Optec
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Optec - STL Thread Locking Ring with Knurl
$15.00SKU: OPT-19852Wait Time is 3-5 Days
Optec STL Thread Locking Ring with Knurl.
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Optec - 12-foot Control Cable, Hand Controller to TCF-S/IFW, RJ-45 to DB-9.
$40.00SKU: OPT-17471Wait Time is 3-5 Days
The control cable is comprised of an eight wire CAT 5 cable with -
Optec - Alnitak Flip-Flat Gen2 Flat Fielder and Dust Cover - OTA up to 8.125"
$575.00SKU: OPT-19052Wait Time is 3-5 Days
The robotic lenscap from Alnitak Astrosystems is a remarkable flat field illumination source for small to medium size refractors.
Advanced electroluminescent lamp panel technologies is used in the Flip-Flat to obtain uniform illumination to produce high quality flat field frames, a must have for serious astrophotography and photometrics and making flat fields with uniformity errors less than 1% possible.
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Optec - Model TCF-S3 3" Temperature Compensating Focuser
$1,795.00SKU: OPT-17677Wait Time is 3-5 Days
Same as 17670 except the focuser is much more massive and capable of handling instrument loads up to 25 pounds. Recommended for observatory class telescopes with large field diametersFREE SHIPPING(48 States) -
Optec - Meade16" LX200 Telescope Mount for 4" Rear Cell Thread to OPTEC-3600 dovetail adapter.
$95.00SKU: OPT-17801Wait Time is 3-5 Days
The Meade 4-inch mount screws directly onto the very large 4-inch diameter rear cell thread of the Meade 16-inch class Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes -
Optec - Equuleus Orthogonal Adjuster.
$350.00SKU: OPT-19380Wait Time is 3-5 Days
The original Equuleus Orthogonal Adjusting Device (OAD) was designed to provide a simpleFREE SHIPPING(48 States) -
Optec - T thread to Pyxis adapter
$45.00SKU: OPT-17641Wait Time is 3-5 Days
Adapter with female T-thread to fit existing male M42x0.75mm T-thread directly to Pyxis 2-inch using the OPTEC-2100 connection -
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Optec - Mounting bracket for Paramount ME Versaplate, Focus Lynx Control Hub
$50.00SKU: OPT-19692Wait Time is 3-5 Days
Mounting bracket for Paramount ME Versaplate, Focus Lynx Control Hub -
Optec - #47B Blue - 2" Mounted
$45.00SKU: OPT-17436Wait Time is 3-5 Days
#47B Blue - Before the availability of cheap and good dichroic filters, this filter was used for RGB imaging to pass the blue band. Low transmission in the blue and very transparent in the IR makes this filter useful only for special projects -
Optec - Alnitak Flat-Man XL18 Flat Fielder Panel - 18x18"
$1,290.00SKU: OPT-19062Wait Time is 3-5 Days
The Flat-Man XL18 is Optec's stationary observatory model electroluminescent panel for capturing perfect flats in the field on large aperture telescopes. The XL18 has an 18x18" illuminated area.
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Optec - L Mounting Bracket with 1/4 - 20 thread.
$25.00SKU: OPT-17640Wait Time is 3-5 Days
#17640 - L mounting bracket with 1/4 -20 thread. This L shaped bracket allows the Pyxis to be mounted on a side support or optical bench -
Optec - 3-" to STL camera mount.
$85.00SKU: OPT-17806Wait Time is 3-5 Days
3-inch STL camera mount bolts directly onto SBIG STL -
Optec - Perseus 4-port Instrument Selector
$3,250.00SKU: OPT-19600Wait Time is 3-5 Days
Optec's new 4-port Instrument Selector allows the remote observatory user the ability to remotely select any of four instrument packages attached to their telescope.This is Optec's new 4-port instrument selectorFREE SHIPPING(48 States) -
Optec - ND 0.6 (25% T), Neutral Density 25% transmission - 50mm
$30.00SKU: OPT-17240Wait Time is 3-5 Days
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Optec - Tripod mount bracket for Alnitak XL30 lamp panel. 1/4-20 thread for most tripod pan heads
$55.00SKU: OPT-19095Wait Time is 3-5 Days
Tripod mount bracket for Alnitak XL30 lamp panel. 1/4-20 thread for most tripod pan heads -
Optec - Bessell specification V filter for photometry, Multilayer A/R coated, 5mm thick.
$325.00SKU: OPT-17447Wait Time is 3-5 Days
Optec - Bessell specification V filterFREE SHIPPING(48 States) -
Optec - Lepus HD C8 EdgeHD Telecompressor Lens
$275.00SKU: OPT-19409Wait Time is 3-5 Days
Lepus 0.62X telecompressor lens made particularly for use with the Celestron EdgeHD C8 Optical Tube Assembly.
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Optec - Pyxis SCT short threaded camera mount.
$60.00SKU: OPT-17648Wait Time is 3-5 Days
#17648 & #17657 - Pyxis SCT thread mount. Some cameras from Apogee and others use this 2" x 24 TPI thread. This thread also is common for the small MeadeCelestron telescopes, AO-7 and f/6.3 reducer -
Optec - 3-" to OPTEC-3600 mount.
$85.00SKU: OPT-17811Wait Time is 3-5 Days
3-inch Drawtube Adapter allows multiple 3-inch Optec devices such as
Optec, Inc. is located in Lowell, Michigan, just east of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. For many years now the company has been in the forefront of research and development of astronomical, visibility, and video/CCD microscopy optical instruments for both amateurs and professional alike.
Optec was incorporated in 1979 and is the successor to DOAA Enterprises; a Detroit based company founded by an Oakland University college student, Gerald Persha. Under the leadership of Persha, Optec has grown from a small basement operation to a corporation employing 7 technicians, machinists, and sales staff. Optec's roots are founded strongly in astronomical research instrumentation with products such as the SSP line of solid-state photometers, photomultiplier tube and CCD photometers, the patented TCF- temperature compensated focuser and the recent addition of the Pyxis 3-inch, a high precision camera field rotator for large telescopes.
Optec has a support staff of many diverse and qualified individuals, who take great pride in their accomplishments at the company.
Optec maintains and uses the Optec Observatory, a small observatory and testing laboratory for Optec's astronomical product line. Using a Meade 10" LX200 telescope and CCD cameras from SBIG. In addition to the Optec SSP single channel photometer line, the Optec Observatory is fully computer controlled with separate control room and observing deck. Recent additions to the observatory now allow remote operations of the telescope, photometer, and CCD camera control software.
In addition to the astronomical product line, Optec designs and manufactures optical couplers for video/CCD microscopy, atmospheric visibility measuring instruments such as the Model LPV transmissometer and the NGN integrating nephelometer. These unique instruments are used to monitor the air quality in many of the national parks in the USA as part of the Improve Network.