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Bresser Messier AR-90s/500 EXOS-2 Telescope

Bresser Messier AR-90s/500 EXOS-2 Telescope
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Price:  £513.00(Inc. 20% VAT)
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Model:  4790508
Brand:  Bresser

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90 mm f/5.5 refractor telescope with mount and tripod

High quality achromatic lense telescope
Stable equatorial EXOS-2 mount and tripod
Polar finder scope
26 mm Super Plössl eyepiece 31.7mm (1.25")
Diagonal mirror 31.7 mm (1.25")
6x30 optical finder
Maximum recommended magnification: 180x
Richfield telescope; with built-in camera holder
Telescope for night and solar observation
Aperture Solar-filter and smartphone adapter for celestial navigation included

NEW – now including a high-quality aperture Solar-filter for safe observation of sunspots, eclipses and planet transits. Great telescope for night and solar observation.

Excellent for entering into the hobby of astronomy: 90 mm aperture delivers 200 times more light than the naked eye! Observe craters, valleys and rims on the moon from nearly 400,000 km away just as you would look out of the window of a spaceship!
The BRESSER MESSIER AR-90s with EXOS II EQ-Mount does not only provide highly detailed views of the moon: Gaze at the division of the rings of Saturn millions of kilometers away or explore the Great Red Spot of Jupiter, a giant tornado in Jupiter's atmosphere. Watch the seasons on Mars and find the sickle of Venus.

Richfield telescope with a short focal length of 500 mm. Suitable for traveling and to observe large open star clusters and the Milky Way.

The MESSIER AR-90s gives you images that are many times brighter than the instrument Galileo Galilei was using for his famous explorations almost 400 years ago.

This telescope is an optical tube without mount and tripod.

CHARACTERISTICS OPTICS
Optical design: refractor telescope
Lens diameter: 90 mm / focal length: 500 mm / F/5.5
Maximum recommended magnification: 180x
Telescope for night and solar observation
6x30 viewfinder with crosshair eyepiece
Optimised finder mount for comfortable viewing
31.7 mm (1.25") zenith mirror
Smartphone adapter for celestial navigation included
With built-in camera holder

CHARACTERISTICS MOUNT
Stable parallactic mount with fine drive in both axes
Ball bearings in both axes for more precise movements
Stable height adjustable stainless steel tripod (min. 69 cm / max. 109.5 cm )
Load capacity up to 13 kg payload
Retrofittable with the BRESSER Star Tracker Goto Kit (item no. 4951750)
Circular bubble for easy horizontal alignment
Pole height scale for setting the latitude
Scaled graduated circular rings to facilitate finding objects using a star atlas or planetarium software
Pole finder scope with optional illumination ( item no. 4964212 )
Tripod weight: 4.7 kg
Mount weight: 5.6 kg (without counterweight)
Total weight incl. counterweight: 12.3 kg
Batteries: not included

SCOPE OF DELIVERY
Optical tube
26 mm Super Plössl eyepiece (31.7 mm / 1.25")
31.7 mm (1.25") zenith mirror
6x30 optical viewfinder
Rotatable star map
Aperture solar filter
Smartphone adapter for celestial navigation
Astronomy PC software Stellarium (via download)
BRESSER EXOS-2 mount
Stainless steel tube field tripod with accessory tray
1 x 2 kg counterweight

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Some items that are showing as in stock are in stock at our holding warehouses, not at the shop. To double check the stock levels at the shop, please contact us on 01909774369 or sales@rothervalleyoptics.co.uk.

The delivery times for most items is 1 - 2 days but again, please double check stock levels on important orders before placing an order via the website.

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Please note that if you are wanting to take advantage of our Saturday and Sunday timed services or next day pre 12 or pre 10:30 services, you MUST check that the stock is here at the shop before placing orders. Also, orders using the Saturday and Sunday services must be placed before 1pm the previous working day. Also, please remember to check that the stock is here at the shop before placing orders. If the stock is not at the shop, we won't be able to ship on any of the timed services. 

