The Mercury 607 is a great way for explorers of any age to enter the fascinating hobby of astronomy! This handsome modern telescope comes as a complete kit with everything you need for just 0 kr .

The Sky Watcher Mercury 607 is a well constructed classic 60mm achromatic refractor with top quality two element(crown and flint glass) optics and features a well made easy-to-use cast aluminium altazimuth (AZ) mounting with slow-motion altitude control knob.

Optical finder and classic AZ mount:

The Mercury 607 is a classic scope that benefits from a modern makeover and features a standard optical finder scope and AZ fork mount on its adjustable aluminium field tripod. The AZ mount is easy to use and has smooth control movements that features a conveniently positioned control knob for easy target finding and tracking.

Additional features:

It's the supremely easy set-up and use of the Mercury 607 that makes it so ideal for explorers young and young at heart, the Mercury is the perfect instrument to discover the wonders of the remote wilderness of the night sky from your own back-garden.

The instrument can be set up ready to use in just four easy steps - in under 2 minutes with just four simple steps the user can be observing!

Features and content of the kit:

60mm two-element air-spaced achromatic primary lens astronomy telescope

2 quality eyepieces: 10mm & 20mm (high to low power)

Moon observation filter.

1 2x Barlow lens (increases the magnification of all eyepieces by a factor of 2x ie 10mm eyepiece = 90x plus Barlow = 180x)

90 degree diagonal star-mirror for convenient viewing without neck-strain.

Easy set-up AZ mount with full height adjustable aluminium tripod.

Optical finder for daytime or night-time use.

Supplied with easy to understand fully illustrated instruction manual.

So what's so great about the Mercury 607?

If you are looking for an an easy to set-up and use telescope to explore the night sky and observe first-hand the amazing range of astronomical targets that are displayed above your back-garden - look no further. The Mercury 607 is a serious stater scope for all ages! It is an ideal family use telescope and has powerful features that make it perfect to enjoy the widest possible observing usage.

Even terrestrial views of nature, shipping etc are breathtaking and are fully corrected (not inverted or mirrored) via the included accessory 1.5x erecting eyepiece barrel.

For astronomy viewing The telescope is equipped with a useful optical finder that makes finding targets easy and the finder can be used in daylight for spotting wildlife, birds, people, ships etc! The fully manual adjustable head and tripod ensures that targets (terrestrial or astro) can be tracked without taking your eye from the eyepiece.

The Mercury 607 comes complete with a 4-piece optics and eyepiece set including two eyepieces that combined with the included 2x Barlow lens deliver 35x, 70x, and 140x magnification. The 2x Barlow lens is a very useful accessory that increases by a factor of two the magnification of any eyepiece used with it. Thus any of four magnifications between 35x and 140x (70x twice) can be selected simply by using a particular eyepiece or eyepiece+Barlow combination.

Complimenting the eyepiece set, a precise rack and pinion focusing system (the standard on good astronomy telescopes for decades!)snaps the image into pinpoint focus accurately and quickly.

Specifications:

Magnifications (with optics supplied): x35, x70, x140

Objective Lens Diameter: 60mm

Telescope Focal Length: 700mm (f/11.66)

Eyepieces Supplied (1.25"): 10mm & 20mm

x1.5 Erecting Eyepiece

x2 Barlow Lens 1.25"

5x24 Finderscope

1.25"/31.7mm Star Diagonal

Fully Coated Optics

Alt-Azimuth Mount

Aluminium Tripod with Accessory Tray

Tube material: Aluminium

What can you expect to see in your back-garden sky?

This telescope will show you some of the most amazing sights in the solar system right from your back garden! If you haven't seen the surface of the Moon in a quality telescope then get ready for some incredible views. The Moon is an awesome spectacle any month of the year - its desolate and ancient surface showing thousands of impact craters and some of the most spectacular mountain ranges in the solar system! (and this from YOUR back-garden - and for under sixty quid!) The phases of the planet Venus, going rapidly from almost a full disc to a thin crescent can easily be seen and tracked over the weeks of its seasonal apparitions.

Under favorable conditions the planet Mars will show surface detail and at the right time of year the white frost of its polar cap. The giant planet Jupiter, just a bright star to the unaided eye, will, at around just 60x magnification, show the observer a larger image of Jupiter's globe in the eyepiece than the full Moon appears to the unaided eye! Jupiter's four major moons can be tracked through the evening and can be seen transiting the disk or being eclipsed.

The famous rings that encompass the giant planet Saturn can be seen (and are truly unforgettable) as can Saturn's enigmatic attendant moon, Titan. The brighter nebulae and galaxies millions of light-years distant can be seen with the Mercury 607 with beautiful asterisms (groups of stars) like the Pleiades and globular clusters (swarms of stars in a clump) like the famous M13 can be easily viewed on any dark night when these targets are above the horizon.