Takahashi FS-60C Fluorite Doublet Refractor

This compact short focus [f/5.9 - 355mm] apo refractor is the perfect eclipse telescope and with its triplet reducer [f/4.4 - 264mm] is a great little astro camera or spotting scope.

The FS-60C is available with the revolutionary "palm sized" equatorial mount "The Teegul Sky Patrol." This small, very portable sidreal rate mount will fit in a camera bag and can be attached to a camera tripod.

This smallest most portable mount can be taken around the World for solar eclipse or expeditions to remote areas.

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Takahashi Sky-90 Fluorite Doublet Refractor

The latest telescope model from Takahashi is a truly portable design. The 90mm (3½") f/5.6 fluorite doublet apochromatic optical system is of outstanding quality, with a focal length of 504mm. The optical tube assembly is only 13.8" long, weighing 7 pounds; small enough for an airline 'carry-on'. Not only is this instrument an excellent choice for astronomy, it can be used as a portable high-quality telescope for birding. The oversize focuser has an adapter for 2" and 1¼" diagonals, and accepts the FS series photographic adapters.

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Takahashi TSA102 Triplet Refractor

The TSA-10S2 is the first in the new TSA line of Takahashi triplet apochromats. The color free images produced will delight the lunar, planetary and deep sky observer with very high contract images with pin point stars.

The compact size, less than 23” with the lens shade retracted, makes the TSA-102 the perfect airline ready apochromat. The TSA-102S is great for eclipse expeditions or transport to remote sites.

Not only is the TSA-102S a great visual instrument, it can be converted into a flat field f/7.84 or an f/5.98 wide field imaging platform for a CCD camera or digital SLR. The addition of the optional camera angle adjuster allows the image to be rotated 360° without loss of focus. The camera angle adjuster is also very handy for visual applications to position the ocular or bino viewer in the best most comfortable position.

The TSA-102S is a compact, high quality, apochromatic, versatile Takahashi, made for the refractor enthusiast who wants a very high quality instrument in a relatively compact package.

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Takahashi FSQ106 Flat-Field Super Quadrplet

The New “Q” is the redesigned successor to the very popular FSQ-106. This outstanding new design features the following:

- Generous back focus of 178mm allows the user to attach a variety of imaging packages, bino viewers, 2” diagonals and many other visual devices.

- The tube length of 16.7”allows the new “Q” to be highly airline transportable. Even when the lens shade is extended the total length is only 20.5”.

- The new ultra duty focuser with new camera angle adjuster/rotator will carry a 5kg. [11 lb] and be able to handle the new large chip CCD cameras. The 88mmø image circle produced by the new “Q”is 9.5°in diameter. The newly designed Takahashi micro edge focuser is included for precise focusing.

- The new optional reducer changes the focal ratio to f/3.6 for wide field imaging produces a 6.5°field and a 44mmø image circle.

- The redesigned modified quadruplet double ED Petzval optics has been optimized for imaging as well as visual applications.

- Color correction has been extended to 1000nm to produce non-bloated imaged stars.

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Takahashi TOA-130 Ortho-Apo Refractor

This triplet refractor employs a newly designed triplet using special elements to produce the highest order of color correction, hence the name Ortho-Apochromat and is packaged in a short 32” tube with the lens shade retracted.

This instrument will be offered with the classic 2.7” focuser. For those wanting to use a medium format camera, we will offer a deluxe 4” focuser with built –in camera angle adjuster. This focuser, coupled with the dedicated flattener, will produce a fully illuminated 70mm circle with a usable 92mm diameter.

The high order of color correction of the Ortho-Apochromat Series produces images with saturated color and thanks to the numerous knife-edged baffles, an image with amazing contrast.

The TOA-130 is perfect for visual, CCD and photo imaging. The f/7.7 focal ratio with a 1000mm focal length is long enough, using the LE-ED 2.8mm Takahashi ocular, for high magnification observations of the Moon and planets and yet will produce a 2.5° field at 20x when used with the Takahashi flat field LE-50 2 “ ocular.

Ample back focus, over 200mm from the rear cell, has been designed in to permit the user to use a variety of CCD cameras, color filter wheels and electronic focusers or film cameras.

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Takahashi TOA-150 Ortho-Apo Refractor

The TOA-150 is the second Takahashi Ortho Apochromat to be developed by Takahashi. It features a newly designed triplet objective. This new design like its smaller companion the TOA-130 is absolutely color free.

The 179mm oversized tube was used to provide superior baffling and extremely high contrast. Knife edged baffles inside the tube help provide this great contrast.

The high contrast and total lack of color makes the TOA-150 not only an outstanding optical instrument, but it can be used to make outstanding images with a CCD, digital SLR or film camera. Framing the image or placing the ocular in a convenient position is made simple because of the built-in camera angle adjuster that allows the 360? rotation of the camera or ocular without loss of focus.

The smooth heavy duty retractable lens shade allows the length of the TOA-150 to be reduced to 38” for easy transport to remote sites.

Attaching the Extender TOA converts the 150 into and f/11.68 planetary instrument capable of very high magnification images. It maintains the color correction and flattens the field.

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