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The Touptek Off Axis Guider (M-48) is a essential tool for astrophotographers seeking to capture breathtaking deep-sky images with unparalleled clarity and detail. Its versatility, compact design, and ability to eliminate differential flexure make it a valuable investment for anyone serious about long-exposure astrophotography.
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One of the key features of the M48 Touptek Medium Off-Axis Guider is its versatility in terms of mounting options.The M48 connection plate ensuring compatibility with a wide range of telescopes and imaging setups. This versatility allows astrophotographers to seamlessly integrate the guider into their existing equipment without the need for additional adapters or modifications.
The overall thickness of the Off-Axis Guider is a compact 17.5mm, making it easy to incorporate into even the most space-constrained setups. This sleek design minimizes the potential for vignetting or obstruction of the main imaging path, ensuring that the full field of view is available for capturing breathtaking deep-sky objects.
The primary purpose of an off-axis guider is to eliminate the issue of differential flexure, which can occur when using a separate guide scope. Differential flexure can lead to inaccurate guiding and ultimately result in blurred or elongated stars in the final images. By sharing the same optical path as the main imaging camera, the Touptek Off Axis Guider ensures that the guiding and imaging systems are perfectly aligned, minimizing the effects of flexure and providing superior guiding accuracy.
For telescopes with long focal lengths, where the imaging scale is particularly small, Touptek recommends pairing the Off-Axis Guider with a dedicated guiding camera featuring a large sensor, such as the SC2210M. This combination ensures that the guiding system can capture sufficient detail and accurately track even the smallest guide stars, resulting in sharper and more detailed final images.
Specifications:
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Optical length
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17.5 mm
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Prism size
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10 mm
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Connection telescope side
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M48 x 0.75
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Connection camera side
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Direct bolted connection to filter wheel or 20mm extension
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Weight
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TBD
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About Touptek
Hangzhou ToupTek Photonics Co. Ltd, founded in 2010, specialises in developing industrial, microscopic, consumer and professional astronomical imaging cameras. The company comprises experts in optics, mechanics, electronics, computer hardware, and software, with every product being developed in-house. As a world-leading brand, ToupTek has created a unique product development platform that allows for rapid customisation to meet diverse customer needs, and excellent lines of budget-friendly and user-friendly astronomy cameras and accessories that cater to the everyday astrophotographer
Product Code: TOU-OAG
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