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Cooled CCD
Opticstar DS-616C XL
£999.00
The Opticstar DS-616C XL uses the Sony ICX413AQ, 6.1 mega pixel colour CCD (1.8").
Complete with power supply unit and software...
Meade LX200 ACF 8" UHTC
Meade LX200 ACF 8" UHTC.
£2618.00
The Meade LX200 ACF 8 UHTC is a 8" advanced catadioptric with a computerised fork mount.
FREE: 1.3MP video camera.
Altair 10" RC Astrograph
Altair RC 10" Astrograph.
£2279.00
The Altair 10" F8 Ritchey Chretien is a true astrograph with a carbon fibre optical tube and two dovetail plates.
FREE: 1.3MP video camera.
Equinox-80 PRO
Sky-Watcher Equinox telescopes.
£519.00
The Equinox-80 PRO from Sky-Watcher features its highest quality optics, improved engineering...
FREE: Plossl eyepiece.
Sky-Watcher NEQ6 PRO
Sky-Watcher EQ6 PRO mount.
£959.00
NEQ6 PRO (EQ6 PRO) is the extra heavy duty, computerised mount from Sky-Watcher with a load capacity of 25kg.
FREE: Power Supply Unit, 4A 12V DC to power mount.
Ascension 80ED Triplet
Ascension 80ED Triplet
£745.00
The Ascension 80ED Triplet APO from the premium range of
Ascension telescopes. Alumi- nium case and accessories included as standard...
Meade LT 8 ACF
Meade LT 8" ACF.
£1454.00
The Meade LT 8 ACF with Advanced Coma Free optics sets a new high performance standard for its price range.
FREE: Mains power supply.
Opticstar IR Filter
Opticstar 1.25" IR filter.
£29.95
The Opticstar 1.25" Infra Red Filter. A high transmission filter for CCD imaging.
Cooled CCD
Opticstar DS-145 ICE
£995.00
The Opticstar DS-145C ICE uses the highly sensitive Sony ICX285, 1.4 mega pixel colour CCD with 62% QE.
Complete with power supply unit, adapters, case and software...
Opticstar ED80S Gold
Opticstar ED80S Gold.
£449.00
The Opticstar ED80S Gold with dual speed Crayford focuser and apochromatic fluorite doublet
FPL-53 objective. Durable all-metal construction...
Auto-Guider Kits
Shoestring auto-guiding kit
£79.80
Elegant, low-cost Auto-Guider connectivity kits from Shoestring Astronomy.
Skymax-102 SynScan
Sky-Watcher Skymax-102 SynScan AZ GOTO
£299.00
The Skymax-102 SynScan AZ GOTO from Sky-Watcher is a complete computerized telescope.
SXVR-H36 (SXVF-H36)
SXVR-H36
£4349.00
The Starlight Xpress SXVR-H36 is the 16 mega pixel camera with fast USB 2.0 interface.
The Imaging Source
Imaging Source CCD camera.
£274.00
The DMK / DFK / DBK series of CCD video cameras from The Imaging
Source feature a FireWire or USB 2.0 computer interface.
Ascension Accessories
Ascension Mounting Platform.
£39.95
The Ascension Mounting Platform is a versatile heavy duty mounting platform...
Sky-Watcher Telescope Accessories
Sky-Watcher telescope accessories.

Eyepieces
Eyepiece & Filter set. SW Eyepiece & Filter Set. Comprises 7.5mm, 12.5mm, 17mm and 20mm Super Plossl Eyepieces, Dual-Beam LED Night Vision Torch (Red/White light), 4 x threaded Light Filters (Amber, Blue, Neutral Grey & Moon Filter).
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£ 149.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Super Plössl eyepieces. SW 1.25" Super Plössl 52º Eyepieces. Standard 1.25"/31.7mm eyepieces set high performance standards for modern telescope oculars. The proven 4-element Plossl designs display edge-to-edge pinpoint imaging across their panoramic 52º fields.
