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Weather Stations from Celestron

Celestron Deluxe Weather Stationx 4 Color LCD Weather Station Deluxe Compact Weather station

We have components available for Amateur Telescope Making (ATM). Build your own Telescope at a fraction of the price. Primary Telescope mirrors at cheaper prices than what you can make it. Secondary telescope mirrors, finder scopes and plossl eyepieces 1.25" and 2".

Dobsonian telescopes from 6" to 16" available . On a 12" Telescope you will find a 2" Precision Micro 10:1 Crayford style focuser , 9mm and 25mm 1.25" eyepieces and, 9 points mirror cell w/cooling fan, 12" Parabolic primary mirror 1/12wave, 8x 50mm fully multi-coated achromatic Finder, Moon filter included.

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NEW

10" f/8 True Ritchey-Chrétien with Celestron CGEM GPS mount.

At a Unbetable price of R51124-00.

Included into the price

10" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien optical tube assembly.
1 set of 2"extension tubes.
2" Mirror diagonal.
2" 30mm Superview eyepiece.
1.25" 9mm plossl eyepiece.
8x50 acromatic finder scope.
CGEM mount from Celestron.
GPS for CGEM mount.

This combination is the ultimate Telescope for visual and Astrophotography.

Ideal for astrophotography - due to virtually coma-free imaging!
True Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain-type optics produce super flat field!
Flatter image compared to SCT and apalanatic/corrected SCT designs
Hyperbolic quartz primary and secondary mirrors with 99% reflectivity dielectric coatings.
Crayford style large 3" 10:1 microfocuser.
Laser etched focuser drawtube setting scale.
RC 10" is manufactured with either an aluminium tube.
One 80mm, 50mm and 35mm focal extenders included with the 10" GSO RC Telescope.

Two-year warranty.

10" f/8 true Ritchey-Chrétien hyperbolic mirror optical design
• low thermal expansion quartz primary and secondary mirrors
• 99% reflectivity non-tarnishing multi-layer dielectric mirror coatings
• nine contrast-enhancing main tube knife edge light baffles
• dual-speed 3" linear bearing Crayford focuser
• three built-in cooling fans in rear cell
• 1.25" and 2" compression ring accessory holders
• 1" and 2" focuser extension rings to fine-tune the back focus
• two Losmandy-style “D-plate" dovetail rails
• mounting bracket for optional finder

Telescope Computerised Mounts and drives

We now stock the CGEM, CGEM Pro, CGE5 and the EQ5 Computerised Telescope mounts and drives at very good prices.

OFFICINA STELLARE high quality Telescopes

THE NEW NAME OF PERFECTION

Born from the many years of experience of A&M and Astrotech Engineering, OFFICINA STELLARE is a company specialized in the engineering and manufacture of “state of the art” telescopes. The philosophy of OFFICINA STELLARE is to create products that astonish the professionals in astronomy for their level of quality and perfection, both optical and mechanical. If you are a professional of astroimaging or a Scientific or Educational Institution you will find the products of OFFICINA STELLARE the best available on the world market. A product of OFFICINA STELLARE guarantees the best performance achievable in its class. We manufacture the best optics, for the optical configurations applied and the quality of components. We use the best and most advanced materials to achieve performing and innovative mechanics, the craftsmanship is perfect and the distinguishing design is such that a telescope of OFFICINA STELLARE gives the owner pleasure of possessing a truly beautiful product. We offer a wide range of top products going from the professional Ritchey-Chretiens to the innovative Wide Field super fast Riccardi-Hondsers design. A range of apochromatic triplet refractors is dedicated to the most demanding professionals of astroimaging and visual observation.
OFFICINA STELLARE: the name In Italian OFFICINA STELLARE means “workshop of the stars”, to underline that we design and manufacture products for observation and photography of the skies, products of high technological content but at the same time built with the the care, attention and passion that only a craftsman in a workshop can apply to his work. OFFICINA STELLARE: the logo The logo of OFFICINA STELLARE has its roots in the origin of observational astronomy. The star is a graphic evolution of the original star in the Pleiades originally drawn by Galileo in the Sidereus Nuncius (1610). Those drawings were a revolution in the history of science and astronomy. Picture below from "Sidereus Nuncius", Pleiadum Constellatio, Galileo Galilei, 1610.

