Astro-Tech 8" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph, carbon fiber tube

AT8RC CCD image of IC1396, the Elephant Trunk Nebula

Close-up of the glare-stop microbaffles in the secondary mirror light shield.

Close-up of the front of the AT8RC, showing the 10 internal glare-stop baffles, the secondary collimation screws, the finder bracket, and the two dovetail rails.

AT8RC image of the Bubble Nebula, courtesy John O'Neill, taken with SBIG ST10XME and Astrodon filters.

Close-up of the new dual-speed linear focuser.

The rear of the AT8RC, showing the new linear focuser, the three threaded focuser extension rings, the finder bracket, and the Vixen-style top rail.

AT8RC image of NGC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula, by Jeff McFarlin. AT8RC, Astro-Tech field flattener, Celestron CGE Pro mount, Orion StarShoot Pro II CCD, 13 10-minute lights, 3 10-minute darks.

AT8RC image of NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, by Jeff McFarlin. AT8RC, Astro-Tech field flattener, Celestron CGE Pro mount, Orion StarShoot Pro II CCD, 6 10-minute lights, 3 10-minute darks.

Astro-Tech 8" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph, carbon fiber tube

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The Astro-Tech AT8RC is the first affordable 8" Ritchey-Chrétien with premium features available to the amateur astronomer who is into serious deep space imaging. Sky & Telescope agrees, as they named the AT8RC a Sky & Telescope Hot Product for 2010. A review in the December 2009 Sky & Telescope said "it was how nicely this scope is matched to APS-C and 35mm formats that really wowed me."

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