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AUD $5,449.00Backorder Available
Celestron's EdgeHD is an aplanatic, flat field Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope that produces aberration-free images across a wide visual and photographic field of view.
- EQ6-R Equatorial Go-To Mount
- Belt driven transmission for limiting the backlash
- Adjustable steel tripod with an accessory tray
- Illuminated polar scope included for precise polar alignment
- Bubble level for perfect levelling
- Aluminium setting circle dials allow for quick target acquisition via celestial coordinates
- Worm gear tracking controls provides a full 360° manipulation of the RA and DEC axis
- V and D style telescope connection
- Freedom Find™ encoders
- Permanent Periodic Error Correction (PPEC)
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AUD $9,699.00Backorder Available
Celestron's EdgeHD is an aplanatic, flat field Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope that produces aberration-free images across a wide visual and photographic field of view.- EQ6-R Equatorial Go-To Mount
- Belt driven transmission for limiting the backlash
- Adjustable steel tripod with an accessory tray
- Illuminated polar scope included for precise polar alignment
- Bubble level for perfect levelling
- Aluminium setting circle dials allow for quick target acquisition via celestial coordinates
- Worm gear tracking controls provides a full 360° manipulation of the RA and DEC axis
- V and D style telescope connection
- Freedom Find™ encoders
- Permanent Periodic Error Correction (PPEC)
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AUD $3,499.00Backorder Available
- 6" (150mm) f/8 objective lens is perfect for high contrast planetary views
- The most compact and portable of Celestron’s German equatorial mounts offers the same rigidity as our larger mounts with minimal flexure and an improved industrial design
- Holds a maximum instrument capacity of 30 lb
- Every feature an astroimager wants: PEC, an autoguider port, the ability to image across the meridian, and more
- NEW dual saddle plate is compatible with narrow CG-5 dovetails and wider CGE dovetail. Also compatible with Vixen format dovetails longer than 100mm, but not compatible with Losmandy D format plates.
- Latitude range allows the mount to perform between 7° and 77° latitude
- Accessories include a 20mm eyepiece, 1.25” star diagonal, and 9x50 finderscope
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AUD $2,749.00Backorder Available
- 5” (125 mm) f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain includes StarBright XLT coatings for better light transmission
- The most compact and portable of Celestron’s German equatorial mounts offers the same rigidity as our larger mounts with minimal flexure and an improved industrial design
- Holds a maximum instrument capacity of 30 lb
- Every feature an astroimager wants: PEC, an autoguider port, the ability to image across the meridian, and more
- NEW dual saddle plate is compatible with narrow CG-5 dovetails and wider CGE dovetail. Also compatible with Vixen format dovetails longer than 100mm, but not compatible with Losmandy D format plates.
- Latitude range allows the mount to perform between 7° and 77° latitude
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AUD $5,199.00Backorder Available
- 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly (OTA)
- Features Celestron's premium patented StarBright XLT optical coatings
- 2800mm focal length (f/10)
- Fastar compatible
- Tube constructed of durable and lightweight aluminum
- Includes: 40mm eyepiece (70x), 9x50 optical finderscope, star diagonal, 1.25” visual back, CGEM-style dovetail bar
NOTE: For solar observing the recommended solar filter is the Astrozap Glass solar filter 308-314 mm (Product Number 124447). This solar filter is a perfect fit for this OTA.
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AUD $12,899.00Backorder Available
- 14" Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly (OTA)
- Features Celestron's premium patented StarBright XLT optical coatings
- 3910mm focal length (f/11)
- Fastar compatible
- Tube constructed of durable and lightweight aluminum
- Includes: 40mm eyepiece (98x), 9x50 optical finderscope, 2” star diagonal, 2” visual back, CGEM-style dovetail bar
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AUD $8,499.99Backorder Available
- Fast, wide-field 11” f/2.2 optical design with rare-earth glass for images free of false color, coma, and field curvature
- Large 43.3mm optimized image circle maintains pinpoint stars to the far corners of even the largest astroimaging sensors, while the usable field extends even further to 52mm for larger format sensors
- New Ultra-Stable Focus System (USFS) minimizes focus shift and mirror flop
- Integrated air-cooling system features a quiet, high-output 12V MagLev fan and vents with mesh filters to prevent dust ingress
- Common camera adapters (T-thread and M48) included for easy attachment to popular CCD and DSLR cameras
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AUD $499.00Backorder Available
Autoguiding has never been easier than with the Sky-Watcher EVOGuide 50ED V2 Guidescope.
- Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) Glass
- Dovetail Vixen Mini Bar
- Use as either a Finderscope, a Guidescope or an Independent Wide-Field Imaging Telescope
- Helical Focuser
- Contains T2 Thread to Fit Standard Guide Cameras
- Small & Compact
- Sky-Watcher 5-Year Warranty
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AUD $14,849.00Backorder Available
- 11” f/2.2 Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph (RASA) V2 uses rare-earth glass for images free of false color, coma, and field curvature
- Heavy duty CGX-L computerized equatorial mount with 75-lb payload capacity
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AUD $3,799.00Backorder Available
Combined with the aperture of 200mm and focal length of 1000mm, this scope is great for prime-focus photography. Higher quality images can be achieved with the optional coma corrector.
The saxon AZ-EQ6 GT Pro Mount provides the precision and stability needed for serious observing and astro imaging.
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