HAC125 DX Astrograph-S11250

Maximize Your Data with an Incredible Minigraph Sprint to stunning astrophotos with this ultra-fast scope! Utilizing a unique optical design, this telescope adds super speedy f/2 light gathering power to your setup in a compact package. Maximize your imaging sessions on your lightweight rig, with the Sky-Watcher HAC125DX Mini Astrograph! When you're looking to create incredible images in a short amount of time you need speed—and with the HAC125DX Mini Astrograph you get some of the fastest optics available today! By utilizing a HAC optical design, Sky-Watcher gives you an astounding f/2 focal ratio in a compact package. This means you can collect images just as bright as some already respectably quick telescopes in a fraction of the time, with a scope that only weighs 8.4 lb. and is at home on some of the incredible grab-and-go mounts available today. This fast and compact philosophy gives you 250 mm focal length for powerful panoramic images, covering larger targets like the Andromeda Galaxy even when paired with some smaller sensors. Designed for popular IMX585 and IMX533 sensors in this compact sensor category with its 16 mm image circle, you can create stunning images on a limited timetable—perfect for short trips out to a dark site, or conquering your next astrophoto idea as fast as possible! Blazing Fast Optical Design The shining center of this stellar scope is the Honders-Advanced Catadioptric (HAC) optical design. Utilizing a mix of reflective, refractive components, and a front camera placement that forgoes folding the light path again like other common catadioptric designs, this design is able to deliver an incredibly fast f/2 focal ratio to your camera. This makes the Sky-Watcher HAC125DX Mini Astrograph able to capture images of the same brightness not 3x, but about 3.7x to 5x faster than other popular compact telescopes that sport focal ratios around f/5, depending on how much additional obstruction your camera of choice adds. Realize a significant speed boost with small cooled sensor* or "puck-style" cameras, or maximize your data collection with mini form factor imaging equipment! The HAC optical design has corrective optics built-in as well, meaning that the bright images it forms are also superbly sharp. This advanced configuration is also very compact, which combined with its outstanding imaging performance create what Sky-Watcher calls a mini astrograph—or minigraph for short! Please Note: The included M42 adapter features internal and external threading, with 6.5 mm and 12.5 mm backfocal requirements respectively. With normal native camera backspacing conventions this will limit cooled camera compatibility to options like the ZWO ASI533MM/MC Pro camera which can accommodate this adapter and backspacing with the 11 mm thread spacer removed. Collect Your Data Without the Weight With a unique set of optics the Sky-Watcher HAC125DX Mini Astrograph can provide you with results quicker than most other optics on the market, from a form factor that is a perfect pair for smaller/ portable mounts. Wait no more, with this light-weight miniature astrograph!