Meade 16" f/8 ACF UHTC Optical Tube Assembly - 1608-80-01

Meade 16" f/8 ACF UHTC Optical Tube Assembly

Meade 16" f/8 ACF Optical Tube Assembly Features

• Award-winning Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optics
• Fast f/8 optical system with high-contrast baffling that insures crisp, pinpoint images out to the edge of the field
• Internal zero-image-shift Crayford-style focusing system with a two-speed 7:1 reduction control
• Smooth, precise focusing at any magnification
• Meade's UHTC coatings for maximum brightness and contrast
• Oversized low-expansion primary mirror
• Diffraction-limited optical system
• Includes precision machined Losmandy-style dovetail rail with wide-stance radius blocks for solid mounting
• Includes a Primary Mirror Lock for Imaging tasks
• Front and rear dust covers

Building on Meade's award-winning Advanced Coma-Free (ACF) optics, the 16" OTA employs a fast f/8 optical system with high-contrast baffling that insures crisp, pinpoint imaging to the very edge of the field. The f/8 optics provide shorter imaging times than the f/10 systems. The Meade 16" f/8 ACF Optical Tube Assembly features an internal zero image shift Crayford-style focusing system with a two-speed 7:1 reduction control that provides smooth, precise focusing at any magnification. Includes a primary mirror lock, and also a built-in cooling fan for the OTA.

The Meade 16" f/8 ACF Optical Tube Assembly includes precision machined Losmandy-style dovetail rail mated to the tube with wide-stance radius blocks for rock-steady mounting, and front and rear dust covers.

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