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8" CPC 800 GPS (XLT) Special Offer price £1649
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This offer is only valid until May 16th
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The Telescopes:

Stellarvue Premium SUPER APOs:
For customer's who want great optics and engineering, plus extreme portability. APOs from 90mm to 190mm aperture, with mount & tripod packages too.

Stellarvue Deluxe 102 ED Doublets:
102mm f-6.95 ED doublet objective, rotating 2" dual speed Starlight Feathertouch focuser. Red dot finder & CNC clamshell mounting ring. Read Review 1 & Review 2 & CCD Imaging Review 3 Reviewed in BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Celestron SCT Telescopes:
Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain telescopes provide an excellent combination of aperture and portability in a compact optical tube assembly. Optics satisfy the very best planetary and deep sky requirements and some of the best webcam planetary images ever were taken using these scopes.
Skywatcher Pro Series Telescopes:
Entry level APO refractor telescopes at affordable prices with a reputation for consistent, quality optics. The Pro series goto mount / telescope packages are very good value, with a clear upgrade path. Endorsed and recommended by Sir Patrick Moore and perfect for those new to the hobby, who want to see good detail without raising a second mortgage!


New stockists for TMB APO Refractors:
Apochromat refractor telescopes with a reputation for superb optics from 80mm to 300mm plus. Triplet optics designed by the late optician Thomas Back, are manufactured in Russia to the highest specification, then married with CNC machined tubes from Germany and Starlight Focusers from the USA by European distributor APM. This product combines the best components available. Web catalogue coming soon - in the meantime call us for prices. Read our review here.

Telescope mount hardware: MORE OPTIONS ADDED to the high quality mounting hardware system by Geoptik
Custom CNC machined mounting hardware, designed to reduce flexure in your Synta Skywatcher, Vixen, Celestron, Orion and Meade equipment AND let you combine different telescope tubes on one mount. They allow piggyback and side-by-side mounting of cameras and guide-scopes on your equatorial mount for auto guiding, imaging, or visual use. These products aren't only functional they're very nicely designed too. More info...

Kendrick Dew Control System:
Stops dew formation on telescopes, eyepieces, finders & camera lenses. Uses cover astronomy, wildlife photography - even filming in cold or damp conditions, and keeping security surveillance equipment moisture free. Accessories to reduce electronics breakdown in cold damp conditions, with heaters for telescope hand controllers, laptops & eyepiece cases.
The original system invented by Jim Kendrick is very effective flexible, fully featured and reliable - so we're proud to be Kendrick European distributors. Kendrick Telescope Dew control FAQ's
Stellarvue finder scopes:
Stellarvue finders featuring correct upright images, objectives from 50-80mm with enough light grasp for faint objects. Illuminated reticules and the ability to use your own eyepieces for real versatility. These are the best finders we've sourced so far.

We also stock Telrad finders & accessories such as the Telrad Sun finder, 45° Mirror dew shield, Riser Base & Telrad Pulser.

Mounts & Tripods:  
The New ultra-portable AstroTrac mount for wide field astro-photography and visual observing.
The New Stellarvue M series Alt-Az mounts - of which we stock the M7 DSC-ready heavy duty mount, the medium size M3 and the small, ultra portable M1 plus a whole range of accessories. Skywatcher EQ5 & EQ6 mounts, and Celestron Equatorial mounts round off the range.

(For special scope & mount combinations, just call or email).

CCD Astro Imaging:
Wide-field astrophotography and planetary imaging are affordable and rewarding, especially with the easy-to-use Opticstar CCD deep sky and planetary imaging range. We also provide Starlight Xpress and Artemis CCD systems to your requirements, covering the latest in colour, monochrome and cooled CCD cameras and accessories such as filter wheels.
Diagonals & Image Erecting Prisms:
- Star Diagonals from Stellarvue & William Optics with Dielectric coatings for ultra-high reflectance, for viewing objects above the horizon in comfort. New Deluxe Stellarvue diagonals are even Zygo tested for accuracy and flatness!
- Image erecting prisms from Stellarvue & William Optics for upright terrestrial viewing with astro telescopes.