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£ 21.99 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Long Eye Relief eyepieces. SW 1.25" Long Eye Relief (LER) 45º Eyepieces. Multi-coated eyepieces provide a generous 20mm eye relief, and all focal lengths feature particularly wide diameter eye lenses for maximum viewing comfort.
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£ 29.99 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Wide angle eyepieces. SW 1.25" Wide Angle 66º Eyepieces. These multi-coated, long eye relief eyepieces provide sharp images right across the field. Rubber eyepieces are included for viewing comfort and to exclude extraneous light. Available in focal lengths of 6mm, 9mm, 15mm & 20mm.
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£ 30.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
PanaView eyepieces. SW 2" PanaView 70º Eyepieces. 5-element eyepieces, with impressive high-contrast, panoramic views, long eye-relief for spectacle wearers, and soft twist-up rubber eyecups for comfortable viewing. Available in focal lengths of 26mm, 32mm & 38mm.
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£ 85.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Sky Panorama eyepieces. SW Sky-Panorama 82° Eyepieces. 7-element ultra wide angle eyepieces. The 82° field of view provides an amazing immersive viewing experience over a very flat, well corrected and virtually distortion-free field. Available in focal lengths of 7mm, 15mm & 23mm.
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£ 109.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Nirvana eyepieces. SW Nirvana 82° Eyepieces. Top quality ultra wide angle 1.25" eyepieces offer an incredible viewing experience to rival some of the leading premium eyepieces on the market. 82º apparent field of view. Available in focal lengths of 4mm, 7mm, 16mm & 28mm.
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£ 131.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
12.5mm Guiding eyepiece. Opticstar 1.25" 12.5mm Illuminated Reticule. Illuminated 12.5mm Reticule with adjustable dioptre. Useful for accurately aligning any telescope that can accept standard 1.25” eyepieces.
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£ 49.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Illuminated eyepieces. SW Illuminated Plössl Eyepiece. Battery operated red LED illuminates the crosshair reticle.
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£ 59.99 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Zoom Eyepieces
Zoom eyepiece. SW 1.25" 8-24mm Zoom Eyepiece. Versatile zoom eyepiece with multi-coated optics. Rotating the barrel to change magnification is quite smooth.
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£ 62.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
HyperFlex-7E zoom eyepiece. SW HyperFlex-7E 1.25" 7.2-21.5mm Zoom Eyepiece. A high-performance zoom eyepiece of top quality construction, providing a flat field of view and crisp, clear distortion-free images. Features a continuous focal length of 7.2mm to 21.5mm and a corresponding apparent field of view of 60°-40°.
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£ 122.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
HyperFlex-8E zoom eyepiece. SW HyperFlex-8E 7.5mm-22.5mm Zoom Eyepiece. A high-performance zoom eyepiece of top quality construction, providing an extra flat field of view and crisp, clear distortion-free images. The flexibility of a set of quality eyepieces, all-in-one.
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£ 199.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Binoviewers
Binoviewers. SW Binoviewer. Designed to fit into a standard 1.25" eyepiece tube. A x2 specially-designed Barlow Lens is included which effectively doubles the magnification of eyepieces used. Includes aluminium case.
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£ 169.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Filters
SW Variable Polarising Filters. SW Variable Polarising Filters. High quality anodized aluminium, optical glass variable polarising filters reduce the amount of light entering your eyepiece. Light transmission can be varied from 40% down to 1%.
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£ 30.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW Moon Filter. SW 1.25" Moon Filter. This filter reduces the glare of the moon. It screws on 1.25" aperture eyepieces.
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£ 10.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW 1.25" Planetary Filter Set. SW 1.25" Lunar/Planetary Filter Set. Comprises four glass colour filters. Yellow, Red, Green & Moon/Neutral Density Filters included.
