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Astrozap - focusing cap with built-in Bahtinov focusing mask for Meade ETX-90 and similar scopes

focusing cap with built-in Bahtinov focusing mask for Meade ETX-90 and similar scopes

$25.00




Astrozap - focusing cap with built-in Bahtinov focusing mask for 8" Schmidt-Cassegrains and similar scopes

focusing cap with built-in Bahtinov focusing mask for 8' Schmidt-Cassegrains and similar scopes

$50.00

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 Astrozap focusing cap with built-in Bahtinov focusing mask for Meade ETX-90 and similar scopes
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focusing cap with built-in Bahtinov focusing mask for Meade ETX-90 and similar scopes
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 Our Product #:  FC90AZ
 Manufacturer #:  AZ-402
 
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$25.00
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This Astrozap focusing cap with built-in Bahtinov focusing mask will fit the Celestron C90 and Meade ETX90 Maksutov-Cassegrains, or any scope with an optical tube or lens shade measuring between approximately 90mm (3.5") and 100mm (4") in outer diameter. Check your optical tube diameter for certain before ordering.

The inside of the focusing cap is lined with soft foam to protect the finish on your scope or lens shade. Three nylon thumbscrews tighten onto your scope’s front cell or lens shade to hold the focusing cap in place and allow the cap to fit the above range of scope diameters. When not used for focusing, the Bahtinov wheel can be closed as shown below allowing the focusing cap to be used as a dust cap for your scope.

The feature image below will show you a star’s appearance in a Takahashi Epsilon 180 reflector as seen through the Bahtinov Mask. The difference in the focuser position between the almost-in-focus images and the sharply focused image shown below is very small, only a few tenths of a millimeter, showing the sensitivity of the Bahtinov focusing method.

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Images showing how the Bahtinov mask changes a star's diffraction pattern as the focus changes. Images showing how the Bahtinov mask changes a star's diffraction pattern as the focus changes.

Image showing a typical Astrozap focusing mask with the Bahtinov wheel in the closed (dust cover function) position. Image showing a typical Astrozap focusing mask with the Bahtinov wheel in the closed (dust cover function) position.

Image showing a typical Astrozap focusing mask with the Bahtinov wheel in the open (focusing) position. Image showing a typical Astrozap focusing mask with the Bahtinov wheel in the open (focusing) position.

Close-up of the foam-lined rim and one of the nylon screws that hold the focusing mask in place on your scope and allow it to fit a range of scope sizes. Close-up of the foam-lined rim and one of the nylon screws that hold the focusing mask in place on your scope and allow it to fit a range of scope sizes.

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