Altair Astro
Altair Astro manufacturer of high quality astronomical accessories
Manufacturer in England of high quality accessories and distribution of CCD cameras. APM is a partially authorized dealer for Germany.
Vixen HD Clamp for Sabre Mount
179.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
Losmandy HD Clamp for Sabre Mount
229.00 € 206.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 1-2 days
Universal HD Clamp for Sabre Mount
269.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
Sabre mount feature summary:
- Point and see. No alignment required.
- Next to zero setup time.
- Smooth and easy to use.
- No power required.
- Compatible with most common tripods.
- High capacity with excellent machining and fitting.
- Stable astronomy or terrestrial observing with large or small scopes.
- Compatible with Altair TMS dovetail clamps (very high end), or others with standard M8 / 35mm hole pattern.
- Mount head weight of 3.2kg, dimensions are on the product images.
649.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
Fast 60mm viewfinder with helical focuser and tube clamps
Key data
- 60mm aperture
- 225mm focal length at a focal ratio of f/3.75
- Illuminated crosshair eyepiece
- Helical focuser (the image does not rotate when focusing)
- Complete tube clamp set with mounting material
- Can also be used as a guidescope
269.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
The Altair Astro 60mm finder also has many more features than your average finder scope:
- This finder is right angled for more comfort, with a corrected field (i.e. not mirror-reversed like other finders), so objects actually match their orientation in your star chart.
- The focuser can also be rotated 360° and locked in seconds (requiring some re-alignment afterwards). The 10mm larger objective and a little extra power compare to 8x50 finders, yet has almost the same size and weight.
- The included quick-release finder base has 4x 4mm slotted holes in the base allowing you to fit it to most telescopes on the market. (The mini-dovetail wedge on the bracket will fit any GSO or Skywatcher telescope directly in fact but we suggest you use the included base if it fits the tube, because it has 2x clamping screws, for better alignment).
- The CNC machined bracket is light yet rigid to keep alignment. Nylon tipped screws do not damage the durable high quality and moisture resistant powder coated aluminium tube.
- All objective lenses are anti-reflection coated and the tube and dewshield are internally blackened to increase contrast. The included illuminator has a variable setting, which illuminates the cross hairs in the eyepiece. The included eyepiece has a dark field illuminated cross-hair, so you can easily see it glowing faintly against the background sky, an upgrade for standard finders with dark cross-hairs.
- The high quality 1.25 FMC illuminated eyepiece has good eye relief for glasses-wearers, and a wide field of view. It has a side-port to screw in the included variable darkfield illuminated reticule, and the finder can be very easily focused, using the included helical focuser integrated with the prism diagonal.
269.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
This reducer - flattener is designed to work with the Altair Astro Wave Series 115mm EDT-X FPL53 102mm F7 Super ED Triplet APO.
It consists of two components:
- The flattener body containing the optics, with M92 male outer thread on the telescope side and M72 female inner thread on the camera side
- An M72 to M48 adaptor-spacer with M72 male outer thread on the flattener side and M48 male outer thread on the camera side. The adaptor has a 21.62mm optical length, to give 55mm sensor to flange distance.