Photo Visual & Digi-scoping Adapters:
Connect your visual accessories, digital or video cameras, 35mm SLR's, or CCD astro imaging camera to your telescope. Includes SCT to push-fit adapters, extension tubes with photo T-threads and digiscoping eyepieces.
Binoviewers:
Binoviewers increase contrast and detail significantly, for an immersive viewing experience - land or sky. Stellarvue binoviewers have Fully multi-coated BAK-4 prisms and are hand collimated, with Self centring eyepiece holders and helical focusers. They offer the best value vs. quality we've been able to source so far.
Eyepieces & Barlow lenses:
Full multi-coatings, and blackened lens edges for high contrast.
- 66° Wide Angle eyepieces for great value.
- 72° Superwide SWAN eyepieces - wider views.
- 82° FOV Ultra-wide UWAN eyepieces - stunning terrestrial & deep sky views. See the reviews !
- APO Barlow lenses to increase magnification.

Filters: 
Filters to improve contrast and performance of your telescope.
- William Optics Violet Reduction Filter (VR2) removes secondary colour improving image quality.
- Infra red blocking filter blocks detail-robbing IR light, enabling higher resolution planetary webcam images.
Kendrick Laser Collimators:
For reflecting telescopes, good collimation is essential. Quality machining and accuracy. Collimate your scope in minutes - day or night. For reflectors with long or short focal ratios, for closed & open tube scopes, Maksutovs, Newtonians & Cassegrains. Full instructions.

Sky quality meter: 
Get an accurate reading of how dark your local sky really is! As used by professional observatories and universities. Document and compare light pollution with others. Find new dark sky sites and document conditions for astro-imaging.

Only £105 including Free delivery UK/Europe!

Kendrick Solar Filters:
With Baader Astro Solar film give the best possible image quality with better performance than Mylar or glass. 2 - 16" telescopes, finders, binoculars and camera/video lenses. You need the OD of the tube in mm to order.
Kendrick Kwik Focus - Focussing Aids:
Favoured by astro-imagers, an accurate, easy way to focus a webcam or CCD camera on-screen - or for the best possible focus when observing visually.

Telescope equipment cases:
Protect your eyepieces, telescopes and accessories.
Includes the special William Optics 80mm refractor backpack.
Various hard cases for 66-132mm scopes and large camera lenses.

 

Binoculars:
William Optics Binoculars for Birding, Astronomy, and Marine all weather use. Extremely tough, waterproof and light weight models featuring wide fields, APO lenses, BAK4 prisms and phase coatings.
     
Info:
 

Altair Astro are sole European distributors for Kendrick Astro Instruments and SkyShed POD Observatory domes. Please contact us if you are interested in a European dealership.

 
 

 

     

Personal Observatory Dome
 











The SkyShed POD personal observatory dome is the ultimate permanent and mobile solution. The POD has won the Sky & Telescope 2008 "Hot Product Award". We're taking orders now for 1st quarter March 2008. Prices, info & ordering your UK POD...
We recommend j
oining the UK SkyShed POD group to exchange tips and experiences with other POD observatory owners.

 
Order your UK POD here.....

AstroTrac always in stock!!!
 


The AstroTrac TT320 Starter Kit special offer. Track the stars for wide field astro photography! A 1.3kg Ultra portable imaging mount. Perfect for DSLR & small scopes, sets up in minutes on a photo tripod for 2hrs accurate guiding, loads up to 10kg!
> Detailed product info

 
> Order AstroTrac now

NEW Dew control system
 

New Kendrick Firefly dew heaters - a dew prevention system both economical in price & power.
The
Kendrick Digifire 7 controller - winner of the BBC Sky at Night Magazine Group Product Test scoring 94% - a near perfect score! The Kendrick 2001 dew controller, 87% highly commended in the BBC Sky at Night Magazine group product test. Kendrick digital dew remover system

 
 

New Stellarvue refractor
 


SV 102mm ED Doublet
. Dual speed Feather Touch focuser, CNC clamshell rings, and finder.

 
 

Cutting edge portability
 


SV90TBV F6.4
Triplet Super APO. Binoviewer friendly 2 part tube, dual speed Feather Touch focuser, CNC clamshell rings, & air travel case.

 
 

Premium 2" diagonal
  US engineering and quality control ensures perfect performance. Before leaving the factory Stellarvue premium star diagonals are laser collimated and the 99% reflective Dielectric mirror is tested for surface accuracy. on a Zygo Interferometer.
 
 

Vixen dovetail plate
  New guide scope rings and mounting hardware.
 
 

Great quality vs. price
 

Stellarvue Binoviewer Packages - the only bino at this price with self centring,  independent focusing eyepiece holders to stay aligned, regardless of variations in eyepiece OD. Fully Multicoated BAK 4  Prisms are collimated before leaving the factory, unlike cheaper makes. Comes with 2x EP's + case.

 
 

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