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£ 30.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW 2" Filter Set. SW 2" Filter Set. Comprises of seven threaded filters. Yellow, Orange, Light Red, Light Green, Light Blue, Polarising Filter, Moon/Skyglow Filter.
£ 80.00 (inc VAT) back ordered
SW Light Pollution Filters. SW Light Pollution Filters. Designed to block out the wavelengths of light emitted by mercury-vapour light and other common causes of light pollution, whilst providing higher transmission at critical hydrogen-alpha and hydrogen-beta lines.
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£ 20.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW UHC Filters. SW UHC (Ultra High Contrast) Filters. These narrowband filters isolate the two doubly ionized oxygen lines (496 and 501nm) in addition to the hydrogen-beta line (486nm) emitted by planetary and most emission nebulae.
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£ 42.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW O-III Filters. SW O-III Narrowband Filters. Specially designed for the observation of gas and planetary nebulae. They give ideal conditions for the observation of faint super nova remnants and planetary remnants.
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£ 42.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Filter Wheels
Colour Filter Wheel Opticstar FW125-5 Colour Filter Wheel. A manual colour filter wheel for standard 1.25" threaded filters with 5 filter positions. Includes 4 adapters.
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£ 64.95 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Off Axis Guiders
Opticstar Off-Axis Guider. Opticstar Off-Axis Guider. A high quality, low profile off axis guider compatible with the vast majority of imaging telescopes including Newtonian reflectors. The Kit consists of the actual Off-axis Guider, a 48mm to 2-inch nosepiece (threaded for filters) and 10mm T-extension.
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£ 129.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Flatteners & Correctors
Coma Corrector. SW 2" Coma Corrector for Newtonians. Optimised for all Sky-Watcher fast-ratio f/5 Newtonian Reflectors / Dobsonians, with 2" focuser. Delivers stunning wide-field views with pinpoint stars to the edge of the field.
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£ 109.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Aplanatic Coma Corrector. SW 2" Aplanatic Super Coma Corrector. Optimised for all Sky-Watcher fast-ratio f/4 Newtonians with 2" focuser. Delivers stunning wide-field views with pinpoint stars to the edge of the field.
£ 209.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 7 days
Field Flattener. SW Field Flattener for Refractors. Non-focal reducing Field Flattener optimised for DSLR imaging on refractor telescopes with focal ratios of between f/5.5 to f6.0. Will also provide much improved results on refractors with focal lengths narrowly outside this optimised f/range.
£ 70.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 7 days
Reducer / Corrector. SW Reducers/Correctors for Evostar DS-PRO 80/100/120. Designed for serious Astro-Imagers. Optimised for the Evostar ED DS-PRO range. This accessory reduces the telescope's focal length by a factor of 0.85x and provides much improved field-edge correction.
£ 169.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 7 days

Collimation Tools
SW 1.25" Cheshire Collimation Eyepiece. SW Cheshire Collimating Eyepiece. Designed to assist with the accurate collimation a Newtonian reflector telescope.
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£ 26.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW Laser Collimator. SW Laser Collimator. Boasts some of the best and most practical functions collimators can offer. A large display window allows the user to clearly see the face of the device.
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£ 45.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Finder Scopes
SW Straight Finder Scope 8x50 SW Straight Finderscope 9x50. Large straight-through, fully-coated achromatic finderscope features a crosshair, 9x magnification and a 50mm aperture objective lens.
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£ 50.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW Angled Finder Scope 8x50 SW Right-Angled Finderscope 9x50. Large angled, fully-coated achromatic finderscope features a crosshair, 9x magnification and a 50mm aperture objective lens.
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£ 60.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW Angled Erecting Finder Scope 9x50 SW Right-Angled Erecting Finderscope 9x50. Provides an upright image with completely corrected left/right image orientation. Large angled, fully-coated achromatic finderscope.
£ 70.00 (inc VAT) back ordered
SW Red Dot Finder SW Red Dot Finder. The Red Dot Finder makes setting up the telescope a snap. After proper alignment, the Red Dot Finder superimposes a small red dot on the sky.
