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Tele Vue-85 APO Refractor Telescope
Product code: WXC-3370
Manufacturer: TeleVue
£2049.00
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Tele Vue-85 is an air spaced doublet APO, 85mm aperture, f/7, 600mm focal length. It comes supplied with a soft carrying case, 20mm Plossl eyepiece, ring mount, sliding dew shield, machined front cover, 2" rack and pinion focusser, and 2" star diagonal with a 1-1/4" adapter. The length is 21.5" and weight approximately 8lbs.
This excellent scope was reviewed in the September issue of Sky and Telescope. The title was: A Sharp Scope for People on the Go - Redefining the standard of excellence for small aperture refractors. The reviewer thoroughly tested by day and night and took some impressive photographs. His final paragraph summarises his findings thus: "The Tele Vue 85mm refractor is truly an incredible instrument with superb, well-corrected optics. The scope's mechanical construction is also first class all the way. Whether you are travelling half way around the world to photograph a total solar eclipse or just casually observing from your backyard, the Tele Vue 85 offers today's amateurs an extremely powerful, compact instrument capable of delivering stunning images of the universe around us. This scope is a real gem!"
Specifications | Objective | 85mm Aperture, APO Doublet | | Focal Length | 600mm | | Focal Ratio | F/7.0 | | Max Visual Field | 4.4 degrees | | Weight/Length | 8-lb., (9.6-lb brass), 21½" | | Includes | Custom soft case, screw-on lens cover
sliding dew shield, ring mount, Plössl eyepiece,
2" focuser, 2" Everbrite diagonal, 1 1/4" adapter (all fittings contain brass clamp ring style locks) |
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