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Meade LX200 ACF 14" UHTC
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£6259.00
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The Meade LX200 ACF 14 UHTC is a 14" advanced catadioptric
with a computerised fork mount.
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FREE: 3.3MP TEC CCD camera.
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Celestron C8-SGT-XLT
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£999.00
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The Celestron Advanced C8 SGT XLT is an 8" SCT with
a fully computerised mount.
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FREE: 1.3mp video camera.
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Skyliner-300P FT AUTO
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£935.00
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The Skyliner-300P FlexTube AUTO is the ultimate
in dobsonian design offering convenience and portability...
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FREE: Power Supply Unit.
FREE: 1.3mp video camera.
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Altair 8" RC Astrograph
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£1299.00
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The Altair 8" F8 Ritchey Chretien
is a true astrograph with a carbon fibre optical tube and two dovetail plates.
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Sky-Watcher NEQ6 PRO
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£880.00
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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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| FREE: Power Supply Unit, 4A 12V DC to power mount.
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Meade LT 8 ACF
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£1599.00
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The Meade LT 8 ACF with Advanced Coma Free optics
sets a new high performance standard for its price range.
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FREE: 1.3MP video camera.
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CT Ultra Newtonians
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£1420.00
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The CT Range from Orion Optics
represents high performance, clarity and power...
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| FREE: Opticstar PL-131C C.A.
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Cooled CCD
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£1249.00
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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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NexStar 90 SLT
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£279.00
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The NexStar 90 SLT from Celestron with SkyAlign
technology is ideal for newcomers to astronomy.
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Auto-Guider Kits
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£75.05
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Elegant, low-cost Auto-Guider
connectivity kits from Shoestring Astronomy.
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Celestron CGEM
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£999.00
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CGEM (GoTo). The new computerised mount
from Celestron. It includes an ultra sturdy 2" steel tripod with
accessory tray.
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Equinox 100ED APO
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£764.00
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The Equinox 100ED APO from Sky-Watcher
includes dual speed focuser and aluminium case...
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SXVR-H36 (SXVF-H36)
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£4339.00
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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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Willmann Bell
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Telescope Design and Testing
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Star Testing Astronomical Telescopes.
Many observers harbour misgivings about their telescope. The manufacturer
may have guaranteed accuracy to "one-quarter wavelength" or as
"diffraction-limited" but most telescope users have, at best, only a
hazy idea of how to personally verifying such claims.
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£ 40.00
(inc VAT)
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Telescope Optics.
This book will both arouse your curiosity and answer your questions.
Why are there so many different kinds of telescopes? What does each
type have to offer? What makes one telescope better than another?
Which are best? Why? What are the tradeoffs? As a telescope buyer,
you will be better informed; as a telescope maker, you will be able
to design custom optics.
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£ 33.00
(inc VAT)
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Making A Refractor Telescope.
With this book, you will learn that making a lens involves the same
simple practices and common tools involved in making a mirror. You will
find there is nothing mysterious or unique. Yes, there are more surfaces
to finish, but all are spherical. The author adopts the role of coach
and guides the reader, step by step.
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£ 46.00
(inc VAT)
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Dispatched within 24 hours. |
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The Dobsonian Telescope.
This book tells how you can build a state-of-the-art Dobsonian telescope
using readily available materials and supplies. Every step of construction
is detailed in photographs and diagrams, and the underlying ideas are
carefully explained. This is the result of a three-year collaboration between
authors David Kriege and Richard Berry, two experienced and well-known telescope
makers.
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£ 40.00
(inc VAT)
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out of stock |
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Astrophotography and Photometry
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Astronomical Photometry.
Photometry, the measurement of light flux, is one of the most fundamental and
oldest research techniques employed in astronomy. It is also an area where valuable
contributions can be made by amateur astronomers using small telescopes. Most people
who do photometry have learned the hard way, because how-to books in this field are
very few and often incomplete.This book fills the gap for both amateur and professional
astronomers who wish to learn the techniques of photoelectric photometry.
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£ 40.00
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Dispatched within 24 hours. |
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Introduction to Digital Astrophotography.
This book is a 400+ page comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts introduction to digital
astro-imaging written by Robert Reeves, an accomplished author and film imager
with nearly 50 years of experience who has enthusiastically made the transition
to digital imaging. Robert describes how the family digital camera you probably
already own can be used to take spectacular pictures of the night sky.
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£ 46.00
(inc VAT)
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Dispatched within 24 hours. |
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Photoshop Astronomy.
Among the myriad computer programs used by astrophotographers, none is as popular
or versatile as Adobe Photoshop. However, to take full advantage of the program's
capabilities requires vast amounts of time. If a shortcut exists for mastering the
tools and techniques needed to properly massage an astrophoto, R. Scott Ireland's
new book Photoshop Astronomy is it.
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£ 53.00
(inc VAT)
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out of stock |
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Handbooks for Astronomy
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Solar Astronomy Handbook.
This book is not so much about the Sun, but about the opportunities for amateur
astronomers to observe the Sun. This book was conceived and written by a group
of German amateur observers. Each section was the responsibility of the amateur
who had made that aspect of solar astronomy his specialty. The emphasis was on
the practical and covers the kind of solar astronomy within the reach of most
amateurs.
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£ 40.00
(inc VAT)
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Dispatched within 24 hours. |
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Charts and Guides
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The Year-Round Messier Marathon Field Guide.
This "guide" is really much more than the title might suggest. It is part
star atlas, part descriptive text, part telescope primer, and part strategy
session, all held together with the infectious enthusiasm of its author. The
whole first third of the book is chock full of practical information on
telescopes and observing.
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£ 33.00
(inc VAT)
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out of stock |
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Uranometria 2000.
The stunning "Next Edition" of the world-famous Uranometria 2000.0. The most
comprehensive stellar/deep sky atlas and data resource we have seen, the
three volumes of Uranometria 2000.0 are so much more than a "Second Edition,"
they can only be considered the fulfillment of that process to which the first
edition was but prologue. Years in development, this massive achievement
affords astronomers, astrophotographers and CCD imagers.
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£ 80.00
(inc VAT)
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Dispatched within 24 hours. |
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The Night Sky Observer's Guide.
A subtitle to the two-volume Night Sky Observer’s Guide could have been Burnham's
Celestial Handbook: The Next Generation... (it is) a bible of very deep-sky observing,
taking objects constellation by constellation with full page charts and numerous
smaller finder charts and drawings. Tables list variable and double stars, and a
few individual stars are highlighted.
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£ 46.00
(inc VAT)
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out of stock |
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Opticstar News
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New Opening Hours
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updated: 4th August 2010
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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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Sample Images
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Opticstar DS-335C ICE
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updated: 20th August 2010
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The Eta Carina nebula shot by John Haunton with the Opticstar DS-335C ICE.
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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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Centroid Noise And Precision Photometry
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Centroiding noise is a random error, or "noise" component...
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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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Willmann Bell
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Books for Astronomy
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posted: 29th August 2008
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Acclaimed books from Willmann Bell...
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