Explore Scientific

ED102 Essential Series Air-Spaced Triplet APO Refractor

SKU: ES-ED10207-02


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The Explore Scientific ED102 Essential Series Air-Spaced Triplet APO Refractor Telescope is a true apochromat refractor that reveals our Moon’s stark chiseled craters, Jupiter’s orderly cloud belts and the blue-white stars of the Orion Nebula popping against the complex misty cloud they call home. The ED102 Essential Series Apochromatic Refractor will open up a treasure trove of night sky treats, and provide a solid optical platform to begin serious deep sky astrophotography. 

A nice compromise between portability and aperture, this versatile high-end telescope offers true diffraction-limited optics and has an objective lens size that performs well in lunar, planetary and deep sky viewing situations.

Featuring an air-spaced triplet optical design that virtually eliminates chromatic aberrations, this telescope generates brilliant high-contrast images by combining genuine HOYA FCD1 extra-low dispersion (ED) glass and proprietary EMD enhanced multi-layer coatings.

Comes with 2 extension tubes for the 2" rack-and-pinion focuser and the Explore Scientific 2N1 Finder Scope Base installed on scope. (Finder scope not included.)  

Item Number ES-ED10207–02
Focal Length 714mm
Focal Ratio f/7
Limiting Magnitude 12.5
Resolution 1.14 arcsec
Tube Length w/ Dew Shield 30.5"; 774mm
Tube Length w/out Dew Shield 23.75"; 603mm
Diameter 119mm
Weight 9.6 lb; 4.4 kg
Dovetail Vixen

Barcode: 812257018857