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Our mobile telescopes

Besides our fixed main telescope, the CDK20 from Planewave, our telescope family currently includes the following telescopes:

Schmidt Cassegrain telescopes from Celestron

We have a total of three of these telescopes in different sizes ranging from 8″ to 11″ and up to 14″.

C14

The C14 on the GM4000 QCI
Type Schmidt-Cassegrain
Manufacturer Celestron
Aperture 356 mm
Focal Length 3910 mm
f/Ratio 11
Spatial resolution 0.33″
Length of the tube 78 cm
Weight 20,4kg
Mirror coating StarBright™ XLT multicoating
Fastar compatible No
Compatible mounts CGE-PRO, CGX-L, EQ8-R PRO

The C14 is our largest Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Before the CDK-20, the C14 was our primary fixed telescope. The C14 cannot be used for solar observations.

C11

The C11 on the CGE Pro
Type Schmidt-Cassegrain
Manufacturer Celestron
Aperture 279.4 mm
Focal Length 2800 mm
f/Ratio 10
Spatial resolution 0.41″
Length of the tube 61 cm
Weight 12,5kg
Mirror coating StarBright™ XLT multicoating
Fastar compatible Yes
Compatible mounts CGE-PRO, CGX-L, EQ8-R PRO

We have a solar filter for the C11 so it can be used for solar observations.

C8

Type Schmidt-Cassegrain
Manufacturer Celestron
Aperture 203.2 mm
Focal Length 2032 mm
f/Ratio 10
Spatial resolution 0.57″
Length of the tube 43.2 cm
Weight 5.67kg
Mirror Coating StarBright™ XLT Multi-coating
Fastar compatible Yes
Compatible mounts Advanced GT

As for the C11, we also have a solar filter for the C8.

Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph

RASA 11 V2

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RASA 11 on the CGX-L
Type Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph
Manufacturer Celestron
Aperture 279 mm
Focal Length 620 mm
f/Ratio 2.2
Spatial resolution 0.49″
Length of the tube 84 cm
Image Circle diameter 43.3 mm
Useable field 52 mm
Weight 19,5kg
Mirror coating StarBright™ XLT multicoating
Compatible mounts CGE-PRO, CGX-L, EQ8-R PRO

In our family of telescopes, this is the fastest telescope with the largest field of view and is therefore most commonly used for wide field observations. The Baader UFC (Universal Filter Changer) is available for this telescope with narrow band high speed filters as well as a complete set of SOLAN/SDSS filters.

Refracting telescopes

130mm Apochromat from Teleskop-Service

Type Apochromat
Manufacturer TS-Optics
Aperture 130 mm
Focal Length 910 mm
f/Ratio 7
Lens type FPL53 triplet
Spatial resolution 0.89″
Weight 11kg
Compatible mounts CGE-PRO, CGX-L, EQ8-R PRO

Our apochromatic refractor offers a large field of view. For this telescope we have both a solar filter and a Herschel prism for solar observations.

Coronado Hα solar telescope aka. the OSST

The Solar Max II on the Advanced GT
Manufacturer Coronado
Series Solar Max II
Aperture 60mm
Focal length 400mm
f/Ratio 6.6
Bandwidth < 0.5
Blocking filter BF10
Other Richview tuning
:: Double Stacked
:: Sol Ranger Sunfinder
Compatible mounts Advanced GT

The OSST can be mounted on Celestron's Advanced-GT mount or on one of the other telescopes.