449.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
Altair QuadBand is the new trend in light pollution filters for deep-sky imaging of emission nebulae with colour CMOS, CCD, and DSLR cameras. Altair V2 Filter Technology produces even better blocking of unwanted wavelengths, higher transmission, and no halos. The result is a better signal to noise ratio for imaging emission nebulae with a DSLR or CMOS Astro camera. The 35nm passband not only makes the QuadBand V2 compatible with fast focal ratio lenses and telescopes, but also allows visual use with a relatively small telescope in urban locations. Brighter emission nebulae can be observed in urban conditions with a darker background. This is the new QuadBand V2 Coating technology which includes: Anti-Halo coating on both surfaces to reduce reflection artefacts from reducers and camera lenses. Increased blocking of UV, IR and unwanted visual range wavelengths. UV OD7 (T0.00001%) Visual OD5 (T0.001%) and IR OD4 (T0.01%) for the ultimate in skyglow blocking. An order of magnitude better than foreign filters. Higher transmission % of desired wavelengths Ttop 95% (Average 5% higher transmission of desired wavelengths). Ha and Oiii wavelengths at 35nm FWHM for with less tail-off to reduce unwanted light pollution. It's even compatible with fast scopes, like Altair F6 refractors which operate at F4.8 with reducers, and the F2 Celestron RASA and Hyperstar. Includes UVIR blocking for both modified and un-modified DSLR cameras, plus an anti-reflection coating to reduce halos as much as possible. Narrowband Bi-Colour imaging is a growing new trend in astrophotography, especially popular in light polluted areas, or for imaging in rural areas in moonlight. Now you can capture the two main emission nebulae bands at the same time, whilst suppressing light pollution, moonlight, and airglow. Capture more data in less time, and open up your imaging time window - even into the summer months. Altair QuadBand light pollution filters work by isolating the primary nebulae emission zones in the red and blue/green wavelengths, and separating them into two main "zones" with a wide separation for easy capture with a colour camera - all in one exposure! Not only is capture very convenient, but processing is easy too, thanks to the wide separation of the green/blue and red "zones". Light pollution control is extremely effective and LED light is also significantly reduced, thanks to the effects of Rayleigh scattering. Sensitive OSC or "One Shot Colour" CMOS cameras like the #Hypercam183C capture these wavelengths very efficiently, and allow them through the Bayer matrix. The filters also work with DSLRs (APS-C sensor size modified cameras are best, but normal ones will also work). When you have the complete stack of exposures, processing is relatively easy because of the large separation in colour. You can also use the Quad band and Tri-Band filters as a "super luminance filter" for imaging nebulae with Mono cameras. A quick overview of the Altair Filter family: QuadBand Filter - combines Sii AND Ha into a red zone, and H-beta + Oiii into a green/blue zone. (Recommended for moderate light pollution and skyglow, used with colour cameras). TriBand Filter - combines Ha into a red zone, and H-beta + Oiii into a green/blue zone. (Recommended for higher light pollution, used with colour cameras). DualBand Filter - separates the red Ha and blue Oiii channels even more distinctly with even deeper blocking. (Recommended for severe light pollution such as within built-up areas such as cities. Used with colour cameras). NarrowBand mono camera filter - these isolate single bands, so you only capture one wavelength per filter such as Oiii or Ha or Sii, and they are mostly used with mono B&W astronomy cameras. Separate sets of exposures are required with each filter. Filter Specifications: 1st band, CWL495nm FWHM35nm 2nd band, CWL 660nm FWHM 35nm 1.85mm thick optical glass with 30 arc sec parallelism. UVIR Block and Anti-Reflection Coating. Scope of Delivery: Filter 2"
Item condition: new, but not original packed
Item condition: new, but not original packed
226.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 1-4 days
High quality filter for CMOS photography with the following features:
- 1st band, CWL495nm FWHM35nm
- 2nd band, CWL 660nm FWHM 35nm
- 1mm thick optical glass with 30 arc sec parallelism.
- UVIR Block and Anti-Reflection Coating.
159.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
The Altair 1.25" Solar Continuum filter Enhances sunspots, granulation, and fine photosphere detail. For use with Baader Solar Filter or Herschel Wedge.
95.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
Improves the visibility of stars and deep sky objects, by blocking light pollution
139.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
With the TS ADC your images of moon and planets as well as your observations near the horizon become significantly sharper and more detailed.
- Corrects the color shift (Dispersion) of our atmosphere - less color fringing, more sharpness and detail
- Convenient operation with eyepiece attached - simply rotate the lever and notice how the sharpness of your view or camera image improves.
- The principle behind the ADC is simple - two prisms are shifted relatively to each other and thereby compensate the color shift of the atmosphere (see image)
- A ring scale allows for reproducable adjustments
- Simple adaptation on the telescope side and eyepiece side via 1.25" receptacle and T2 thread
- Ultraslim design - the TS ADC can even be attached to binoviewers - height without T2 connection parts only 29 mm from T2 to T2
- Usable among others for observation and photography of planets, the moon or double stars
179.00 €
Estimated delivery time : 2-4 weeks
