Sidereal Trading is excited to announce that we are now the Australian dealer for Rainbow Astro. Rainbow Astro is a division of Rainbow Robotics, a professional mechatronics technology company that designs robotic telescope systems. Rainbow Astro have developed a range of high-end telescope mounts featuring innovative technologies that will impress the most discerning astrophotographers.
In addition to advanced robotic telescope mounts, Rainbow Astro make a range of accessories for RC telescopes. Sidereal Trading has receive our first shipment of RSF Secondary Mirror focus kits for 8″ and 10″ RC Telescopes. The RSF Focuser replaces the secondary mirror holder with a Stepper Motor Moving Focuser. This allows the original focuser to be complete removed and replaced with an optional Fixed Focus Adapter that provides threaded couplings to mount the camera to the telescope. The Fixed Focus Adapter eliminates any possibility of camera tilt being introduce by a poorly constructed focuser.
The RSF Secondary Mirror Focuser Kit incudes Hand Controller and an ASCOM driver allowing remote focus via a USB cable connected to a PC.
You can purchase the DIY kit to upgrade your telescope or buy a Sidereal Trading upgraded GSO RC telescope with the focuser preinstalled.
Most finderscopes and guidescopes are sufficiently different so you can’t use one for the other. ToupTek GS series scopes can do both, because they have removable sections to allow you to adjust the length of the tube. We reconfigured a scope to allow it to focus on infinity with two camera types and three eyepiece configurations.
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