ZWO FF130 APO Refractor OTA

The ZWO FF series is a potential fit for your astro-photography needs.  

The ZWO FF130 APO is a flat field astrograph that can be used visually as well. Its design negates the need to calculate the back focus distance from the flattener while attaching all your imaging gear. You should be able to connect a reasonable amount of equipment and start imaging. This should help with the frustration of getting everything just right and simply let you enjoy your imaging session. You can use a variety of diagonals for visual observation should you choose to look through your telescope and not just image through your telescope. Don't confuse this with the rest of the line. This is a full sized scope in every aspect. The ZWO FF130 is 35" long and weighs in at 27.5 pounds with rings and dovetail. The 130mm aperture scope uses a dual ED quadruplet optical system to help achieve its flat field. It has an f/7.7 native f ratio, but can be made faster with optional .7x Reducer further reducing the speed as well as the 1000mm native focal length to f/5.4 and 700mm. The ZWO FF130 can support a 60mm image circle allowing it to be used with full frame cameras as well as medium format cameras. This is an imaging machine. The 3.4" rack and pinion focuser has a built in camera rotator and finder shoe for Vixen style finder brackets. The telescope comes with M86, M68, M54m and M48 Camera adapters and the M48 is threaded for filter.

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