You read that right. The Astro-Tech AT6RC 6” f/9 Ritchey-Chrétien – conceived, developed, and introduced by Astro-Tech for exceptional coma-free imaging using webcams, Deep Sky Imager-type cameras, and DSLRs – is not priced in the multiple thousands of dollars like the Ritchey-Chrétien reflectors from other manufacturers. New production techniques let Astro-Tech price this unique 6” reflector, within the reach of virtually every amateur astronomer and astrophotographer.

The Astro-Tech AT6RC uses the same hyperbolic mirror Ritchey-Chrétien optical design used in most modern professional telescopes and in the Hubble Space Telescope. It provides the coma-free photographic field that astrophotographers crave, but can’t get from conventional reflectors and Schmidt-Cassegrains. For only $795, with a true Ritchey-Chrétien optical system, the very economical 6” Astro-Tech AT6RC makes you wonder just what those other multiple thousand dollar R-Cs have that makes them cost so much.