Description
Discover our Solar System with the Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ! You’ll be ready to observe in minutes thanks to the quick and easy no-tool setup. The 130EQ provides bright, clear images of the Moon, planets, star clusters, and more for great nighttime viewing.
Manual German Equatorial telescope
The AstroMaster mount comes with two slow motion control knobs that allow you to make fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both Right Ascension and Declination axes, also referred to as RA and DEC.
Accessories Included
Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, and a finderscope. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views. The 20mm has a built-in erect image corrector.
Starry Night Software
Download Celestron’s Starry Night Software and learn about the night sky, celestial objects, and how to plan your next observing session. Celestron Starry Night Software is the premier astronomy software package on the market, providing resources and knowledge to view our solar system and beyond.
Manual German equatorial mount with setting circles – to locate and track sky objects
Adjustable, full height steel tripod with deluxe accessory tray
Quick and easy no-tool setup
Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, and a finderscope
Download Starry Night Basic Software with a 10,000 object database, printable sky maps and 75 enhanced images
Optical Tube Info:
Optical Design Newtonian Reflector
Aperture 130mm (5.11″)
Focal Length 650mm (25.6″)
Focal Ratio f/5
Focal Length of Eyepiece 1 20mm (.78″) with built-in erect image corrector
Magnification of Eyepiece 1 33x
Focal Length of Eyepiece 2 10mm (.4″) standard
Magnification of Eyepiece 2 65x
Finderscope Built-on StarPointer
Star Diagonal None
Highest Useful Magnification 307x
Lowest Useful Magnification 19x
Limiting Stellar Magnitude 13.1
Resolution (Rayleigh) 1.07 arc seconds
Resolution (Dawes) .89 arc seconds
Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye) 345x
Optical Coatings Aluminum
Optical Tube Length 610mm (24″)
Mount Info:
Mount Type CG-3 Equatorial
Tripod 1.25″ steel tube legs
Software Starry Night Basic Edition
Included Accessories Optical tube| Tripod | Accessory tray | 2 eyepieces – 20mm with built-in erect image corrector and a 10mm
