Coronado PST 0.5 Angstrom Personal Solar Telescope
Solar telescope. Objective lens diameter: 40mm. Focal length: 400mm
Product ID | 71919 |
Brand | Meade Instruments Corp. |
Warranty | 5 years |
EAN | 0643824210790 |
Package size (LxWxH) | 50x27x20 cm |
Shipping Weight | 2.72 kg |
The Personal Solar Telescope (PST) is a Coronado innovation. The world's most popular telescope to observe the Sun. This 40mm diameter highly portable dedicated solar telescope features a superior 0.5 Angstrom bandpass for increased surface detail. Study of the solar disk is now within the reach of the amateur astronomer.
The PST will show you the dynamic, ever changing prominences at the edge of the Sun as well as filaments and other surface details in amazing detail, all in the brilliant and distinctive red color of hydrogen-alpha (HA) light.
Features an easy to use built in solar viewfinder, a 40mm diameter dedicated HA optical system with 40mm external tunable etalon, 30mm internal etalon primary blocking filter and incorporated focuser and bandpass fine adjustment controls, 400mm focal length, f/10 focal ratio, with Kellner 20mm eyepiece. Tripod not included.
Features:
- 40mm f/10 H-Alpha telescope – 400mm focal length
- Internal non-removable filtering optics for safely solar viewing
- 40mm external tunable etalon
- 0.5 Angstrom hydrogen-alpha (HA) bandpass
- Shown on Infinity AZ tripod (not included)
Product ID | 71919 |
Brand | Meade Instruments Corp. |
Warranty | 5 years |
EAN | 0643824210790 |
Package size (LxWxH) | 50x27x20 cm |
Shipping Weight | 2.72 kg |
Optical design | refractor |
Optical scheme | achromat |
Optics coating | fully multi-coated |
Objective lens diameter (aperture), mm | 40 |
Focal length, mm | 400 |
Aperture ratio | f/10 |
Eyepieces | Plössl 18mm |
Eyepiece barrel diameter, in | 1.25 |
Finderscope | built-in Sol Ranger |
Additional | bandwidth: <1.0Å, thermal stability: < 0.005Å, total blocking > 10⁻⁵ from UVB wavelengths to IR, 40mm external tunable etalon |
User level | beginners |
Observed object | planets of the Solar System, the Sun |
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