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Bray can supply you with the right astronomical telescope to suit your needs. Whether you are new to astronomy or you regularly attend star parties, we believe we can supply you with the right astronomical telescope and accessories at the right price.Bray can advise you on a whole range of brands and manufactures of astronomical telescopes and astronomical equipment including Teleport, Intesmicro, Intes, BW, Celestron, Meade, Tal, Helios, Skywatcher, Tele-optic, Ylena, Intercom Spacetec, Astronomik, Rigel, Vixen, Synta, Telrad, BC&F, Televue, Baader, Starlight Instruments, Zeiss, Doctor, Jena, Nikon, Olympus, Leica, Minox, Takahashi, Antares, Kowa, Protostar, Pentax, Sky Commander, AWR, Astro-electronic, Fujinon, William Optics, Uniloc, Aries, Coronado and Lomo. Depending on the brand or manufacturer of telescopes, there is also a wide range of designs of astronomical telescopes available on the market. Such telescope designs include: Newtonian, Dobsonian, Maksutov, Cassegrain, Schmidt, Refractor, Reflector, Apochromatic, Achromatic, Catadioptric, Petzvlar, Kleznov, Rumak, and Gregory. Considering the number of designs and manufacturers of astronomical telescopes on the market, as you can imagine it can be quite difficult to get the best value telescope for your money. This is where Bray can help. We can advise you on which brand and design of telescope best suits your astronomy needs within your chosen budget. |
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Teleport TelescopesTeleport and Bray
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Altazimuth Newtonians
Visit TeleportTelescopes.com for more technical information
Telescope
Price, £
inc. VATNexStar 11 GPS Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
2999
NexStar 5i Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
999
NexStar 8i Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
1299
NexStar i 'GoTo' Upgraded Hand Control
119
NexStar Tripod 5i/8i - Lightweight
129
Heavy Duty Tripod - NexStar 8i
249
NexStar 5/8 Equatorial Wedge
105
Celestron G9.25 Telescope
1349
Celestron G8 Telescope
949
Celestron G5M Telescope
699
NexStar 60 GT - Refractor Telescope
289
NexStar 80 GT - Refractor Telescope
399
NexStar 4 GT - Catadioptric Telescope
599
Celestron Firstscope 70 EQ
129
Celestron Firstscope 80 EQ
199
Celestron 102mm 'HD' Refractor
329
Celestron 150mm 'HD' Refractor
669
Celestron Firstscope 114 EQ
149
Celestron 150mm 'HD' Reflector
389
Celestron 80mm Wide View
149
Celestron 102mm Wide View
229
Celestron C5 Spotter
519
Teleskop Service
Refractors on alt-azimuth and equatorial mounts
Dobsonians
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Mirage 180
Mirage 180. 7.1" f/10 Rumak Maksutov-Cassegrain optical system with moving primary focus. Optical quality is to minimum of 1/6th wavefront error. The Mirage 180 is an improved version of the older STF 7". Built in to the Mirage 180 is a ring of rear cell holes to aid rapid cooling, with a detachable cover ring. Mirrors have 96% reflectivity. Stable oxide multi-coated Meniscus lens. Attached aluminium dewshield. 2" threaded rear cell opening to accept SCT accessories. Attractive cream textured painted tube. Included with tube assembly - Intes 10X50 finderscope and bracket, piggy-back holder base, Interferometric report, soft padded case. Price - £1299
The Mirage Maksutov Cassegrains are rapidly gaining the reputation as the finest imaging f/10 Maksutovs from a Russian manufacturer.
Coming early 2004 - Mirage 180 (7" f/10) with 1/10th wavefront error optics with new sputter coated secondary mirrors. Limited number only for the first year.
Price £1995 (Exceptionally low price for a 7" Maksutov of this quality).Coming mid 2004 - Mirage 200 (8" f/10) with 1/6th wavefront error optics. Again, limited numbers available for the first year.
Price £2195 (The lowest price high quality 8" Maksutov available).
Helios (Synta)
Helios telescopes are no longer available in the UK. The Skywatcher range of telescopes have replaced them. These are essentially the same telescopes (made by Synta in China) but under the Skywatcher label there is a greater variety of telescopes and mounts.
Ylena 150mm
Ylena 150mm f/14 Gregory Maksutov-Cassegrain. Manufacturer claim 1/10th wavefront error. Astro-Sital primary. BK7 meniscus. Mirror focus. Black textured finish. Excellent high magnification portable instrument. Unusually high performance for a Mak at this price. Complete with 40mm finderscope body (requires 1 1/4" star diagonal and eyepiece to complete finderscope), camera adapter and soft case. Please indicate mount choice as optional dovetail bracket must be ordered with telescope.
Price - £1049
I have owned two of these. I sold one, wish I hadnt and promptly bought another. For a regular Gregory Maksutov, the Ylena 150 f/14 (compared to all other 6 Maksutovs at higher prices), delivers an embarrassingly good astronomical performance. Stars are pinpoint, even at high power. The Moon and planets are crisp at 2X per mm of aperture (seeing permitting), and deep-sky condensed stellar and planetary nebulae stand out very well. The primary substrate is Sital with the claim of 1/10th wavefront error, which means 1/20th on the surface. Cool down is no faster than a Mak with a Pyrex mirror, but the Sital stays in shape whilst cooling, so very little undercorrection is noted when the optics are still warmer than the outside air.2 and 1-1/4 accessories can be used. The use of a star diagonal is advised as this Gregory design will allow sky flooding to be visible if an eyepiece is used straight into the back. The finderscope is unique and a high quality 40mm achromatic spotting scope in its own right. A 25mm Plossl or Orthoscopic serves well as a finder eyepiece giving about 10X magnification. Even with a 4mm Radian the image with this little finder is still sharp. The finder requires its own 1-1/4 diagonal.
For a high power compact visual catadioptric at an affordable price, very little, if anything currently challenges this Maksutov. Well recommended.
- Chris Garvey, 2003.
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