Appendix A - Technical Specifications
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Design
Aperture
Focal Length
F/ratio of the Optical System
Primary Mirror:
Diameter
Coatings
Secondary Mirror Spot Size
Secondary Obstruction
Corrector Plate:
Material
Coatings
Highest Useful Magnification
Lowest Useful Magnification (7mm exit pupil)
Resolution: Rayleigh Criterion
Dawes Limit
Light Gathering Power
Near Focus standard eyepiece or camera
Field of View: Standard Eyepiece
Linear Field of View (at 1000 yds)
Magnification: Standard Eyepiece
Optical Tube Length
Weight of Telescope
Weight of Tripod
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Input Voltage
Batteries Required
Power Supply Requirements
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Motor: Type
Resolution
Slew speeds
Hand Control
Fork Arm
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Software Precision
Ports
Tracking Rates
Tracking Modes
Alignment Procedures
Database
Total Object Database
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NexStar 6SE (#11068)
Schmidt Cassegrain Optical
Design
6 inches (150mm)
60 inches (1500mm)
10
150mm
Starbright XLT®
2.2"
37% by diameter; 14% by area
Optical Quality Crown Glass
Starbright XLT®
354x
21x
.92 arc seconds
.77 arc seconds
459x unaided eye
~ 20 feet
.8º
42 feet
60x
16 inches
21 Lbs.
9 lbs
12 V DC Nominal
8 AA Alkaline
12 VDC-750 mA (Tip positive)
DC Servo motors with encoders, both axes
.26 arc sec
Nine slew speeds: 5º /sec, 3º /sec, 1º/sec, .5/sec, 32x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 2x
Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display
19 fiber optic backlit LED buttons
Cast aluminum, with integrated hand control receptacle
16 bit, 20 arc sec. calculations
RS-232 communication port on hand control
Sidereal, Solar, Lunar and King
Alt-Az, EQ North & EQ South
SkyAlign, Auto Two-Star, Two-Star, One-Star, Solar System Align
200 user defined programmable object.
Enhanced information on over 200 objects
+40,000
NexStar 8SE (#11069)
Schmidt Cassegrain Optical
Design
8 inches (200mm)
80 inches (2032mm)
10
100mm
Starbright XLT®
2.5"
35% by diameter; 12% by area
Optical Quality Crown Glass
Starbright XLT®
480x
29x
.68 arc seconds
.57 arc seconds
843x unaided eye
~ 25 feet
.64º
33.6 feet
81x
17 inches
24 Lbs.
9 lbs