- Compact design sports 32" tube with lens shade retracted.
- Includes 4" focuser and 360º Camera Angle Adjuster.
- Photo shows with optional finderscope & bracket.
The TOA-130 is the first of Takahashi's newest optical design: The Ortho-Apochromat. This 21st century innovation employs a
newly designed triplet using special elements to produce the highest order of color correction and is packaged in a short 32”
tube with the lens shade retracted.
This instrument is for those who want to use a medium format camera. It includes a deluxe 4” focuser with built –in camera
angle adjuster. The camera angle adjuster enables the observer or astro-photographer to turn the ocular or camera 360 degrees to
better view or frame an object to be photographed. The 4" focuser, coupled with the optional dedicated flattener, will produce a
fully illuminated 70mm circle with a usable 92mm diameter.
The high order of color correction of the Ortho-Apochromat Series produces images with saturated color and, thanks to the
numerous knife-edged baffles, it also displays an image with amazing contrast.
The TOA-130 is perfect for visual, CCD and classic astro-photography. The f/7.7 focal ratio with a 1000mm focal length is long
enough (using the optional LE-ED 2.8mm Takahashi ocular, for instance) for high magnification observations of the Moon and planets
and yet will produce a 2.5° field at 20x when used with the optional Takahashi flat field LE-50 2 “ ocular.
Ample back focus, over 200mm from the rear cell, has been designed into the system to permit the user to use a variety of CCD
cameras, color filter wheels and electronic focusers or film cameras.
