Polaris Equatorial Reflecting Telescope With 3 Eyepieces + Polaris Motor Drive

Developed for beginner and amateur astronomers, the Meade® Polaris Series delivers an experience that will have you looking to the skies for many nights to come. Combining an equatorial mount and quality optics, the Meade® Polaris refracting and reflecting telescopes are your gateway to the cosmos.

The Polaris 130 reflecting telescope is the best telescope for beginners and amateurs who want to discover more. With a 130mm (5.1") aperture size, the Polaris 130 will deliver bright, clear images for the aspiring astronomer to enjoy. Whether you're viewing the moon, planets, or deep-sky objects such as nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters, the view through the Polaris 130 will keep you looking up for a long time.

DC Motor Drive for Meade® Polaris series Equatorial Telescopes adds continuous RA tracking to the telescope, so the operator does not need to manually operate the RA slow motion control to keep objects in the eyepiece. It's specifically designed for use with Meade® Polaris German Equatorial Mount only. The Meade® Polaris Electric RA Motor Drive attaches easily and directly to the Polaris EQ mount in under five minutes. With the motor drive attached and turned on, the telescope can move at the sidereal rate to track any celestial object and keep it centered in the telescopic field. With the variable speed adjustment, you can quickly and easily change the tracking speed to track the moon, planets, or sun (proper solar filtering required). The motor drive will keep the object in the field of view for 10 to 20 minutes before re-centering is required on a well polar aligned mount. Polar alignment required for use, and once installed, the RA motor drive may be left permanently attached to the telescope. This motor runs for approximately 40 hours off of a single 9v battery (included). The Polaris Electric RA Motor Drive is compatible with operation in either Northern or Southern hemispheres, and can be switched between the two simply by selecting the proper hemisphere on the N/S switch on the motor’s front panel.