About this product
Model: sw_mercury_70_az
Part Number: 10720
Sky-Watcher Mercury-707 with Alt-Az Mount.
A popular easy to use beginner astronomy telescope from Sky-Watcher.
The Mercury-707 with it's 70mm multi-coated objective lens provides good views of the Moon, stars, bright planets and other night sky objects.
Can be freely moved in both horizontal and vertical axes and is equipped with a micro-adjustment elevation control.
FEATURES
- Magnification (with optics supplied): x28, x56, x70, x140
- Highest Practical Power (Potential): x140
- Objective Lens Diameter: 70mm
- Telescope Focal Length: 700mm (f/10)
- Eyepieces Supplied (1.25"): 10mm & 25mm
- x2 Barlow Lens
- 6x24 Finder
- 1.25"/31.7mm Star Diagonal
- Multi-Coated Objective Lens
- Alt-Azimuth Mount
- Aluminium Tripod with Accessory Tray
- 36% more Light Gathering than 60mm
- Tube material: Aluminium
What's in the box
- Mercury-707 OTA
- AZ Mount
- Aluminium Tripod
- 10mm & 25mm Eyepieces
- x2 Barlow Lens
- 6x24 Finder
- 1.25" 90° Star Diagonal
Specifications
| Optical Design | Achromatic Refractor |
| Optical Diameter | 70mm |
| Focal Length | 700mm |
| F/Ratio | F/10 |
| Highest Practical Power | 140x |
| Faintest Steller Magnitude | 11.9 |
| Finder Scope | 6x24* |
| Focuser Diameter | 1.25" |
| Diagnol | 1.25" 45 deg. Erect Image |
| Eyepieces | 1.25" Super 25 and 10 |
| Tube Weight | 1.45Kgs |
| Tube Dimensions | 7cm x 66.5cm |
| Shipping Weight | 8 Kg |
| Shipping Dimensions | 99x31x26 cm3 |
Customer reviews
| Average Rating (1 Review): | |
Friday, 6 March 2020 | John
Very easy to set up good build quality I bought this for a hobby never used one before looked at the night sky and was amazed at how it has opened my eyes to another world I would highly recommend to anyone to go for it and have good fun👌
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