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* Dream Astrograph's are currently the only telescopes in
the world that come standard with engineered lightweight mirrors.
These are designed, engineered, cast and annealed
in-house by Dream
Cellular, LLC.
* Dream Astrograph's are currently the only telescopes in
the world that come standard with such extensive use of carbon
fiber and carbon fiber skinned sandwich
core technologies. Dream Telescopes has unsurpassed expertise
in the use of these advanced composite technologies specifically
for opto-mechanical structures. All composites are produced in-house.
* Dream Astrograph's are fully
tested, under the stars, BEFORE they ship out to customers.
No other company does such thorough, fully documented and open
(available) testing of each instrument before shipping. This
page shows typical all-sky
performance of a 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
* Dream Astrograph's come standard with a
custom 4" corrector and 4"
electronic focuser. The custom
4" corrector allows the use of a 4"
Off-Axis-Guider prior to the filter. |
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The
best performance requires the best materials and designs. |
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* These carbon fiber telescopes are ready for high
quality, corrected imaging. Dream utilizes more carbon fiber
in the telescopes
than any other company in the world, which is all fabricated
in-house. When coupled with sandwich
core it offers an ideal material for opto-mechanical systems. |
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Dream
Offers Uncompromising quality. |
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* Dream worked with Catseye Collimation to develop custom
3" alignment tools
that optimize every aspect of collimation tool use. We have worked
hard to reduce out the subjective nature of traditional collimation
tools.
*The Dream Astrographs are offered in a unique
tube that does not require mounting rings. |
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Don't recognize M81/M82 to the left? This is less than one full
night of data while using a 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph and
front-illuminated CCD chip. |
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Dream
Astrographs Have No Focus Shifts. |
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* Dream's mirror cells, back plates, filter caps, focuser platforms,
etc., are made of carbon fiber utilizing sandwich
core. The use of carbon fiber in the mirror cells especially
has unique advantages over metals. All fasteners are stainless
steel. |
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Each
Instrument Holds Collimation Across The Entire Sky. |
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* Advanced composite materials (carbon fiber and sandwich
core technology) are fabricated in-house using vacuum
bagging, as well as other more complex techniques and equipment.
High temperature epoxies are used in all parts and cooked in
one of Dream's two ovens. Materials are chosen to minimize or
eliminate focus shift during temperture changes. Materials and
fiber orientations are designed to minimize flexure and mass. |
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* Exterior composite parts: gloss white. |
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* Focal plane optical quality: if you are collimated, you will
never be optics-limited. Both primary and secondary mirrors are
polished by Lockwood Custom
Optics. For years Mike has done excellent work on both monolithic
and now Dream Cellular, LLC's cellular optics for us. Download
some of these wide
field images to see for yourself. |
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* Dream is an authorized distributor of Astrodon filters. Contact
Dream to learn why these specific filters match the Dream Astrographs. |
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2010: The engineered Dream Cellular,
LLC 24" lightweight mirror - 28 pounds. |
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