APPENDIX A - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Optical Specification
SkyProdigy 102 SkyProdigy 6
Design Refractor Schmidt-Cassegrain
Aperture 102 mm 152 mm
Focal Length 660 mm 1500 mm
F/ratio of the Optical System 6.5
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Optical Coatings Fully Multi Coated StarBright Coating
Highest Useful Magnication 241x 354x
Resolution: Rayleigh Criterion 1.37 arc seconds .93 arc seconds
Dawes Limit 1.14 arc seconds .77 arc seconds
Light Gathering Power 212x unaided eye 459x unaided eye
Field of View: Standard Eyepiece 1.5º .83 º
Linear Field of View (at 1000 yds) 81feet 44 feet
Eyepiece Magnication: 26x (25 mm) 60x (25 mm)
73x (9 mm) 167x (9 mm)
Optical Tube Length 27 inches 15 inches
Electronic Specifications
Input Voltage 12v DC Nominal
Batteries Required 8 D-Cell Alkaline
Mechanical Specifications
Motor Type DC Servo motors with encoders, both axes
Slew Speeds Nine slew speeds: 3.5º /sec, 2º /sec, 1º/sec, 0.3 /sec, 32x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 2x
Hand Control Four line, 18 character Liquid Crystal Display
19 ber optic backlit LED buttons
Fork Arm Cast aluminum
Software Specifications
Ports RS-232 communication port on hand control: Aux port on base
Tracking Rates Sidereal, Solar and Lunar
Alignment Procedures StarSense Automatic Alignment, StarSense Manual, Solar System Alignment
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