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Meade LX90 ACF 12" UHTC
Meade LX90 ACF 12" UHTC.
£2695.00
 The Meade LX90 ACF 12 UHTC is a 12" advanced catadioptric with a computerised fork mount.
FREE: 3.3MP CCD camera.
Celestron CPC 800 GPS
Celestron CPC 800 GPS XLT.
£1449.00
 The Celestron CPC 800 GPS XLT is an 8" SCT with a fully computerised fork mount and GPS.
FREE: 1.3mp video camera.
Skymax-180 PRO
Sky-Watcher Skymax-180 PRO (latest "Black Diamond" moldel)
£659.00
 The Skymax-180 PRO Black Diamond model) is the next generation of telescopes...
FREE: 1.3mp video camera.
Altair 10" RC Astrograph
Altair RC 10" Astrograph.
£2699.00
 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.
Sky-Watcher NEQ6 PRO
Sky-Watcher EQ6 PRO mount.
£880.00
 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.
Meade LT 8 ACF
Meade LT 8" ACF.
£1599.00
 The Meade LT 8 ACF with Advanced Coma Free optics sets a new high performance standard for its price range.
FREE: 1.3MP video camera.
SPX Newtonians
Orion Optics SPX Newtonians.
£595.00
 The SPX Range from Orion Optics is designed to give the best possible performance...
FREE: 1.3MP video camera.
Cooled CCD
Opticstar DS-145 ICE
£1249.00
 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...
NexStar 90 SLT
Celestron NexStar 90 SLT
£279.00
 The NexStar 90 SLT from Celestron with SkyAlign technology is ideal for newcomers to astronomy.
FREE: 1.25" Moon Filter.
Auto-Guider Kits
Shoestring auto-guiding kit
£75.05
 Elegant, low-cost Auto-Guider connectivity kits from Shoestring Astronomy.
Celestron CGEM
Celestron CGEM mount.
£1095.00
 CGEM (GoTo). The new computerised mount from Celestron. It includes an ultra sturdy 2" steel tripod with accessory tray.
Equinox 100ED APO
Sky-Watcher Equinox 120ED
£764.00
 The Equinox 100ED APO from Sky-Watcher includes dual speed focuser and aluminium case...
FREE: x2 ED Barlow.
Ascension Projection Kit
Ascension 2" Adjustable Eyepiece Projection Kit.
£35.00
 The Ascension 2" Eyepiece Projection Kit for all types of astro photography.
SXVR-H36 (SXVF-H36)
SXVR-H36
£4339.00
 The Starlight Xpress SXVR-H36 is the 16 mega pixel camera with fast USB 2.0 interface.
Stark Labs Nebulosity Software
Stark Labs 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
MSB Software 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
Mirametrics 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 News
New Opening Hours
updated: 4th August 2010
Opticstar showroom. 
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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Sample Images
Opticstar DS-335C ICE
updated: 20th August 2010
Sample image.
The M42 nebula shot by Nick Witte Vermeulen with the Opticstar DS-335C ICE.
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.
Articles
Centroid Noise And Precision Photometry
Centroid noise.
Centroiding noise is a random error, or "noise" component...
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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".
Willmann Bell
Books for Astronomy
posted: 29th August 2008
Willman Bell books.
Acclaimed books from Willmann Bell...
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