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# 70mm Aperture, 500mm Focal length (F7.1)
# 7-21mm High quality zoom eyepiece (71-24X) BONUS while stock lasts
# Red dot Finderscope
# AZ3 Alt Azimuth mount with micro control
# Aluminium tripod
# Highest practical power: 145X

The Sky-Watcher 70mm (2.8") telescope is a two-element, air-spaced, fully multi- coated objective, refractors. This telescope give images which are crisp and with very little chromatic aberration.

One of the greatest assets of these solidly built telescopes is portability. The light-weight optical tubes (1.25kg), and the compressed length of about 380mm (15") make it a "take it with me" telescope. The optical tubes can be adapted to fit into an airline carry-on bag, or into a hiker's backpack. Whether it is to be used as a beginner's telescope, a "rich-field", a backup, a guide scope or a travelling telescope, the very reasonable price makes it a choice to seriously consider.

It is quick and easy to set up and the low- maintenance, enclosed optics come fully collimated from the factory. Alignment of the finderscope and polar alignment of the optional equatorial mount are all that are needed to start viewing. The optical tube assembly is held firmly by hinged, felt-lined "tube mounting rings" which allow easy installation and optical tube rotation and balancing. Mounting on the supplied aluminum alt-azimuth mount or a photographic tripod is quick and simple with the supplied "multi-function mount plate".

It performs well as a fixed aperture lense for both astrophotography and terrestrial photography. The "fast" focal ratio, combined with today's high speed films, make them useful for capturing lunar and solar eclipses as well as nature photographs. With a suitable T-adapter, a camera can be connected directly to the T-mount thread on the drawtube for terrestrial photography.