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AutoTracking 70AR
STILL CHASING STARS? AUTO-TRACKING CAPTURES FAST MOVING STARS SO YOU CAN JUST CONCENTRATE ON ENJOYING THE VIEW!
In-StockThe Sky-Watcher 70AR Auto-Tracking telescope offers 70mm of light-gathering combined with a powerful 700mm focal length. The objective lens is an achromatic doublet fabricated from Grade-A Crown & Flint glass, providing razor-sharp, color-corrected images of planetary and lunar surface phenomenon. The brightest of the deep-space objects can be seen as faint ghostly apparitions seen best from a dark-sky location. For land observation the SW 70AR Auto-Track functions as a high-quality spotting scope for viewing distant landmarks, scenery, animals, and people.
ASTRONOMICAL TRACKING…
The Earth's rotation reveals itself in the telescope's eyepiece field as star drift. The higher the power used the faster the stars move. The revolutionary Auto-Tracking technology captures these fast moving stars and planets making them stand still in the eyepiece. You can concentrate on enjoying the view without the distraction of making manual adjustments to keep objects centered in the eyepiece. Auto-tracking does all the work!
ASTRONOMICAL SEEING…
Why is this important? The air we view through is a body of gas in constant motion. The observing quality on a good night can vary from satisfactory to superb within a matter of seconds. You want to be concentrating to catch those moments of excellent seeing where the air is very stable and the detail is truly extraordinary. Whether you are viewing the rings of Saturn, Jupiter's equatorial cloud belts, or craters on the Moon, you will soon come to appreciate the considerable advantages of Auto-tracking to assist your viewing!
TERRESTRIAL SURVEY MODE…
Sky-Watcher 70AR Auto-track includes a multi-location terrestrial surveillance mode. The sophisticated built-in software allows land survey involving up to 6 different locations. Given the mount is kept in the same physical orientation, the software memorizes the positions the telescope is to point to, and automatically goes to them on demand. You simply press the terrestrial “cruise” button and the number of the location desired. The telescope then moves into viewing position. It is also possible to command the telescope to cruise to each location automatically, stop for a moment, and move on to the next location in sequence. Now you can scout-out your favorite points of interest across the urban panorama automatically. Enjoy quick access to what is happening at your favorite bird feeder. Keep an eye on property access points, or use the technology for thousands of other interesting applications. Using the supplied snap-cable you can also image at each point in the sequence with a compatible digital camera.
INNOVATIVE ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER…
The Sky-Watcher 70AR Auto-Track includes an ergonomically designed multi-speed electronic hand-controller. Space-age software enables the electronics to precisely control the sophisticated DC-Server motors on each axis, facilitating smooth, accurate vertical and horizontal movement on demand. Follow sky objects in natural motion at 15º per hour, or transverse huge swaths of sky or terrestrial landscape at up to a blazing 3.4º a second.
While in tracking mode, the “Guide” speed, (1x), compensates for the Earth's rotation making stars stand-still. “Slow” speed, (4x), allows ultra-fine position changes to center objects in the eyepiece or Viewfinder. “Fast”, (8x), speed allows relatively quick gross incremental changes in location. With tracking mode turned off, the “Guide” speed accelerates to 32x; “Slow” speed to 64x; and “Fast” becomes a speed-demon at 800x. This allows the flexibility to transverse huge swaths of sky or terrestrial landscape in just a matter of seconds.
STANDARD COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES…
The Sky-Watcher 70AR Auto-track comes standard with stable full-length field tripod; quality Super 1.25” eyepieces: 20mm and 10mm; a 90º diagonal mirror; Red-Dot Viewfinder; and battery pack requiring 8 AA-size batteries (user-supplied).
SPECIAL OPERATIONAL FEATURES…
The Sky-Watcher Auto-track mount makes provision for latitude adjustment during set-up to facilitate astronomical tracking.
- Shipping Weight 30.80 lbs
- Optical Design Achromatic Refractor
- Lens Material Crown & Flint
- Aperture (Diameter) 70mm
- Focal Length 700mm
- F-Ratio F/10
- Secondary Mirror Diameter NA
- Highest Practical Power 165x
- Faintest Stellar Magnitude 10.8
- Resolving Power 2.0 arc sec
- Finderscope Red Dot Finder
- Focuser Diameter 1.25"
- Diagonal 1.25", 90 degree
- Eyepiece(s) 1.25" Super 20mm and 10mm
- Mount Type Altazimuth
- Slow-Motion Control Computer micro-slewing
- Accessory Tray Standard
- Motor Drive Micro-step stepper
- Go-To Programmable 6 Locations Cruising Mode
- Tube Weight 3 lb
- Tue Dimension (dia. x length) 28" long
- Tripod Height 27.5" to 48"
Price $199.00
