Takahashi TOA-150 Telescope
The Takahashi TOA-150B employs a newly designed triplet using special elements to produce the highest order of color correction. Orthoscopic means perfected visually and Apochromatic means you’re free from those strange violet glows which often accompany bright stars or planets. Thanks to the ingenious design of layering an FPL-53 Extra-low Dispersion glass element between two extreme quality crown and flint elements – perfection ensues. And what’s more, it’s air spaced, so there’s no oil between the elements to leak or become opaque with age. The lens cells are durably constructed to withstand transport – yet are fully able to be collimated should the owner wish to make adjustments. With 1/12th wave accuracy and an airy-disc Strehl ratio of 0.992, the optics on the Takahashi TOA-150B Ortho-APO are as near to perfection as you can get!
Lunt LS-100 Modular Solar Telescope
The LS100MT joins the Lunt Solar Systems New Modular Telescope line up, allowing you to enjoy the full range of Astronomical Observation with only one telescope. At 100mm aperture, the LS100MT is big enough to impress in any configuration, while remaining easily transportable for use during the day or night-Enjoy, prominences, surface granulation, active regions, and filaments with this top-of-the-line telescope.
When single-stacked, this system has a bandpass of roughly 0.65a.
When double-stacked, this system has a bandpass of roughly 0.45a.
SBIG STC-7 Camera and Filter Wheel
The STC-7 utilizes the sophisticated SONY IMX-428 CMOS imaging sensor, giving you higher sensitivity, lower read noise, and much faster readout. It is able to produce extremely clean images with few hot pixels. Due to these features, the STC-7 is best used with shorter sub-exposures than for comparable CCD cameras. A typical sub-exposure will be only 30-60 seconds (versus 5-10 minutes) while achieving the same or better noise performance and overall dynamic range after stacking your images. The advantages to this includes your ability to take unguided exposures without trailing, as well as imaging lunar and planetary objects at high resolution. The STC-7 is optimal for telescopes that have a focal length between 1000 – 1500 mm. Longer focal lengths can be used for lunar and planetary imaging.
ZWO ASI 174MM Solar Camera
The ZWO ASI174MM Monochrome Planetary Imaging Camera is ideal for solar, lunar, planetary, and some deep-sky imaging. Designed with modern features like a USB 3.0 port, an AR window, ST-4 guide port, and 0.25-inch tripod thread, make it an exceptional performing astrophotography camera.
