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Tele Vue-60 2.4"/60mm Refractor Telescope Optical Tube Assembly
  • 360mm f/6 Apochromatic Refractor
  •  • Made in USA

Mfr # TVO-2460• B&H TETV60

Our Price: $ 679.99
Availability: In Stock
This Item Includes

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Dovetail Balancing Bar

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Snap-On Lenshood Lenscap

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Soft Carrying Bag

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5-Year Warranty Against Manufacturer Defects

Required/Recommended Accessories
The item(s) listed below are recommended to enhance the use of the selected item above.

Mounts (Altazimuth)


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Heavy-Duty Manual Altazimuth Telescope Mount with Tripod

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Mounts (Equatorial)


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GP2 Manual Equatorial Telescope Mount w/o Tripod
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B&H# VIGP2EMB

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Tripods & Piers


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P85 Metal Pillar for GP2, GPD2, and Great Polaris Series Mounts
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B&H# VIP85MP

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Filters


B+W
77mm Linear Polarizer Multi-Resistant Coated (MRC) Glass Filter

66044836
B&H# BWPMC77

Price: 94.50

Viewing Aids


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Vibration Suppression Pads (useful at high power when near cars, etc.)

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B&H# CEVSP

Price: 39.95

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60-Degree Everbrite Erect Image Diagonal (1.25")

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Books & Tutorials


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B&H# CESM

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Cases


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TV-60 Carry Bag

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B&H# TETV60CB

Price: 59.95

Product Information

From the dainty Tele Vue-60 to the flagship Tele Vue-NP127, Tele Vue employs a companywide philosophy consistent with their entire line of great telescopes & accessories. They produce brilliant optics in several sizes, none too big to use "on location", so you can have the best views capable of whatever aperture you can tolerate in price and weight.

The apochromatic refractor is the telescope design which produces the most breathtaking contrast and resolution, and Tele Vue offers a 60mm class version for the ultimate in portability. You won't get the light gathering capacity per dollar of Newtonian reflectors nor the portability for aperture of Schmidt-Cassegrain. But what you will get are views to be envied by both, with the darkest of background sky and the sharpest, widest fields imaginable.

The Tele Vue-60 is just 10" long with a quick-focus drawtube and fine focus helicoid. No bigger than a coffee table book, it works with inline porro prisms, 60° diagonals and 90° diagonals. A bit unorthodox looking, it nonetheless gives more stunning terrestrial views than comparably-priced conventional "prismatic" spotting scopes. Perhaps a bit on the heavy side, but you will be awed by its performance.

Features

1.25" Drawtube/helicoid focuser

Fine apochromatic optical quality

Close focusing capacity to just 10.0' (3.0 m)

Adjustable dovetail balancing bar fits all tripods & SCT mounting brackets

Accepts 77mm filters upon the front of the lenshood

Specifications
Optical Design
Apochromatic refractor
Optical Lens Diameter
2.4" (60mm)
Focal Length
14.2" (360mm)
Focal Ratio
f/6.0
Maximum Useful Magnification
180x
Resolving Power (arc seconds)
Not specified
Optical Coatings
Fully multicoated
Optical Tube Dimensions
10.0" (25.4 cm) in Length
Eyepiece Barrel Diameter
1.25"
Finderscope
None
Weight
4.75 lb (2.15 kg)