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Model and Product Number 8" LS-8 SC # 0810-03-12
Optical System
Optical Design Schmidt Cassegrain (SC)
Primary Mirror Diameter 8” (203.2mm)
Primary Mirror Material Pyrex® Glass
Focal Length, Focal Ratio 2000mm, f/10
Optical Coatings Ultra-High Transmission Coatings (UHTC™)
Resolving Power (arc seconds) 0.57
Mount
Mount Type Aluminum Single-Arm Fork Altazimuth
Drives 4.875 inch Precision Worm Drive
Power 8 “C” Cell Batteries or AC Adapter
Battery Life 3 to 5 Hours
Tripod New Adjustable-height Steel Leg Tripod
Electronics
Controller Hand Box AutoStar III
Processor 400 megahertz Blackfi n
Memory 256 Megabytes of NAND Flash
Storage Mini SD Card (user supplied)
Input/Output USB 2.0
Speaker Built-in Mount
Connections USB, AutoStar Hand Box
Multimedia
Content Descriptions of the Planets, Moon, Stars, Clusters,
Nebulae, Galaxies and More
Audio Over 4 Hours Featuring the Voice of Sandy Wood
from “Star Date”
Video 30 Minutes of Movies and Animations Plus
Hundreds of Still Images
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