Apochromatic Refractor Telescopes

Astro-Tech has built this optical tube by increasing their previous aperture of 66mm to a now 72mm. This allows 9% higher resolution and 19% better light gathering. In addition, a new and updated focuser has been supplied with this telescope.

This green optical tube from Astro-Tech is a piece of equipment every advanced serious astronomer should consider. With high quality refractive optics, fabulous accessories, it is pretty amazing. Some of the key features of this item include the dual speed rotating focuser (10:1 ratio focusing) and high quality ED optics great at preventing chromatic aberration. This scope is so high key, Astronomy magazine designated it previous version a “a great grab-and-go scope, a fine little astrograph, a super-finder scope, and a daytime spotting scope.”. Now, Astro-Tech has added even more to the picture.