Please note International customers will need to contact us for a shipping price prior to ordering via the website. We don't ship all items internationally. It is at our discretion what we ship outside of the UK. This all depends on the size and weight of the items. Please get in touch with us for any postage costs. Please note we do NOT ship telescopes or heavy items outside of the UK. This is due to massive postage costs and problems regarding returns.

If you have any questions regarding stock levels or delivery, please get in touch.

Zygo Interferometer Testing For ED Refractor Telescopes!

We are extremely pleased to announce our Zygo Interferometer is now installed and ready for use! Our experienced staff can test refractor lenses up to 120mm aperture and provide a comprehensive 2 page report showing the optical quality and Strehl ratio, plus much more information. We are using the very latest Zygo MX software to provide a more detailed report compared to other standard reports.

 

The interferometer is essentially a measuring instrument. Within the interferometer is a calibrated laser that is pointed through the optical test surface, then onto a high quality reference sphere, then back through the test subject then to an internal camera which gives us the measurement on the screen. From this, we can adjust the position of the test optic and the reference sphere to obtain a perfectly calibrated system. The more central the laser to the test optic and then on return, the better and more accurate reading and measurement we can take. This takes a lot of adjustment to get the best results from the optical surface. Once the measurement has been taken, we are provided with a series of results that show the optical quality of the surface plus other information. Continue reading for an explanation of the individual values and you can also see a test report that was done on one of our RVO Horizon 60 OTAs. 

We are offering certain telescopes with a Zygo test at an extra cost. Mainly ED doublets and triplets. All available telescopes with a Zygo test report are listed here. Just select Zygo Test Report from the drop down box at the top of the listing and we will test the optics in house and provide a full 2 page report with your scope. This will show you the optical quality of your telescope optics. We can also offer this service on your refractor telescope. Please get in touch for more details about this. 

At Rother Valley Optics, one thing we pride ourselves on is customer service and quality of our equipment. When we test your telescope, we will ensure that it is of the highest quality otherwise, we will reject the scope under our strict quality control and test another model for your peace of mind. One of the main values to look at when testing a refractor is the Strehl ratio. The higher this number, the higher quality lens you have. At Rother Valley Optics, we will guarantee the highest possible Strehl ratio for your telescope.  We will aim to provide 0.95 Strehl or higher on Takahashi, RVO Horizon, William Optics and many more! Generally, the higher the Strehl ratio, the lower the Astigmatism and Coma meaning a better image quality from your instrument. 

Other measurements such as the PV and RMS are important too. With these measurements, the lower the number the better as it shows less curvature on the lens. The flatter an optical lens, the better it will perform. The PV rating (Peak To Valley) is a measurement from the highest point (Peak) to the lowest point (Valley). From this we get the RMS (Root, Mean, Square). This is a similar figure to the PV and measured exactly the same way. The RMS is basically an average height difference from the PV so again, the lower the better. As you can see form the example below, we measured an RMS of just 0.027 wave which is a very good value.

We also measure the Power with our systems which is essentially the error from the reference sphere to the test optic. The reference sphere we use on our system is a very high quality sphere so the closer to zero the Power, the less error between the 2 elements thus ensuring a higher quality optical surface. 

You will also see some more values such as Astigmatism and Coma. Again, these are measured by the interferometer when we take measurements of the optical surface after adjustment. These are values which ideally would be at 0 but as our test optics are all curved lenses, there will always be astigmatism and coma present. The lower the number, the less of these aberations you will effectively see but with most refractors, you can buy field flatteners which will compensate for the coma anyway. The astigmatisms value is explaining the error between the symmetrical curvature of the lens. Basically, no lens will be perfectly symmetrical, the lower the astigmatism, the more symmetrical the lens surface is. 

Once the Zygo test report has been completed, the optical alignment is thoroughly tested and tuned to ensure they are spot on before they leave us. 

All available telescopes are on the website at the link below and ones we've tested already that are available straight away are also listed.

https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/zygo-tested-refractors.html

Here is an example of the test what we provide. This was a test on one of our Horizon 60 ED OTA's.

For any questions about this amazing new service, please either call 01909774369 or email sales@rothervalleyoptics.co.uk.

 


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