The National Geographic Sky View 70 is an achromatic refractor telescope with a 70mm aperture. It shows lunar detail, planetary features such as Jupiter's cloud belts and Saturn's rings, and some of the brightest Messier objects, star clusters and nebulae.
It comes with two interchangeable Kellner eyepieces and a 3x Barlow lens. Used in different combinations, they give powers of 16x, 40x, 48x and 120x. A straight-through viewfinder and downloadable astronomy software help locate targets.
A panhandle mount allows smooth repositioning. The full-size tripod is fully adjustable and has an accessory tray for holding extra eyepieces. An included adapter lets you practice simple astrophotography with your own smartphone.
- Optical design
- Achromatic refractor
- Aperture
- 70 mm
- Focal length
- 400 mm
- Eyepieces
- Kellner 25 mm and 10 mm
- Eyepiece size
- 31.7 mm / 1.25 in
- Magnification
- 16x and 40x with the eyepieces; 48x and 120x with the 3x Barlow lens
- Mount
- AZ PanHandle Mount
- Viewfinder
- Straight-through
- Tripod
- Full-size, fully adjustable, with accessory tray
- Color
- White
- Item number
- 80-00370