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Cooled CCD
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£999.00
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The Opticstar DS-616C XL uses the Sony ICX413AQ,
6.1 mega pixel colour CCD (1.8").
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Complete with power supply unit and software...
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Meade LX90 ACF 10" UHTC
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£2520.00
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The Meade LX90 ACF 10 UHTC is a 10" advanced
catadioptric with a computerised fork mount.
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FREE: 1.3MP video camera.
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Altair 10" RC Astrograph
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£2279.00
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The Altair 10" F8 Ritchey Chretien
is a true astrograph with a carbon fibre optical tube and two dovetail plates.
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Explorer-300PDS
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£598.00
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The Explorer-300PDS from Sky-Watcher
optionally available with the NEQ6 PRO SynScan mount...
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FREE: Collimation Eyepiece.
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Sky-Watcher NEQ6 PRO
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£959.00
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NEQ6 PRO (EQ6 PRO) is the extra heavy duty,
computerised mount from Sky-Watcher with a load capacity of 25kg.
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Ascension 80ED Triplet
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£745.00
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The Ascension 80ED Triplet APO from the premium
range of
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Ascension telescopes. Alumi- nium case and accessories included as standard...
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Meade LS 8 ACF
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£1939.00
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The Meade LS 8 ACF is the most advanced catadioptric
telescope on the market.
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FREE: Mains power supply.
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Opticstar Nebula Filters
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£39.95
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The Opticstar UHC Filters.
Deep sky filters that are suitable for visual observation and imaging.
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Cooled CCD
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£995.00
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The Opticstar DS-145C ICE uses the highly sensitive
Sony ICX285, 1.4 mega pixel colour CCD with 62% QE.
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Complete with power supply unit, adapters, case and software...
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Opticstar ED80S Gold
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£449.00
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The Opticstar ED80S Gold with dual speed Crayford
focuser and apochromatic fluorite doublet
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FPL-53 objective. Durable all-metal construction...
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Auto-Guider Kits
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£79.80
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Elegant, low-cost Auto-Guider
connectivity kits from Shoestring Astronomy.
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SXVR-H36 (SXVF-H36)
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£4349.00
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The Starlight Xpress SXVR-H36 is the 16
mega pixel camera with fast USB 2.0 interface.
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The Imaging Source
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£274.00
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The DMK / DFK / DBK series of CCD video
cameras from The Imaging
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Source feature a FireWire or USB 2.0 computer interface.
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Stark Labs Nebulosity Software
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Nebulosity is designed to be a powerful, but simple to use capture and
processing application for a wide range of astronomy CCD cameras. Many
cameras are supported for capture and images from just about anything
can be processed. There is support for many file formats, including FITS,
PNG, TIFF, JPEG, CR2/CRW...
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MSB AstroArt Software
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AstroArt is a complete software package for image processing, photometry,
astrometry, CCD control and image stacking for CCD and film images.
It allows the user to control multiple CCD cameras simultaneously and
it includes auto-guiding functionality.
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Mirametrics
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Mira is the premier software platform for quantitative imaging tasks in
Science, Engineering, and other technical applications. Mira provides
new ways to analyze and understand your data and gives you accurate results
faster and easier than with any competing product.
Mira is a flexible, modular system consisting of several richly
featured software platforms, various special-purpose extension modules,
a plug-in interface, and a scripting language.
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Opticstar Showroom
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Opening Hours
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updated: 2nd January 2013
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Day Opening Hours
Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm
Sunday CLOSED
We are closed on Sundays and public holidays.
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Willmann Bell
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Books for Astronomy
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updated: 15th May 2012
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Acclaimed books from Willmann Bell...
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Opticstar News
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Imaging Brochure
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posted: 17th August 2012
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Download the Opticstar imaging catalogue here.
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Sample Images
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Opticstar PL-130M CoolAir
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posted: 10th February 2009
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An impressive 9.4 megapixel mosaic of the Moon by Herwig Sulzbacher with
the Opticstar PL-130M.
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Articles
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Pixel Response Effects On CCD Gain Calibration
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The gain of a CCD camera is the conversion between...
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A&M 152mm f/8 Review
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"Fantastic Performance" "Beauty of a Ferrari"
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updated: 25th March 2009
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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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