eyepiece.

Starry Night Software

Download Celestron’s Starry Night Software and learn about the night sky, celestial objects, and how to plan your next observing session. Celestron Starry Night Software is the premier astronomy software package on the market, providing resources and knowledge to view our solar system and beyond. 

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