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Little things and components for Self-Made-Man, accessories and adapters, updates and upgrades. Everything you need and could need can be found here.
The rack and pinion focuser is suitable for do-it-yourself construction or improvement of a 10" Newtonian and also accepts correctors with 3" diameter.
- Suitable for telescope tubes with 230mm to 250mm diameter
- Including 360° rotation and tilting possibility
- 2" connection and auxiliary thread M82x1 (female) for adapting large correctors for astrophotography
- Micro-reduction for precise focusing
- The bearing of the extension tube is decoupled from the adjustment via gear drive (rack-and-pinion)
With this holder and a matching app, your smartphone becomes a finder, even a navigation system for the sky!
- Use your smartphone as navigation aid on your telescope
- Easily locate constellations and objects without needing a star chart
- Works fantastically well with SkySafari? and other dynamic planetarium apps
- Fits perfectly onto every Vixen style finder shoe
- Ideal addition to a finder scope
- Suitable for smartphones up to 93 mm in width
- Finder, smartphone or telescope are not supplied
Holder for Newtonian secondary mirrors for telescope self-construction or improving Newtonian reflectors.
- Diameter: 20 mm - suitable for secondary mirrors from 22 mm diameter - minor axis
- Inner thread at the base: M6 - central
- Distance from the base to the beginning of the 45° slant: 5 mm
- Flat contact surface for bonding the secondary mirror with exact 45° incline
Holder for Newtonian secondary mirrors for telescope self-construction or improving Newtonian reflectors.
- Diameter: 30 mm - suitable for secondary mirrors from 32 mm diameter - minor axis
- Inner thread at the base: M6 - central
- Distance from the base to the beginning of the 45° slant: 5 mm
- Flat contact surface for bonding the secondary mirror with exact 45° incline
Holder for Newtonian secondary mirrors for telescope self-construction or improving Newtonian reflectors.
- Diameter: 40 mm - suitable for secondary mirrors from 42 mm diameter - minor axis
- Inner thread at the base: M6 - central
- Distance from the base to the beginning of the 45° slant: 5 mm
- Flat contact surface for bonding the secondary mirror with exact 45° incline
Holder for Newtonian secondary mirrors for telescope self-construction or improving Newtonian reflectors.
- Diameter: 60 mm - suitable for secondary mirrors from 63 mm diameter - minor axis
- Inner thread at the base: M6 - central
- Distance from the base to the beginning of the 45° slant: 7 mm
- Flat contact surface for bonding the secondary mirror with exact 45° incline
Holder for Newtonian secondary mirrors for telescope self-construction or improving Newtonian reflectors.
- Diameter: 65 mm - suitable for secondary mirrors from 70 mm diameter - minor axis
- Inner thread at the base: M6 - central
- Distance from the base to the beginning of the 45° slant: 45 mm
- Flat contact surface for bonding the secondary mirror with exact 45° incline
Holder for Newtonian secondary mirrors for telescope self-construction or improving Newtonian reflectors.
- for secondary mirrors 50 mm diameter - minor axis
- Inner thread at the base: M6 - central
- Distance from the base to the beginning of the 45° slant: 47 mm
- Flat contact surface for bonding the secondary mirror with exact 45° incline
![Picture of Camera Angle Rotator for 2.5" M63 Focuser](https://www.apm-telescopes.net/images/thumbs/0439097_caa63_640.jpg "Show details for Camera Angle Rotator for 2.5" M63 Focuser")
Fits :
Enables the installation of LUNT solar telescopes on astronomical mounts
- 300mm long prism rail according to the VIXEN GP level
- For solar telescopes from Lunt Solar Systems
- Suitable for common astronomical mounts
- dovetail rail (GP) for 6, 8 and 10 inch MESSIER Dobson telescopes
- when using these telescope tubes on EQ mounts
- the assembly is carried out on the original tube rings
- also suitable as spare part for MESSIER telescopes with 200mm prism rail
- assembly material and tools included
- length: 200mm; width: 45 mm; height: 16 mm
- bore spacing: 160 mm; Bore diameter: 6.5 mm
- dovetail rail (GP), mounting screws and hex wrench tool included
Enables the installation of LUNT solar telescopes on astronomical mounts
- 150mm long prism rail according to the VIXEN GP level
- For solar telescopes from Lunt Solar Systems
- Suitable for common astronomical mounts
This adapter is necessary for connecting the full-frame 3" corrector from TS to the 2.5" focuser with M63x1 female thread.
