- Collects over 225% more light than a 60mm refractor telescope
- Red-dot finder makes it easy to locate objects in the night sky
- Observe the Moon, planets, star clusters, even some nebulae and galaxies
- Table-top base can be easily mounted on a tripod with a 3/8" screw
- Lightweight, compact design lets you take the StarMax 90 anywhere
Product Description
Whoever coined the phrase "big things come in small packages", would have definitely applied that expression to our new StarMax 90 TableTop Refractor. This ultra-compact Mak-Cass gives surprisingly big views for an instrument of its modest size, making it an elegant first telescope or a great grab-and-go second telescope! The long, 1250mm (f/13.8) focal length gives the StarMax 90 TableTop some serious magnifying power - the included 25mm and 10mm 1.25" Super Plossl eyepieces yield powers of 50x and 125x, respectively. It collects over 25% more light than its GoScope 80 cousin, and up to 225% more light than a 60mm refractor telescope. So you''l be able to enjoy planetary delights such as lunar landscapes, Saturn's rings and Jupiter's moons. As you scan the Milky Way, you''l also be able to pull in some open and globular star clusters, as well as a nebula or two. The tube assembly of the StarMax 90mm TableTop Refractor Telescope is attached to a stable swivel base, via a quick-release dovetail mount with adjustable altitude tension. The tube can easily be removed from the base and mounted on an optional photo tripod. The small swivel base itself can also be mounted on a camera tripod with a 8" screw. A red-dot view finder, internal focuser (which moves the primary lens back and forth) and included 45-degree correct image diagonal round out the features of this compact, yet surprisingly capable, Mak Cass telescope.
Orion StarMax 90mm TableTop Mak-Cass Telescope
Tags: TableTop, lunar landscapes, globular star clusters, Telescope, Cass
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I purchased the StarMax 90mm to serve two purposes: introduce me to astronomy and serve as a super telephoto lens for my cameras. It seems to do both nicely. Weather conditions have not been very favorable, but I have enjoyed some nice views of the moon. I’ve actually used it more for terrestrial viewing and photography so far. For that purpose, it’s light weight, easily portable and the images are sharp. The top of a church steeple 3/4 of a mile away fills the eyepiece. My only comment on the included tabletop base is that while it’s nicely constructed, I don’t use it. I found it allows too much vibration to reach the telescope to be usable. Since the scope has a tripod socket, I mount it on a Bogen 3035 photographic tripod which provides a much heavier, steadier base.
I recieved the starmax a few days ago….was well packaged. The OTA is of high quality and the eyepieces that are supplied are marked orion plossls. The catalog says 10mm and 25 kellners….Anyway they seem good quality. The small dobsonian style mount is ok for the job ( I mounted the whole setup on an old bogen photo tripod)because the starmax is so lt. wt.( you could probably mount a short tube 80 on it too.) Finally got a chance last night to test it out. Weather has been lousy for weeks, but briefly the sky partially cleared for a clear view of the moon. I have a celestron 8-24 zoom eyepiece I used and the moon was great. At max zoom The scope was at 156x….razor sharp views of craters. Tried to take a stab at mars, but visability deteriorated quickly. For $199 its hard to wrong. The supplied redot finder is very user friendly too.
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