SkyWatcher Mercury-707 (70/700) refractor on StarQuest mount

The SkyWatcher 70/700 telescope on StarQuest mount has a compact size, easy to use, and provide a nice picture. With StarQuest mount the objects can be find easily. The Fraunhofer type air gap achromatic system is very lightweight so it is very suitable for observing planets and the Moon, but also good for brighter deep-sky objects. All glass-air surfaces of the optic have fully multi coatings to ensure maximum image contrast and light transmission.

You can see small details on the Moon, on the planets (of course, the Saturn's ring looks nice), magnification can be increased (up to about 120x-140x) without the image becoming dim. Beside the Moon, you can see Jovian Galilei-moons and Saturn's giant moon Titan. Beside bright objects some deep-sky objects cane be observed well.

The package contains two Barium eyepieces (10 and 25mm, 28x and 70x), but additional standard eyepieces can be used for the entire recommended zoom range up to about 140x. An accessory 90 degree star diagonal makes observing with the telescope convenient. The 31.7 mm standard size focuser has T2 thread, which is especially useful for shooting.

The StarQuest mount is a modern, lightweight and very easy to use equatorial mount. The design makes it very easy and precise to operate. You can fine-tune the position of the instrument easily with high magnifications also. From Horizon to Zenith  you can accurately point to all types of celestial bodies. The telescope connects to the mount head with a standard Vixen type dovetail, which is a quick and easy connect method. It has a foldable lightweight aluminium tripod. A clock drive system can be connected to it (optional).

Direction of Dec and RA axes can be rotated at 360 degrees. The RA and Dec gear tooth numbers are 122.