ASTROSIB 14" RITCHEY-CHRETIEN

Ritchey-Chretien telescopes made by Astrosib are the instrument of choice of those who want to do professional astrophotography. The optical and mechanical quality are top notch. The scopes feature hand figured optics, quality control of each optical component and of the complete system, fully adjustable primary and secondary mirrors, fully baffled alluminium alloy tube, cooling system consisting of three fans mounted on the back and large linear field allowing the use of medium format film and large CCD chips.

RC-360 is large enough to be used for professional applications at an observatory. The scope is equipped with illuminated 13x80 finder, a mounting platform that allows attaching of the tube to any mount and off-axis guider accepting 1.25" eyepieces or CCD autoguider.

Technical Specifications:

Primary Mirror Diameter: 360mm
Primary Focal Ratio: f/3
Secondary Mirror Diameter: 130mm
Equivalent Focal Ratio: f/8
Equivalent Focal Length: 2880mm
Primary to Secondary Spacing: 702mm
Tube Length: 920mm
Tube Weight: 35kg
Focuser: Helical; Crayford on request; No focuser on request
Back Focus (from primary mirror surface): 307mm
Mirrors Material: LK-7; AstroSitall mirrors on request
Optical Quality: better than 1/4 PTV, 1/25 RMS, Strehl 0.95

Price: 9645 €