SALE! The famous craftsman Diya'al Din Muhammad created a beautiful astrolabe in 1647 (A.H. 1057) in the city of Lahore. The original is in the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago (catalogue number A-70). Our...
When regulating a FlatFieldBox (FFB) lighting for astronomical CCD cameras, we need vibration-free AND extremely short exposure times in the (sub) millisecond range. Unfortunately, conventional dimmers cannot be considered for...
The ZWO 2-inch Filter Drawer with 21mm ring thickness design has been independently developed by ZWO. It includes an M42 * 0.75 male thread on the camera side and M48 * 0.75 female thread on the telescope side, and it is...
If you want to power EAGLE (that can power all other connected devices) and use it from a fixed station such as an observatory, you can connect it to an AC adapter power supply. This 12V,8 14V power supply (compatible with 100...
The M81 25mm extension tube can be directly threaded to the ESATTO 3" draw tube and allows you to fix camera and accessories further away from the ESATTO microfocuser. This M81 extension tube has 25mm thickness, it's...
This 26mm adapter allows you to install SESTO SENSO 2 on focusers that come with a 26mm diameter shaft, like focusers from Explorer Scientific (or other focusers with a 26mm diameter shaft). Out of the box, SESTO SENSO 2...
The user-friendly Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer provides various combinations to satisfy all your needs for astrophotography and time-lapse photography. It is a high precision, portable and stable celestial tracking platform for...
This Reducer/Flattener has been specifically designed for the Sharpstar 94EDPH APO telescopes to achieve a fast f/4.4 focal ratio for full frame imaging.
EAGLE4 is the most advanced all-in-one computer for telescopes and astrophotography. Discover the next level of remote control and power, now with GPS, EYE sky quality sensor and DARK mode.
Inside the unique PLUS aluminum...
EAGLE4 S is the more powerful version of the EAGLE4. With its Dual Core i3 processor (with Turbo Mode up to 3,9 GHz), 8 GB fast memory, larger SSD (240 GB) and added Thunderbolt 3 port with USB-C connector (that allows even...
EAGLE4 PRO is our most powerful version of the EAGLE4, and thanks to its Quad Core i5 processor (with Turbo Mode up to 4.1 GHz), 16 GB fast memory, increased SSD storage space (480 GB), and added Thunderbolt 3 port with USB-C...
The exciting new Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i adds now adds WiFi functionality to the immensely popular Star Adventurer astro-imaging platform, whilst retaining all the important original features. The WiFi features are...
This 0.7x Reducer has been specifically designed for the ASKAR FRA400 f5.6 APO telescopes to achieve a very fast f/3.9 focal ratio and 280mm focal length for wide field full frame imaging.
The ESATTO 4" is the large dimensions robotic microfocuser that we designed for observatory class telescopes or for astrographs that need for large free aperture, like the Takahashi FSQ-106. Compared to the smaller...
If you are searching for the most precise motorized focuser for Takahashi FSQ-10685, this adapter allows you to connect ESATTO 4" to this telescope. This adapter ESATTO 4" for Takahashi FSQ-106 allows you to install...
If you are searching for the most precise motorized focuser for Takahashi FSQ-10685, this adapter allows you to connect ESATTO 4" to this telescope. This adapter ESATTO 4" for Takahashi FSQ-106 allows you to install...
The BRESSER StarTracker Astronomical PhotoMount PM-100 is the ideal camera base. This mount is particularly well suited not only for astrophotographic beginners, but its "go-anywhere" portability and...
A quick message for those who might have thought to miss this promotion is that due to the fact that 1 Jan was a bank holiday followed by a weekend, we decided to end it on the morning on the first working day of the year: 9am on Monday, 4 January 2021.
So from now you will still have about 36-37 hours to make a decision... The following camera are in this promotion:
ASI071MC-PRO (APS-C sized),
ASI6200MC-PRO (full frame) ASI6200MM-PRO (full frame) and various bundles with this monochrome camera,
ASi2400MC-PRO (full frame, large pixels),
ASI1600GT (with built-in filter wheel),
ASI183GT (with built-in filter wheel),
ASI2600MC-PRO (APS-C sized) (one of the most popular cameras these days),
ASI533MC-PRO (smaller square filter, but extremely popular) ASI1600MMP-KIT3 (this is the only camera that will stay on promotion till stocks last),
ASI462MC-PRO (currently the best and most popular planetary camera due to its extreme sensitivity in near IR),
ASI120MC-S and ASI120MM-S (no introduction needed - our longest selling planetary imagers and guide cameras),
and finally but not lastly at all: ASIAIR PRO (and BUNDLES) - the must have all rounder astro photographer's brain and power center for your ZWO camera: for aligning, locating, guiding and imaging, etc. - all in one...
Hope you can find something on the above list that might be worth considering!
Fitting a 2-inch BDS-RT Baader Diamond Steeltrack Focuser to a Teleskop-Service GSO 8-inch Ritchey-Chretien
Background
The TS 8-inch RC has M90x1mm connections at the focuser end of the scope. My setup has a TS
50mm extension adapter with for 6- & 8-inch RC connected to the scope (TS part no: GSRCV50),
to accommodate the long back-focus.
Attached to this is a TS M90 tilting adapter flange (TS part no: GSRCJ90). This is an aid to
collimation and allows the long axis of the focuser to be aligned with the optical axis of the scope.
I then have a standard TS monorail focuser for the RC, again with an M90x1 connection.
Image 1 shows the 50mm extension and tilting flange, with the old focuser removed. Note the M90
male thread at the end of the flange, to which the focuser connects.
Fitting the Baader Diamond Steeltrack RT
It is assumed that the reader has access to the Steeltrack manual and has purchased the necessary
RT-Adapter M90x1 Diamond Steeltrack (Baader part nu...
PLEASE READ IT! IMPORTANT! COVID-19 and STOCK AVAILABITITY INFO:
Please note that currently we receive about 10 times more phone calls, 3-4 times as many emails, orders etc. whilst we work with reduced staff, so please be patient.
PRICE CHANGE!!! We've received new pricelists for BRESSER, EXPLORE SCIENTIFIC, LUNT and VIXEN products receintly. It will take several days to update the prices, so we cannot guarantee to acceptance of orders for these brands at the current prices. We would recommend to wait till Monday, 18 January to place any orders (or call us to confirm the price and availability before ordering).
PLEASE CONTACT US TO CHECK CURRENT AVAILABILITY BEFORE YOU ORDER ANY SKYWATCHER, CELESTRON, BAADER, BRESSER, LUNT, TS and ZWO PRODUCTS (and possibly some others as well), AS STOCK LEVELS FLUCTUATE AND WE JUST CANNOT UPDATE THE LEVELS IN REAL TIME...
If you have an urgent inquiry, please call Zoltan on his mobile during working hours (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
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sidenote... TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS!
EU CUSTOMERS: We have temporarily disabled European destinations whilst we adjust our system to the new VAT rules. Hopefully we'll be able to resume shipments to EU countries soon.
USA CUSTOMERS: shipping to the USA is active again, but we request customers to confirm product availability before placing an order! If you are ordering an MGEN-3, no need to check stock, we've got plenty of those. Please note, we will try to avoid sending goods via a postal service due to the huge delays and as DHL Express is more expensive than our system would currently charge for, we might have to charge extra depending on the value and size of the ordered goods.
Please note, due to the increased number if issues with postal services to most directions (especially Australia, Canada etc), we will only ship to these countries on the base of special request and depending on the value and size of the products. This is a temporary measure and we hope to supply worldwide again as soon as the situation improves.
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