Alstar 1.25" Astrophotography Flip Mirror - Bundle with - 1.25" Telescope Moon Filter Kit

As easy as flipping a switch, the Imaging Flip Mirror enables the astrophotographer to find, center, and focus a target object visually with a 1.25" telescope eyepiece, then photograph it with a Charged Coupled Device (CCD) camera. All without swapping out any equipment. It's a real time saver, making the normally tedious task of focusing with the CCD camera alone quicker and easier.Rather than having to take numerous astrophotos to locate and focus your target, the 1.25" Alstar Astrophotography Flip Mirror lets you do those things visually with a telescope eyepiece. An internal mirror deflects the incoming light 90 degrees up into the eyepiece. A helical fine focus mechanism on the telescope eyepiece holder lets you set the eyepiece focus to be parfocal with the camera. Then, once you've focused the celestial object in the eyepiece, a flip of the side lever drops the mirror to allow the light to enter the camera, rendering a sharp, focused CCD image.The Astro-imaging Flip Mirror was designed specifically for use with StarShoot Deep Space imagers and similarly sized CCD cameras, for which it provides full sensor illumination. Male T-threads on the unit's metal housing allow direct attachment of the CCD camera body. The housing itself connects to a telescope's 1.25" focuser or adapter via the nosepiece, which alternatively can be removed to expose T-threads for direct coupling. The nosepiece is threaded for 1.25" filters. As convenient as it is for CCD imaging, the Alstar Astrophotography Flip Mirror also lets you enjoy visual observation when you want to take a brief break from shooting pictures. Maybe you want to catch an eyeful of that bright planet before it sets. You can do so without having to dismantle your camera setup! Why not streamline your astrophotography routine and take an occasional break to enjoy the views while you're at it? Get the 1.25" Alstar Astrophotography Flip Mirror today!

• An object that is accurately centred in the eyepiece will be simultaneously centred in the field of view of camera; You no longer have to worry about whether the object is correctly positioned on the chip; you know it will be
• For precise focusing: In astrophotography if you want to take successful astronomy photographs; The Alstar flip mirror makes it very simple to find both the exact focus point and also the correct positioning for your astronomy photographs
• Neutral density filters are excellent filters to reduce the overall brightness of an image to cut down glare while viewing bright astronomical objects through a telescope
• These three ND moon filters are useful for splitting binary systems; comfortably observing the moon; or stacking with other planetary filters
• ND filters retain true color balance of the objects being observed since all wavelengths are transmitted uniformly over the entire spectrum