Meade Telescopes RCA 400 16 inch Advanced Ritchey-Chretian on Max Robotic EQ Mount and Tripod

Professional astronomers: take a look at Meade telescopes RCA 400 Ritchey-Chretian. The aperture is 16 inches and is best used for astrophotography, observing galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and the moon and planets. Basically the entire night sky you can view easily and clearly.

The Meade RCA 400 telescope weighs 609 pounds and has a 8x50 finderscope to make finding your favorite celestial objects easy. For increased image contrast and brightness Meade telescopes uses Ultra High Transmission Coatings on its Ritchey-Chretian models.

The mount design is equatorial, giving you more stability when moving across the sky. RCA 400 Ritchey-Chretian Meade telescopes highest useful magnification is 800 times. The focal length is 3251mm and the focal ratio is f/8, there is one eyepiece which has a nice 24mm ultra wide angle for a great view. The limiting magnitude is 15.5, and resolution and resolving power is 0.29 arc seconds. 16 inch RCA 400 Meade telescopes are best used by professionals.