1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible

1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible

1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible
1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope. Standard 3.5 has long been regarded as the finest personal telescope in the world. In addition to the telescope’s legendary resolution, flatness of field and contrast, the Standard has integrated features that are unavailable with other telescopes. The control box has two (2) viewing ports with flick knob selection. It provides two power changes per eyepiece, an internal finder and two telescopic powers. Included also are a star-diagonal prism, off-axis glass solar filter, and focusable eyepiece diopter. The barrel rotates for viewing height adjustment and is silk-screened with a functional Moon Map. The removable dew-cap is a Star Chart. The equatorial fork mount is brushed cast aluminum, aircraft polyurethane painted, with friction drive alt-azimuth controls. It includes an AC powered synchronous clock drive motor and declination clamp. The setting circle for Right Ascension and Declination is fully functional. The RA circle is universal for northern and southern hemispheres. The Questar stores in a carrying case that has pockets for the included tabletop legs, extra eyepiece, solar filter and AC adapter cord. A Leather Case, Two eyepieces, Off-Axis Solar Filter, A/C Power Cord, Three Legs for a tri-pod are included. TYPE: Maksutov Cassegrain Catadioptric. No coma, astigmatism or spherical aberrations. CLEAR APERTURE: 3.5 inches, 89mm (Center Obscuration, 27.9mm). FOCAL LENGTH: Basic Visual 50.5 inches, f/14.4, 1300mm. FINDER LENS: 4 Fl. 4x and 8x, Field 12° and 8°. POWERS: Powers are eyepiece dependent and can range from 40x to 270x with Questar Brandon eyepieces. POWERS LIMIT: Resolves 1 sec. Arc at 50feet EFL. FIELD OF VIEW: Visual field of view 1.1° to 0.16°. LENS: BK7, MgFl2 coated, passes UV to 3300 A, IR to 1 micron, parfocal. AlSiO coated 3.800 dia. This is a “what you see is what you get” sale. You will get exactly what you see in the images and everything works as it should. This is a beautiful, very rare collectible piece of equipment and the Rolls Royce of telescopes. This would make an awesome Christmas gift for anyone interested in Astronomy. This is a very rare. Finding one of these made in the 1950’s just doesn’t happen very often, especially one in the condition this one is in. The item “1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible” is in sale since Friday, December 6, 2019. This item is in the category “Cameras & Photo\Binoculars & Telescopes\Telescopes”. The seller is “wxdude2″ and is located in Azle, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States.
  • Model: Standard
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Aperture: 89 mm
  • Finderscope: Built In Finder
  • Type: Catadioptric
  • Features: Dew Shield
  • Mount Type: Double Fork
  • MPN: Does Not Apply
  • Brand: Questar

1957 Questar 3.5 Standard Telescope Beautiful Condition 60 year old Collectible