Astro-Tech Telescopes
Jaw-Dropping Optics!
Advanced Dobsonian Telescopes
R-C Astrographs
ED Refractors from the 66mm Doublet to the 111mm Triplet
AT16D Dobsonian Telescope
Despite its large aperture, the 16" Astro-Tech Dobsonian is easy to get to your favorite observing site, whether that be your own back yard or a dark sky site miles out of town. Unlike a bulky Sonotube or metal tube Dobs, you don’t need a van or small truck to transport this big 16" scope to the dark sky sites it needs to perform at its best. The 16" Astro-Tech breaks down into a few compact components that fit into virtually any car trunk or into the back seat of just about any compact car. It weighs only 134 pounds fully assembled. Assemble the AT16D in just a few minutes, with no tools needed, and you’re ready for an evening of fascinating viewing at your favorite dark sky location.
ED Doublet and Triplet Refractors
Optics so good, despite their low price, that you’ll swear these ED refractors are an apochromat. Astronomy magazine called the Astro-Tech AT66ED “a product everyone should own.”
The 94" aperture Hubble Space Telescope uses Ritchey-Chrétien optics to take
stunning deep space pictures. So do the 6" and 8" Astro-Tech RC's, but at only a tiny fraction the Hubble's cost . . . Up until now, the coma-free performance of a true Ritchey-Chrétien optical system came only in large apertures that typically started at well over $10,000 – putting true R-C optics out of the reach of most astrophotographers. So Astro-Tech partnered with the best-known optical shop in Taiwan to produce a full line of top-quality true Ritchey-Chrétien astrographs at prices that most astrophotographers can afford. It really is possible to produce a true Ritchey-Chrétien that you don’t have to be a millionaire to own. Astro-Tech has proved it with the imaging scopes below.
