STELLARVUE NIGHTHAWK 80mm Aplanat Refractor, duel speed Start Price USD 449.95 Current Price USD 449.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 459.95 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, October 07, 2008 End Time Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Location Fallbrook,, California See more about 'STELLARVUE NIGHTHAWK 80mm Aplanat Refractor, duel speed' Description This is a "Next Generation" NIGHTHAWK upgraded with a new 80mm f/7 objective using a  lower dispersion element for vastly improved vues over the already super Nighthawk II optics...The lense surfaces are multi-coated and are mounted in Stellarvue's exclusive adjustable lense cell...Each lense is custom aligned by the Stellarvue owner himself and guaranteed to stay that way... STELLARVUE SV809D Nighthawk Aplanat 80mm Refractor Features... Objective lense:  80mm clear aperture, 560 mm focal length, hand figured, aplanatic doublet objective...Proprietary Stellarvue lens design ...Free of astigmatism with excellent color correction over the previous Nighthawk 2... Tube Assembly: All aluminum, fully baffled, precision machined, thick walled optical tube... Stardust White finish... Lens cell:  High precision aluminum, adjustable cell with nine point contact for maintaining perfect positioning without optical "pinching" common in many telescopes... Focuser:   Upgraded 2" rotatable dual speed Crayford style with 1.25" adaptor...Beautiful... Stellarvue red dot Finder...Removeable...Heavy duty, foam lined carrying case with facility for large diagonal, 4 large eyepieces and a seperate compartment with pouches for aditional eyepieces and accessories... Standard 2" dovetail plate with multiple 1/4 x 20 tripod mount threads.. Limiting magnitude:  11 under dark skies... Magnification: To Dawes limit and above (186 X) in steady seeing condition...Resolution 1.5 arc seconds... Dimensions:  3.5" diameter main tube and 4 1/16" diameter dew shield...OTA is 18" long fully retracted and 20 3/4" with hood extended...Weight 5 1/2 lbs... FACTORY LITERATURE AND WARRANTY INCLUDED... MSRP $499.95 CONDITION IS AS NEW, PRISTINE ...SHOWING NO USE... *************SELLER WILL PAY HALF OF SHIPPING WITH BUY-IT-NOW...******************************* Seller requires PayPal for fast , secure payment...Shipping weight 20.6 lbs...UPS GROUND IS $28.50 MAX USA Place a Bid!