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£ 25.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Focusers
Auto Focuser. SW Auto-Focuser. Hands-free D.C. focusing device, for accurate focusing, with the minimum of vibration. Dual speed push-button operation (fast & slow). Can be used with the following telescopes: Evostar models 90/102/120/150, Startravel models 80/102/120/150, Skyliner models 150/200/250/300 & Explorer models 150/200/250/300.
£ 50.00 (inc VAT) out of stock
Low profile focuser for 9" - 15" Newtonian telescopes. SW 2" Low Profile Crayford Focuser for Newtonians. A Low Profile CNC machined 10:1 dual-speed focuser designed for Newtonian Reflector telescopes of 9" to 15" aperture, and accepts either 1.25" or 2" eyepieces.
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£ 129.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Focuser for 8" - 10" Newtonian telescopes. SW 2" Crayford Focuser for Newtonians. Designed as a direct replacement/upgrade for the rack & pinion focuser supplied with the Sky-Watcher 200mm & 250mm Newtonian Reflector Telescopes.
£ -- (inc VAT) out of stock
Focuser for 9" - 15" Newtonian telescopes. SW 2" Crayford Focuser for Newtonians. Designed for Newtonian Reflector telescopes of 9" to 15" aperture, and accepts either 1.25" or 2" eyepieces. Provides an exceptionally smooth focusing operation with the utmost precision, with the aid of its fine-focusing facility. 30mm Travel.
£ 129.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Focuser for Schmidt Cassegrain telescopes. SW 2" Crayford Focuser for SCTs. Designed as an upgrade to Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes. Accepts either 1.25" or 2" eyepieces.
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£ 129.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Focuser for refracting telescopes. SW 2" Crayford Focuser for Sky-Watcher Refractors. A high quality CNC Machined 10:1 dual-speed Crayford focuser designed as a direct replacement / upgrade for the rack & pinion focuser Sky-Watcher refractors.
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£ 129.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.

Adaptors
SW M48x0.75 Adaptor for Canon DSLR. SW M48x0.75 Adaptor for Canon DSLR. Designed for attaching a Canon DSLR camera to any of the Sky-Watcher 0.85x Focal Reducer/Correctors.
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£ 16.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
SW M48x0.75 Adaptor for Nikon DSLR. SW M48x0.75 Adaptor for Nikon DSLR. Designed for attaching a Nikon DSLR camera to any of the Sky-Watcher 0.85x Focal Reducer/Correctors.
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£ 16.00 (inc VAT) Dispatched within 24 hours.
Opticstar M48(M) to 2" Nosepiece. Opticstar M48(M) to 2" Nosepiece. Nosepiece for 2" drawtubes with a male M48 thread at the back. Threaded for filters.
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£ 24.95 (inc VAT) out of stock
Eyepiece adapter for focusers. SW 2" to 1.25" Eyepiece Adaptor. Fits the Sky-Watcher Crayford focusers.
£ 25.00 (inc VAT) out of stock
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updated: 2nd January 2013
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Willmann Bell
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updated: 15th May 2012
Willman Bell books.
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Imaging Brochure
posted: 17th August 2012
Opticstar brochure.
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Sample Images
Opticstar PL-130M CoolAir
posted: 10th February 2009
Mosaic of the Moon at 2354x4010 pixels 
 captured by Herwig Sulzbacher.
An impressive 9.4 megapixel mosaic of the Moon by Herwig Sulzbacher with the Opticstar PL-130M.
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A&M 152mm f/8 Review
"Fantastic Performance" "Beauty of a Ferrari"
updated: 25th March 2009
A&M 152mm f/8 TMB.
Read the latest review about the A&M 152mm f/8 A&M/TMB on Cloudy Nights. According to the review this telescope combines the "beauty of a Ferrari" with "fantastic performance". The review also states that "the manufacturer's claims are valid".
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