Just some of the telescopes available from us

Star Gazer’s Deep Space Atlas, Outdoor edition

It is a full sky atlas, size A5 for practicality, of all the stars and celestial objects (with all the relevant information) that you can locate with a telescope and binoculars. If you want to learn the sky or find these celestial objects you will definitely need the atlas. I assure you that this atlas will aid the location and viewing of objects that you never thought existed and push your telescope to its limits. Included are many of my personal favourite objects and related notes as to how I first described these objects at first sight! It’s especially made for use outdoors and there are many features that make the book unique such as the following:

Special Features

-Thousands of observable objects!

View countless Star Clusters, Galaxies, Emission Nebulae, Planetary Nebulae, and Multiple Star Systems & Variable Stars.

-Detailed Star Maps!

Bright and faint deep space objects are illustrated for small and larger size amateur telescopes. Objects are listed with all relevant information! All maps show very faint stars which significantly assist an observer in locating any object

Sky Guide

Africa South

2010

Amateur Astronomy Magazine

Eyepiece case, filters and accessories available.

Astronomy tents and many other accessories available from us.

Gallery

Start your own Astronomy Photo Album in this Gallery with your own logon. Safeguard your images with a watermark also available on the Gallery.

http://telescopeshop.co.za/gallery2/

20mW Green Laser Pointer

R415-00

This Green Laser pointer is extremely usefull for pointing out objects in the night sky.

This pointer is significantly brighter (about 50 times) than a red laser pointer and because of its unusual color it is much more noticeable. a 532 nm green laser wavelength is obviously superior to a laughable 650 nm red laser wavelength. And unlike a red laser, the green beam itself can be seen in mid-air in dark conditions, not just the laser beam dot. This allows the green laser pointer to be used for pointing to star constellations (skypointing) and also just generally look cool. The green laser beam dot can be seen at much greater distances than with a red laser pointer. For all the techies out there this green laser pumps out 20 mW of intermittent power that is much more powerful then other economy pointer you may see web. What does this mean? It means you can be confident your laser will shine a constant beam up to 5km with visibility that far exceeds that of your typical red laser.

Detailed Product Description
Standard Dimension: φ14×160mm
working time over 5000 hours
Output Wavelength: 532 nm
Output Power:20mW
Working Voltage: DC=3.0V
Working Current : I<250mA
Warm-up Time: 5 minutes
Working Temperature: 20~+35
Storage Temperature: -20~+60
Appearance and Color: Chromeplate
Function: can be used as indicator for Astronomy, teaching baton

Warning

The 20Mw green laser is more than 1000 times brighter than the Sun's image on the eye, and will damage your eye with direct exposure.

Free Planisphere

For 26deg South (Johannesburg)

Make your own planisphere by downloading and copping these files.

1. Print this image on a A4 transparency. PDF format.

2. Print this image on A4 page.PDF format.

3. Print this image on the back of the A4 page.PDF format.

Cut out the two pages.

Put a pin through the pages, and you have a Planisphere.

Download and install Adobe reader if the above files is not readable.

These website's will help you guide your telescope in the right direction. The visible area through a telescope is less than 1degree, depending the size of your telescope. This means the head of a match stick armlenght away would be the area size that you are looking at. If you don't have a computerised telescope, then you would starhop from a known star to the object that you want to go.

What’s Up 2007 - 365 Days of Skywatching

Your Sky tonight

Starchart Map Server

Download and print your own space ruler. Print A3 for true size.

Who's who in South Africa's space zoo! Print A3 Poster

Southern Sky Watch

Since 4 August 2006

Weather Stations from Celestron

Pro RC 250 LT Ritchey Chrétien

Riccardi-Honders Astrograph RH300

Pro RC 600 ST Ritchey Chrétien 600 mm