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Mesu Optics Mesu e200 Mount £5,880.00 – £6,590.00
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A limited number of mounts are still available to purchase. Given the present situation prices include crating, insurance and direct delivery by courier, we’ve recalculated to take this into account.
All packages include the latest Mesu saddle, but not counterweights, please ask about options.
NB: These mounts are the last batch before Brexit…….
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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.
Sky at Night review
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Revolution Imager Revolution Imager R2 (to UK) ~~£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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Watec Watec 910HX / RC Mono Camera Shipped to the Rest of the World (Not UK or EU) £439.00
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The best mono analogue camera in the serious Astro-Video market.
Includes Shipping to the Rest of the World (Not UK or EU)
Our cameras are the international CCIR version, if you need an EIA camera please enquire
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QHY QHY367C (delivered to EU) ~~£4,729.00~~ £3,949.00
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QHY367C – Ultra High Performance Full Frame Cooled CMOS Camera (Includes EU delivery)
QHY367C uses the IMX094 full frame 36megapixel, 14bit CMOS sensor. This sensor is also used in the D810A camera. 3.2e readout noise at lowest gain and 2.4e readout noise at unity gain. Dynamic range is > 14 Stops.
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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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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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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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Mounts Omegon Mount Mini Track LX3 £165.00 – £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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Mount Accessories Omegon Polar Finder bracket Mini Track LX2 £19.99
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The Omegon Polar Finder bracket for Mini Track LX2 allows more accurate Polar alignment for longer exposures.
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Mount Accessories Celestron SkyPortal WiFi Adapter £109.00
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Filter Wheels QHYCFW3-L Large Filter Wheel £499.00
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The QHYCFW3-L Large Filter Wheel supports a carousel holding seven two inch mounted or 50mm round unmounted filters. Price includes UK delivery.
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Adapters Male T Thread to Male C Mount Adapter £24.99
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Male T Thread to Male C Mount Adapter which allows you to connect cameras with Female C mount to scopes and accessories with Female T thread.
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Sky-Watcher Sky-Watcher EQ8
Rated 5.00 out of 5
£99.99 – £3,418.00
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The Sky-Watcher EQ8 High Precision EQ mount is pier tripod – based which has now firmly established itself as a fine value for money, mid market, mass produced mount.

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QHY QHY5L-II Mono
Rated 5.00 out of 5
£175.00 – £185.00
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The QHY5L-II Mono Camera is a CMOS camera for auto-guiding, which can also be used for planetary and basic deep sky imaging.
Unlike older CMOS technologies the QHY5L-II has very little fixed pattern noise, and there’s no random horizontal noise.
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Canon DSLR Astronomik IR Pro (742nm) Filter
Rated 5.00 out of 5
£44.00 – £89.00
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The IR Pro (742nm) Filter pushes the passband of the Baader and Altair IR pass filters further into the Infra Red. At these longer wavelengths, planetary images are much less disturbed by distortions in the atmosphere.
This is the best “Planet Killer” filter, based on research by Astronomik to determine the optimal passband for enhanced Planetary Imaging, with most amateur equipment.
Sensitivity of most CCD cameras is still fairly high in this region so smaller scopes (>5″) can benefit.
Comparison between Baader UV/IR cut and Astronomik IR Pro 742 filters
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