Overview

The package is designed with solar photography in mind! Save 45% on the package while the sale lasts. Orders placed after March 20 are not guaranteed to ship in time for the solar eclipse -- SO ORDER NOW.

With the total eclipse of the sun in April, people have been asking about an easy way to get started in solar (as well as astro) photography. With the Essential Series 80 mm triplet, the iEXOS-100 go-to tracker mount, a dedicated field flattener and a Sun Catcher solar filter you're ready to go. 

This package is also great for starting your nighttime photography -- called astrophotography. Simply remove the Sun Catcher solar filter and you're ready to start taking pictures of night-sky wonders.

The package includes:

ES-ED0806-02
ES-iEXOS-100-02
ES-FF2F5/F7
DOB-CW (yellow counterweights that work with the iEXOS-100 system)
SC80/102-00

Description

The ED80 Essential Series Air-Spaced Triplet Refractor is a true apochromatic telescope that reveals celestial wonders like the desolate beauty of the lunar terrain, the serene structure of Saturn’s rings or the brightest deep sky treasures of the Messier catalog. 

Offering true diffraction-limited optics with genuine HOYA FCD1 ED glass, the ED80 is the perfect size to encourage spontaneous stargazing sessions, this high-quality telescope is a perfect grab-and-go instrument for exploring the skies.

Featuring an air-spaced triplet optical design that virtually eliminates chromatic aberrations, this telescope generates brilliant high-contrast images by combining genuine HOYA extra-low dispersion (ED) glass and proprietary EMD enhanced multi-layer deposition coatings on all optical surfaces.

Although it is a standout telescope on its own, the 80mm also is compact enough to mount on a larger telescope, which can add versatility to your astrophotography experience by separating the guiding and imaging duties. The telescope tube's outside diameter is 91 mm.

Explore Scientific 2" rack-and-pinion focuser comes with 2 extension tubes. Explore Scientific Hybrid Finder Scope Base installed on scope. (Finder scope not included.)