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Meade 70AZ-AR Altazimuth Refractor Telescope

MEAD219 Refracting Telescopes Discontinued

$74.00Last catalog price, March 2009

Catalog description

Meade 70AZ-AR Altazimuth Refractor Telescope, part number MEAD219, is a discontinued product from the 2007–2011 catalog. It was last listed at $74.00, down from a high of $79.00.

Get quality views on a budget!

The Meade 70AZ-AR is a high-performance 70mm refractor telescope ideally suited to the beginning astronomer or terrestrial observer. The rings of Saturn satellites of Jupiter and hundreds of Moon craters are only a sampling of what you can observe with this scope. The Meade 70AZ-A includes an altazimuth mount with a slow-motion control in vertical and rack-and-pinion focuser for easy adjustments. The coated achromatic (color-corrected) objective lens yields sharp clear images for viewing both astronomical and terrestrial subjects.

Features:2 three-element 1.25-inch (MA9mm MA25mm) eyepiecesDiagonal mirror for comfortable viewing5x24 red dot viewfinderAdjustable aluminum tripodPlanetarium software for the PC with 10000-object database

Catalog price history

ObservedListed priceChange
September 2007$79.00
March 2009$74.00−$5.00

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