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Dream
Astrograph - 16" f3.75: comes standard with 4" focuser and
custom 4" coma corrector. |
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Dream
Telescopes offers the only production telescope in the world
that uses engineered lightweight mirrors, from Dream
Cellular, LLC. |
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"Within a temperature
range of 10 degrees C we see no measurable change in focus. Also,
there was no change in focus as a function of telescope position.
All thanks to rigid
carbon fiber." |
- Michael Schwartz, Tenagra
Observatories, 16" f3.75 Dream
Astrograph owner.  |
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OTA diameter - OD |
carbon fiber tube length |
focal length |
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CFSC hybrid tube: 20.0" |
55" |
1500mm - f3.75 |
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lightweight secondary mirror |
weight - pounds |
price |
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5.75" |
~60 |
$32,950 |
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sized for 100% illumination
of CCD chips as large as 37mm square |
this weight includes
the 4" focuser, custom 4" coma corrector and FAST. |
clamshell rings are not required for
mounting, only a dovetail plate |
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Click above for additional photos
and information. |
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Click on the photo to the left
to see the 16" engineered lightweight primary mirror. |
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Click on the photo to the right
to see why this telescope does not need clamshell/mounting rings. |
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Click here
to see images taken with the 16" Dream Astrograph. |
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Click here
to see images taken with a recent 16" Dream Astrograph while
still here at Dream, mid-August, 2009. |
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M81/M82 image to the right shows the
efficiency and quality of this telescope. Image taken in less
than one full night, with a front-illuminated CCD chip. |
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16803 CCD chip: 9 microns
square, 4096 x 4096. |
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Field of view: 84.6' x 84.6' |
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Arc-seconds/pixel: 1.24 |
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Click on the image below to
see the 74 gram LodeStar autoguiding camera attached to the 4"
Off-Axis Guider and custom 4" coma corrector. |
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