A high quality flat mirror made from tempered float glass, with aluminium and quartz coating. No ghost images because the reflective surface is on the front of the mirror!
The main mirror used in our Newton Telescope: made by BAADER Planetarium from tempered float glass, with aluminium and quartz coating. An excellent mirror for DIY telescopes!
Mirror diameter: 70 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Focal length: 450 mm
High quality lenses made from acrylic glass. The budget solution for all optical experiments. Diameters between 13 and 62 mm, a whole range of different focal lengths.
C: convergent lens
D: divergent lens
High quality single lenses and achromatic systems of two lenses. Ideal for experiments and self-made optical instruments. Diameters between 18 and 50 mm, a whole range of different focal lengths. All lenses are surplus from production lines of optical instruments.
A kit for a prism made from acrylic glass. Cast acrylic glass blank with all necessary polishing material to produce a highly transparent prism, instructions included.
Suitable for children.
C8 Optical Tube Assembly as used in the best selling Celestron Nexstar 8se. Sold without eyepiece, visual back or finderscope. Ideal replacing a damaged telescope or want to upgrade to the magic 8 inch aperture.
The tripod socket on this OTA makes it ideal for terrestrial use as well.
Perfect if you have damaged a Nexstar telescope's optical tube:
SLT grey (Right), Astro-Fi black (Right), Evolution silver (Left) SE orange (Left)
Construction & StarBright multi-coated optics are identical in all
The dovetail position (in brackets) will alter the position of the focuser
An EQ mounted focuser is different again
Supplied without mount, tripod, finderscope, visual back, diagonal or eyepieces
Perfect if you have damaged a Nexstar telescope's optical tube:
SLT grey (Right), Astro-Fi black (Right), Evolution silver (Left) SE orange (Left)
Construction & StarBright multi-coated optics are identical in all
The dovetail position (in brackets) will alter the position of the focuser
An EQ mounted focuser is different again
Supplied without mount, tripod, finderscope, visual back, diagonal or eyepieces
You get what is seen in the image - no mount, finderscope or eyepiece
Used - In VGC+ & the optics are clean. Can be mounted on a photo tripiod for terrestrial observation.
With a total weight of 28 lbs including the tripod, the ultra portable 5 SE features a precision optical system with 1,250 mm focal length (f/10) standard with our premium StarBright XLT coatings and offers 56% more light gathering power than a 4" model.
Primary Mirror assembly for Astromaster 130 / 130MD 114 & 76 mm & PowerSeeker 114 models.
You may prefer to buy the mirror already in the metal tube. See below
C8 Optical Tube Assembly as used in the best selling Celestron Evolution 8. Sold without eyepiece, visual back or finderscope. Ideal if you have a damaged telescope or want to upgrade to the "magic" 8 inch aperture.
Replacement corrector lens for Celestron C8 & Edge 8.
This is the part only & does NOT come with any fitting instructions. DIY fitting is not recommended unless you are confident of what you are doing! See our professional fitting options