- Thread at the telescope side: M63x1 thread (male)
- Thread at camera side: M92x1 (female)
- For focuser: 2,5" R&P focuser from TS and 2,5" Feather Touch focuser from Starlight Instruments
The adapter fits all 3" Starlight Feather Touch slides and allows connection to telescope adapters with M109x1 female thread
- Conversion adapter i.e. for Newtonian bases having the M109x1 thread
- Fits also to the TSAPO106 Apos from Teleskop-Service
- Fits directly to all 3" Starlight Feather Touch focusers
- Allows 360° rotation
The adapter allows for example the connection of correctors with M63x1 thread to telescopes with M54x0.75 internal thread on the camera side
- Thread Extraction side: M54x0.75 external thread
- Thread camera side: M63x1 female thread - suitable for many correctors with the corresponding male thread
The Prodigy Microfocuser is a robust 3" motorised focuser that allows you to precisely adjust and remotely control the focus of your telescope equipment.
- 76 mm (3") clear aperture
- rotation adjustment on telescope and camera side
- adaptation to numerous telescopes possible
- USB and power connections for further accessories
- extremely precise mechanics
- remote controllable
- temperature sensor included in delivery
With its coaxial power connector 5.5/2.1 mm, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
Proudly standing between Pocket and Ultimate Powerbox, it has been designed to provide more advanced features than Pocket Powerbox in a more compact / quality design.
- 4 x 12 V DC power outlets for your equipment (a single channel to switch all four outputs ON/OFF via software)
- 12 amps of total distributed current
- Adjustable output (3, 5, 8, 9, 12 V) / 3 A (can be switched ON/OFF) - power your DSLR / mirrorless camera
- Embedded powered USB3 hub ? 4 x USB3 ports or 3 x USB2 ports available
- 1 x power USB port (up to 3 amps) ? suitable for powering Raspberry PI 3/4
- Port (RJ12) for external accessories (like external focus controller)
- 2 channels with PWM for dew heaters ? RCA outputs (tune levels via software)
- Humidity and temperature sensor (included)
- Auto tune dew heater channels
- Reverse polarity protection
- USB / PC controlled or standalone pperation out of the box
- Lightweight and extremely compact aluminium enclosure
With its coaxial power connector 5.5/2.1 mm, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
With its coaxial power connector 5.5/2.1 mm, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
With its coaxial power connector 5.5/2.1 mm, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
With its coaxial power connector XT60, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
With its coaxial power connector 5.5/2.5 mm, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
With its coaxial power connector XT60, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
With its coaxial power connector 5.5/2.5 mm, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
With its coaxial power connector XT60, this power supply is suitable for Pocket Powerbox (PPB) and many other Pegasus products.
- Well matching the mentioned Pegasus Astro products
- Also available with other DC plugs
- Also available with other power cords
- Large range of input voltages
- Regulated with low ripple and noise
- Protected against damaging working states
- Sealed against dust and humidity
- Works with bipolar or unpolar stepper motors
- Full, half, 1/4 and 1/8 step (microstepping)
- Large range of supported stepper motors
- Connector for environmental sensor
- Protected against undervoltage, overcurrent and overtemperature
- Made especially for Ultimate Powerbox v2 and Pocket Powerbox Advance
Focus fast, reliably and accurately your telescope using a stepper or DC motor and this controller.
- versatile, you can use your own motor instead of having to use one of PegasusAstro - and using another motor requires (perhaps) another cable, not another controller
- PC operation is standard, but manual operation does not even need a separate hand controller
- Temperature probe included
- Backlash compensation possible via firmware
- ASCOM and INDI compliant, but comes with a standalone program for Windows
- Firmware upgrade possible
This geared stepper motor has 0.0625° steps, 60 Ncm torque and little backlash, so you can focus your telescope fast and accurately with it - even with heavy imaging equipment.
- Useful resolution of 0.0625° (3.75 arc min) per step
- High torque for handling higher loads
- Low backlash making backlash compensation easier
- RJ45 socket allows using standard network cable for connecting to PegasusAstro´s Dual Motor Focus Controller
- Universal L Shaped Bracket allows mechanical connection to many focusers
- Supplied couplers allow mechanical connection to many focusing shafts
This device is a practical power supply for the "grab and go" astrophotographer who does not want too much automation.
