Opticstar AR80S Guidescope

Guidescope complete with collimating rings and dovetail.

  • Aperture: 80mm
  • Focal Length: 400mm (f/5)
  • Optical Coatings: Fully Multi Coated
  • 2-inch Crayford focuser
  • Retractable dewshield
  • Collimating rings
  • Vixen-style dovetail
  • UK warranty
Opticstar AR80S Guidescope
  • Product code: AR80SGS
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£ 10.00
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£ 10.00
Scotland North
£ 20.00
UK islands (from)
£ 30.00

Description

The AR80S Guidescope kit consists of the Opticstar AR80S telescope, set of collimating rings and Vixen-type dovetail to mount the telescope to standard mount saddles as found on the Meade, Sky-Watcher, Celestron, Vixen and other mounts.

The Opticstar AR80S Gold short-tube refractor is ideal as a portable scope and can be used for observing, imaging or as a guide scope. It uses an 80mm achromatic doublet that is fully broad-band multicoated to increase light transmission.

The optical tube greatly benefits from metal knife-edge baffles (not the plastic less effective step type) that prevent stray light outside the field of view from reaching the focal plane. Knife-edge baffles markedly increase image contrast.


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The Crayford focuser, main tube and lens assembly are screwed into each other for maximum rigidity, no peripheral screws are used as they can compromise the rigidity of the telescope.

The AR80S Gold refractor features a smooth Crayford focuser with a 2” drawtube (with 1.25" adapter), retractable metal dew shield, CNC rings with 1/4" photo tripod threads, and broadband fully multi-coated optics.

With a focal length of 400mm (f/5) the AR80S is very well suited for wide field astrophotography, guiding as well as nature photography.

With a minimum total length of only 40cm and 80mm aperture the AR80S Gold is the perfect travel scope. All you need to start using the AR80S Gold is a photographic tripod, diagonal and eyepieces.

Carries full one year UK warranty.

Opticstar AR80S Guidescope.
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Opticstar AR80S Guidescope
Attribute Specification
Opticstar Product Code / sku AR80SGS
Universal Product Code (UPC) n/a
Warranty 1 year UK warranty
Series AR
Experience Level Intermediate
Clear Aperture 80mm
Focal Length 400mm
Focal Ratio f/5
Optical Design Achromatic doublet refractor
Optical Elements 2-elements
Optical Coatings Broadband FMC (fully multi-coated)
Focuser Single-speed Crayford focuser
Focuser Drawtube 2-inch with 1.25-inch adapter
Focuser Tube Travel 70mm (marked in 1mm intervals)
Baffles Internally anti-reflection coated, knife-edge baffles
Construction All metal construction
Dew Shield Retractable with metal screw-type cap
Tube Rings Collimating rings
Dovetail Vixen-style
Finderscope Saddle No
Case No
Tube Design Short
Tube Weight 2 kg (including rings)
Minimum Tube Length 310mm with retracted dew-shield
Maximum Tube Length 365mm with extended dew-shield
Tube Diameter 97mm
Frontal Dewshield Diameter 110mm (screw-type aluminium cap)
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