USED - Meade LX70 R5 on Sky-Watcher AllView mount

USED GEAR INFORMATION

This set-up is in good condition. Comes with a Barska red dot finder and two Plossl eyepieces (25mm and 5mm).

Description

Meade LX70 R5

• 120mm (4.7") f/8.3 Achromat Refractor - 1000mm focal length
• 6x30 optical viewfinder
• 2" rack and pinion focuser and 2" diagonal with 1.25" adapter
• 1.25" 26mm and 9mm (38x and 111x) Plossl eyepieces
• Includes dovetail and tube rings

The Meade LX70 5" Achromat Refractor Optical Tube is equipped with a high-quality, diffraction-limited, air-spaced objective lens producing high resolution and incredible contrast for lunar, planetary, and deep-sky observations. Its 120mm clear aperture allows it to resolve details down to 0.9 arc-seconds across and can be viewed using the two included 1.25" Plossl eyepieces. With its 2" rack and pinion focuser and 2" 90° diagonal, it is equipped to handle wide-field 2" eyepieces out of the box. The 6x30 optical viewfinder with cross-hair reticle makes locating faint object quickly and easily. All LX70 optical tube assemblies come complete with an aluminum Vixen-style dovetail and dust covers, and they will provide their owner a lifetime of observing satisfaction. Optical tube weight is 11 pounds.

Sky-Watcher AllView mount

AllView mount will help you to take amazing PANORAMIC IMAGES or PANNING Time-Lapse videos automatically.
This multi-purpose computerized mount is designed and intended for a wide variety of applications such as panoramic photography, daytime viewing, videography and astronomical viewing. The AllView is capable of automatically moving to various preprogrammed positions and controls the camera shutter to take a picture at each position automatically, taking the complexity out of producing panoramic video or photographs. It also supports our latest patented Freedom Find (dual-encoder) Technology.