Description
Sky-Watcher Heliostar 100Hα Solar Telescope
$8,423.00
- Double stack performance, single stack price
- 100mm aperture
- 760mm focal length
- f/7.6
- Official solar telescope of the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project
- Integrated Heliostar solar finder, tube rings, and carry handle
- Integrated Trifid Tuner and Solis Etalon Technology
- <0.5Å bandpass
- H-alpha fully multicoated lens
- Achromatic doublet design
- 2.8-inch dual-speed Rack and Pinion focuser
- 20mm, 1.25” diagonal format blocking filter
- Weight: 13.2 lbs.
- Includes: OTA, mounting rings, V-style dovetail, clip-on Sun shade, 22mm 70° 1.25" eyepiece,2" eyepiece adapter, hard-shell carrying case
| SKU | S11325 |
| UPC | 810098970747 |
| Optical Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Optical Design (achro or apo) | Achromatic |
| Lens Coating (fully multi-coated)? | H-alpha fully multicoated |
| Lens design (doublet, triplet or Quad) | Doublet |
| Optical Quality | Diffraction limited (1/4 wave) |
| Collimatable Cell | No (Self Aligning Cell) |
| Primary Aperture (mm) | 100mm |
| F/Ratio | 7.6 |
| Focal Length (mm) | 760mm |
| Blocking Filter Size | 20mm |
| Solar Image Size | 7.6mm |
| Bandpass | < 0.55Å |
| Mechanical Specifications | |
| Focuser Type | Crayford |
| Focuser Size | 2" |
| Focuser: Dual or Single Speed | Dual speed |
| Compression Ring | No* (Only on diagonal) |
| OTA material | Aluminum |
| Optical Tube length (inches) | 30" |
| Optical Tube weight (pounds) | 13.2 pounds |
| Mounting Rings? | Mounting Rings |
| Dovetail type | V-style |
| Accessories | |
| Eyepieces | 22mm 70º 1.25" eyepiece |
| Diagonal | 20mm 1.25" H-alpha blocking diagonal |
| Camera Adapter | No |
| Additonal Accessories | Sun shade & 2" adapter |
| Included finder | Heliostar solar finder |
| Manual | Digital PDF |
| Case | Yes |
| Observational Info | |
| Dawes Limit | 1.16 |
| Rayleigh Limit | 1.4 |
| Limiting Magnitude | 12.48 |
| Minimum Magnification | 14x |
| Maximum Magnification | 197x |
| Magnification with included eyepieces | 35x |
| Light Gather (compared to next size down) | 73% compared to Heliostar 76Ha |
| Intended use | Solar (visual & Imaging) |