Bushnell 3" Talking Reflector Telescope Description

Bushnell NorthStar® Telescopes

Offer amateur astronomers state-of-the-art computer-driven location and tracking capability with simple, push-button control. With a built-in data base of 20,000 celestial objects, you simply call up your target on the hand-held control module, enter a simple "Go To" command and the NorthStar computer does the rest. Once locked on, tracking the object for prolonged viewing is automatic. Our innovative RVO (Real Voice Output™) feature provides a fun, interactive way to explore the night sky. The remote, hand-held control module features red, backlit push buttons and a red, illuminated LCD read-out for easy viewing without impairing your night vision. The telescopes also feature our new 1x wide-angle, red dot finderscope. Additional features include a quick-release tripod and accessory tray for fast, easy assembly.

Personal Note:

A 3 inch (76mm) newtonian reflector is classic grab and go scope and an excellent entry level telescope. While not the biggest scope, a scope of this size will really open ones eyes to the universe. A 76mm mirror collects more light than classic beginner 60mm and 70mm refractor telescopes. Given that the main function of an astronomical telescope is to gather light, selling scopes based on how much a scope can magnify is a fairly meaningless statement. The magnification can be changed by just using a shorter focal length eyepiece (i.e. The focal length of this scope is 700mm. If you use a 10mm eyepiece, the magnification will be 700/10=70x). The larger the objective lens (or the concave mirror in this aspect) the more light the scope collects. Plus the maximum magnification per inch is 50x (so a 3 inch scope will go as high as 150x).

What can you see with a 3 inch scope?

Solar system

• Jupiter will reveal not just its two main equatorial belts, plus its four moons and shadow transits
• Saturn will reveal its glorious ring system and its largest moon Titan
• Venus and Mercury will reveal crescent phases
• Mars will display its polar ice caps and perhaps some dust markings during favourable oppositions
• The moon will reveal craters within craters

Deep sky (objects outside our solar system)

• Emission nebulae:
  • M42, The Orion Nebula (seen as a greenish patch of light, not unlike an opening flower!!!)
  • M8, The Lagoon Nebula (seen as two misty patches of light with a dark river running through it)
  • M17, The Swan Nebula (seen as a misty checkmark not unlike the famous NIKE symbol)
• Open clusters such as M45, The Pleiades "Seven Sisters" star cluster
• Globular clusters:
  • M15, the great Hercules globular (a glorious celestial cotton ball)
  • M22, the crackerjack cluster (see as a bright cotton ball with some stars resolved at the periphery)
  • M5, the Serpen's globular (similar as M22, but with less resolution)
• Galaxies:
  • M31, The Andromeda Galaxy boldly showing its gray visage under dark pristine skies
  • M81/M82 galaxy pair in Ursa Major

Note that all objects will appear greyish and not colored like the Hubble pictures. Our eyes are not sensitive enough to perceive color under low light conditions.

General Features

• Mirror diameter: 3 inch (76mm)
• Focal length: 700mm
• MOTORIZED REFLECTOR TELESCOPE
• 1.25 inch 4mm and 20mm eyepieces
• Power-boosting Barlow lens
• "Go To" computerized tracking technology
• Red Dot LED finderscope
• Remote hand-held control module with Real Voice Output™ (RVO) DESCRIBES THE NIGHT SKY IN A HUMAN VOICE
• Camera adaptable
• Quick release tripod
• Kinematic mount
• Accessory tray

 

Product condition: new
Weight: 25.70lb

MSRP: US$ 310.02

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