- 4 x 12 V DC power outlets for your equipment (ON/OFF via software)
- 10 amps of total power
- DSLR output (can be switched ON/OFF)
- 2 channels with PWM for dew heaters RCA outputs (tune levels via software)
- Humidity and temperature sensor (included)
- Auto tune dew heaters
- Reverse polarity protection
- USB / PC controlled or standalone operation out of the box
- Lightweight and extremely compact enclosure
The digiscoping adapter BW-T2 allows attaching of cameras to BW spotting scopes from TS Optics.
- Suitable for, amongst others, all older TS BW spotting scopes, and also to all eyepieces with 37 mm connection thread
- Easy adaption - instead of the eyecup, the adapter is screwed to the eyepiece
- Suitable for SLR, mirrorless system cameras and also cameras with fixed lenses
- Connection adapters can be found in the "recommended accessories" section below
Two adapters in one
The projection and focal adapter consists of two parts - the projection part and the focal adapter. The projection part is used with an eyepiece for achieving a long focal length with small objects, e.g. for individual craters. Use the focal adapter without the use of an eyepiece so employing the focal length of your telescope - for taking photos of the entire Moon, gas nebula or galaxy.
- projection adapter for 1.25-inch eyepieces of up to 38mm outside diameter
- can be used as a focal adapter with a T2 thread
- continuous zoom - magnify the image by sliding the adapter further out
Equip the 3.7" TS-Optics rack and pinion focuser with the ZWO EAF motor focus system.
- Suitable for 3.7" TSFOCR, focusers and telescopes equipped with these focusers
- Allows the use of the EAF motorfocus system from ZWO
- Includes the complete mount, you do not need any accessories
- Simple and self-explanatory mounting
- Dimensionally stable up to 110 °C due to the use of special PLA for 3D printing
- Eyepiece focuser and motor focus are not included in the scope of delivery
Equip the 2.5" RAP focuser from TS-Optics with the ZWO EAF motor focus system.
- Suitable for all 2.5" TSFOCR25, TSFOCR25S and TSFOCR25-117 focusers and telescopes equipped with these focusers
- Allows the use of the EAF motor focus system from ZWO
- Includes the complete mounting, you do not need any accessories
- Simple and self-explanatory mounting
- Dimensionally stable up to 110 °C due to the use of special PLA for 3D printing
- Eyepiece extension and motor focus are not included in the scope of delivery
- Allows the use of the EAF motorfocus system from ZWO
- Includes the complete mounting, you do not need any accessories
- Simple and self-explanatory mounting
- Dimensionally stable up to 110 °C due to the use of special PLA for 3D printing
- Eyepiece focuser and motor focus are not included in the scope of delivery
- Suitable for UNCN2-G2 and TSRPN2 focusers
- Enables the use of the EAF motor focus system from ZWO
- Elaborate and elegant adaptation to the focuser
- Simple and self-explanatory mounting
- Dimensionally stable up to 110 °C due to the use of special PLA for 3D printing
Equip the 2" Crayford focuser from TS-Optics with the ZWO EAF motor focus system.
- Suitable for all 2" Crayford focusers and telescopes equipped with these focusers, e.g. TS-Photon Newtons
- Fits to the Crayford focusers with and without micro-reduction
- Allows the use of the EAF motor focus system from ZWO
- Elaborate and elegant adaptation to the focuser
- Includes mounting adapter and screw
- Simple and self-explanatory mounting incl. mounting instructions
- Dimensionally stable up to 110 °C due to the use of special PLA for 3D printing
- Suitable for all 2" Monorail focusers and telescopes equipped with these focusers
- Allows the use of the EAF motorfocus system from ZWO
- Includes mounting adapter and four screws
- Simple and self-explanatory assembly, you will receive the assembly instructions after your purchase in an environmentally friendly PDF format
- Dimensionally stable up to 90 °C due to the use of PETG for 3D printing
- Fits all Vixen standard prism rails.
- Holds the ZWO ASIAIR PRO or Mini securely on a Vixen GP rail
- Manufactured in 3D printing, therefore light and stable
- Resistant to UV and temperatures up to 80 °C
- Color matching to ZWO color
