Tele Vue-85 APO

The Tele Vue 85, a larger version APO scope, gives even brighter images, presenting not only the finest optical images for birding, but for astronomical use as well. Comes standard with ultra-smooth heavy duty 2" rack and pinion focuser, with 10:1 fine focus.

TV-85

TV-85 APO comes as an optical tube with soft case. Shown above with optional TV-85 Accessory Package (TVP-3373) that includes: 2" 90° diagonal, 2" to 1¼" adapter, ring mount for tripod attachment, and 33x eyepiece.

TV-85: Recommendations by Al Nagler, telescope designer

  1. Buy this telescope and the TV-85 Accessory Package (TVP-3373) to get all you need to start observing. With the 90° diagonal the image is left-right reversed. For astronomical viewing, this diagonal permits the sharpest, brightest hi-power viewing, and also permits using a 2" barrel eyepieces for the widest possible views, up to 9 Moon diameters (230' @ 1000 yards) wide. You may want to consider the optional 60° 1¼" mirror version for top comfort as well as image quality, or the optional 45° erect image diagonal for birding. The 18.2-mm DeLite* eyepiece has 20-mm eye-relief (great for eyeglass wearers) and yields a 96' @ 1000 yards field of view at 33x in this scope.
  2. The widest field low-power eyepieces for use with the 45° or 60° diagonals will give 135' @ 1000 yards. Choose either 32mm Plössl* @ 19x or 24mm Panoptic @ 25x.
  3. For medium power, consider the 14mm Delos* @ 43x or 13mm Nagler @ 46x.
  4. For higher power, consider the 8mm Delos* @ 75x or 9mm Nagler @ 67x or 7mm Nagler 86x.
  5. For viewing planets, consider the 3.5mm Delos* or Nagler @ 171x.
  6. For easy telescope aiming, consider adding the Qwik-Point red dot finder.
*Eyepiece is compatible with DIOPTRX™ astigmatism correctors.

TV-85: More Information

While the TV-85 APO is our 'big' birder — it is still airline-portable. Shown below is the included case and optional accessories.
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