Appendix A - Technical Specifications - Celestron SKY PRODIGY 70 Instruction Manual

aPPENDIX a - TECHNICaL SPECIFICaTIONS

Optical Specification
Design
Aperture
Focal Length
F/ratio of the Optical System
Optical Coatings
Highest Useful Magnification
Resolution: Rayleigh Criterion
Dawes Limit
Light Gathering Power
Field of View: Standard Eyepiece
Linear Field of View (at 1000 yds)
Eyepiece Magnification:
Optical Tube Length
Electronic Specifications
Input Voltage
Batteries Required
Mechanical Specifications
Motor Type
Slew Speeds
Hand Control
Fork Arm
Software Specifications
Ports
Tracking Rates
Alignment Procedures
SkyProdigy 70 mm
Refractor
70 mm
700 mm
10
Fully Coated
165x
1.99 arc seconds
1.66 arc seconds
100x unaided eye
1.7º
91feet
28x (25 mm)
78x (9 mm)
27 inches
12v DC Nominal
8 D-Cell Alkaline
DC Servo motors with encoders, both axes
Nine slew speeds: 3.5º /sec, 2º /sec, 1º/sec, 0.3 /sec, 32x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 2x
Four line, 18 character Liquid Crystal Display
19 fiber optic backlit LED buttons
Cast aluminum
RS-232 communication port on hand control: Aux port on base
Sidereal, Solar and Lunar
StarSense Automatic Alignment, StarSense Manual, Solar System Alignment
25
SkyProdigy 90 mm
Maksutov-Cassegrain
90 mm
1250 mm
14
Fully Coated
213x
1.55 arc seconds
1.29 arc seconds
165x unaided eye
1 º
53.5 feet
50x (25 mm)
139x (9 mm)
13 inches
SkyProdigy 130 mm
Reflector
130 mm
650 mm
5
Aluminum
307x
1.07 arc seconds
.89 arc seconds
345x unaided eye
1.9 º
103 feet
26x (25 mm)
72x (9 mm)
24 inches