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Astro-Video Accessories 25mm PoleMaster Lens for QHY5-II Series Cameras £39.99
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25mm PoleMaster Lens for QHY5-II Series Cameras, with CS mount, specially chosen for it’s high image quality and used in the PoleMaster Polar Alignment accessory
Turns any CS mount camera into a high sensitivity finder for smaller fainter objects and makes it useful for pointing and Polar Alignment.
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Revolution Imager Revolution Imager R2 (Camera + Controller only) £159.00
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The Revolution Imager R2 (Camera + Controller only) lets you see much fainter objects than the human eye ever could.
Other accessories are NOT supplied so please only purchase if you know what you’re doing. It’s not possible to enter into lengthy email correspondence regarding custom arrangements. This kit is comprehensive and designed for most users.
Includes UK delivery, for EU orders please use this link
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Mounts Omegon Mount Mini Track LX2 £109.00 – £139.00
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The Omegon Mount Mini-Track LX2 is lightweight and portable, doesn’t need batteries, and almost guarantees great astrophotos when used with camera lenses. Check out the Sky at Night “First Light”
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QHY QHY367C Full Frame Camera ~~£4,699.00~~ £3,899.00
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The QHY367C full frame cooled CMOS camera uses the Sony IMX094 36 megapixel, 14bit sensor. This sensor is also used in the Nikon D810A camera. Readout noise is 3.2e at lowest gain and 2.4e at unity gain. Dynamic range is > 14 Stops.
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Revolution Imager Revolution Imager R2 ~~£349.00~~ £299.00
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Revolution Imager R2 fits any standard 1.25″ focuser and lets you see much fainter objects than the human eye ever could. This is a powerful and complete system, with 7″ colour monitor, R2 imager, advanced multi-part 1.25″ adapter and focal reducer system, IR block filter plus USB (5v) – 12v converter cable and USB Video Grabber!
Now supplied with a free “Revolution All Sky Lens” while stocks last!
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Mount Accessories Polemaster For Paramount MYT/MX+ Mounts £295.00
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Polemaster for Paramount MYT/MX+ Mounts
Includes Adapter & Worldwide Delivery
Instruction Manual by Steve Richards – Astronomy Shed Video
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Revolution Imager Revolution Imager R2 (Camera + Controller only) Delivered to EU £169.00
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The Revolution Imager R2 (Camera + Controller only) lets you see much fainter objects than the human eye ever could.
Other accessories are NOT supplied so please only purchase if you know what you’re doing. It’s not possible to enter into lengthy email correspondence regarding custom arrangements. This kit is comprehensive and designed for most users.
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Mesu Optics Mesu e200 Mount £699.00 – £5,999.00
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The enhanced Mesu e200 Mount is a high capacity, innovative and well priced friction drive mount, benefitting from a mature design honed over the years.
The mount includes the latest Mesu saddle, but not counterweights or delivery, please ask about options. Now taking deposits for a batch due May / June 2021

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Mounts Omegon Mount Mini Track LX3 £169.00 – £199.00
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The Omegon Mount Mini-Track LX3 is lightweight and portable, doesn’t need batteries, and almost guarantees great astrophotos when used with camera lenses. It has a 3kg payload and includes an optical Polar Scope.
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Watec Watec 910HX / RC Mono Camera £499.00
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The Watec 910HX / RC Mono Camera is the best mono analogue camera in the serious Astro-Video / EAA / CCTV market bar none. For standard meteor and occultation work at a lower price consider the Watec 902H2 Ultimate.
Our cameras are the international (higher resolution) CCIR version.
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ZWO ZWO ASIair PRO Smart WIFI Accessory £289.00
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ZWO ASIAIR PRO is the second generation device that has been continuously improved and re-designed since the first generation was released in July 2018. ZWO ASIAIR PRO is a smart WiFi device. It’s equipped with a lightweight power management module, ample USB interfaces, and multiple dovetail mounting methods.
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QHY QHY5III485C Planetary Camera £369.00
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The QHY5III485C uses Sony’s new IMX485, back illuminated, 8.4 megapixel colour CMOS sensor with an array of 3864 x 2180 pixels at 2.9um. With USB 3.0 interface, the full frame rate is 44 FPS at 8-bits or 18.5 FPS at 16-bits. Smaller regions of interest will yield even faster frame rates.
Price includes 2.5mm Fisheye lens that converts the planetary camera into a high-resolution, 8.4 Megapixel All Sky camera with 180-degree FOV
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QHY QHYCFW3-S-SR (7 x 1.25″ / 31mm) Filter Wheel £249.00
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The QHYCFW3-S-SR (7 x 1.25″ / 31mm) Filter Wheel is the perfect addition to the QHY183M and similar cameras with smaller sensors.
Ask about quality filter options from all the major filter manufacturers
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QHY QHYCFW3-S-US (7 x 1.25″ / 31mm) Filter Wheel £249.00
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The QHYCFW3-S-US (7 x 1.25″ / 31mm) Filter Wheel is the perfect addition to the QHY183M and similar cameras with smaller sensors.
Ask about quality filter options from all the major filter manufacturers
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Starlight Xpress Starlight Xpress Lodestar x2 Mono
Rated 5.00 out of 5
~~£465.00~~ £444.00
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The Starlight Xpress Lodestar x2 Mono is an upgraded version of the very popular Lodestar auto-guider.
Excellent for Off Axis Guiding and AstroVideo / EAA real time electronic observing.
For the Colour version click here
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Mount Accessories PoleMaster for AZEQ5
Rated 5.00 out of 5
£278.00
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PoleMaster for AZEQ5
Includes Adapter & Worldwide Delivery
Instruction Manual by Steve Richards – Astronomy Shed Video
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LRGB Sets Chroma LRGB Filter Sets
Rated 5.00 out of 5
£489.00 – £1,799.00
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Chroma LRGB Filter Sets contain 4 x Individual Filters
- Luminance Red Green Blue
- Spectral performance has been improved for the Blue and Luminance filters and will be posted when data is available
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