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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
Type | Schmidt-Cassegrain |
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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 |
The C14 is our largest Schmidt Cassegrain telescope. It can be mounted on either the CGE-Pro or the CGX-L mount from Celestron. Before we got the CDK-20, the C14 used to be our main fixed telescope. The C14 cannot be used for solar observations. The setup and operation is basically equivalent to the C11. The setup of the CGX-L differs only in a few points from the CGE-Pro. However, the CGX-L is somewhat easier to handle than the CGE-Pro.
C11
Type | Schmidt-Cassegrain |
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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 |
The C11 can be mounted on both Celestron's CGE-Pro and CGX-L mounts. We have a sun filter for the C11, so it can be used for solar observations. The setup and operation of the C11 and the CGE-Pro is described in a separate article. The setup of the CGX-L differs only in a few points from the CGE-Pro. However, the CGX-L is somewhat easier to handle than the CGE-Pro.
C8
Type | Schmidt-Cassegrain |
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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 |
The C8 comes with the Advanced GT mount from Celestron. As for the C11, we also have a solar filter for the C8. The setup and operation of the C8 and the Advanced GT is described in a separate article.
Refracting telescopes
130mm Apochromat from Teleskop-Service
Type | Apochromat |
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Manufacturer | TS-Optics |
Aperture | 130 mm |
Focal Length | 910 mm |
f/Ratio | 7 |
Lens type | FPL53 triplet |
Spatial resolution | 0.89″ |
Weight | 11kg |
Our triplet apochromatic refractor offers a wide field of view. The scope is usually used with the CGX-L. The setup and operation is almost identical to the C11. The APO can also be used with the CGE-Pro.
Coronado Hα solar telescope aka. the OSST
Manufacturer | Coronado |
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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 |
The OSST can be mounted on Celestron's Advanced-GT mount or on one of the other telescopes.