Celestron Travelscope 70
Telescope The Celestron Travelscope 70 is a refractor telescope perfect for terrestrial and celestial viewing on the go. The Celestron Travelscope 70 can view the planets, moon, star clusters and brighter deep-sky objects like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy at night and with the erect image star diagonal makes the optical tube ideal for using as a spotting scope during the day.
Setting up the telescope is a breeze and will have you observing in no time. Even on your first time out, you can assemble the telescope and its accessories in just a few minutes. The adjustable tripod legs allow you to customize the telescope’s height or place it on raised surfaces like a picnic table. The total telescope kit weighs in at just 3.3 pounds – perfect for impromptu observing sessions or transporting wherever life’s adventures take you.
Manual Alt-Azimuth telescope
Navigate the sky with a panhandle Alt-Az control with clutch for smooth and accurate pointing. Move the clutch in an up/down, left/right fashion to track your object in the eyepiece.
Celestron Travelscope 70 Features:
- 70mm refractor telescope with fully coated glass optics and a lightweight frame
- Custom backpack included to store your telescope and accessories comfortably
- Observe in no time with a quick and easy, no-tool setup
- Accessories include: two eyepieces (20mm and 10mm), 45° erect image diagonal, and 5×24 finderscope
- Panhandle Alt-Az control with clutch for smooth and accurate pointing
- Adjustable height tripod
Celestron Travelscope 70 SPECIFICATIONS
- Optical Design: Refractor
- Aperture: 70mm
- Focal Length: 400mm
- Focal Ratio: f/5.7
- Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 20mm
- Celestron Telescope Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 20x
- Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: 10mm
- Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 40x
- Barlow Lens: Not Included
- Finderscope: 5×24
- Star Diagonal: Erect Image, 45° 1.25″
- Optical Tube: Aluminum
- Celestron Telescope Highest Useful Magnification: 168x
- Lowest Useful Magnification: 10x
- Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 11.7
- Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.98 arc seconds
- Resolution (Dawes): 1.66 arc seconds
- Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 100x
- Optical Coatings: Fully Coated glass optics
- Optical Tube Length: 431.8mm
- Optical Tube Weight: 0.68 kg
- Dovetail: N/A
- Mount Type: Manual Alt Azimuth
- Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): 558.8mm – 1320.8mm
- Tripod Leg Diameter: 31.75mm Aluminum
- Accessory Tray: Yes
- Celestron Telescope Slew Speeds: Manual
- Tripod Weight: 0.81 kg
- Dovetail Compatibility: N/A
- Software: Celestron’s Starry Night Basic Edition Software, SkyPortal App – Downloadable
- Total Kit Weight: 1.5 kg
Celestron is Ideal for viewing object in the sky. See more on the Celestron Travelscope 70.