Tec APO110FL User Manual [ru]

TEC APO110 FL

TEC APO110 FL

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OWNER’S MANUAL

2012

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IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL BEFORE

USING YOUR TELESCOPE

SAFETY PRECAUTION

Do not look at the sun through the telescope!

Viewing the sun through the telescope without special equipment (Solar Filter, Herschel Wedge)
will cause permanent visual impairment and damage to telescope components.

Do not disassemble!

Disassembly of the telescope could result in personal injury and telescope malfunction.

Do not use hairdryer to remove dew condensation from the front lens!

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions or need assistance - please contact us:
Phone [phone] • Fax: [phone]
E-mail [e-mail]
Web site www.telescopengineering.com
User’s group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tec-scopes
Address Telescope Engineering Co. • 15730 West 6th Ave. Golden CO, 80401. USA

TEC APO 110 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Clear aperture 4.33” / 110 mm
Focal length 616 mm
Focal ratio 5.6
Image scale 5.6 arc min
Resolution (theor.) 1.0 arc sec

Focuser TEC- I 3.20” / 82mm ID
Eyepiece holder 2” Collet type
Focusing range 3.60” / 92 mm
One turn focus travel:
Coarse 18.3 mm
Fine (small knob) 1.8 mm
Back focus distance 6.70” / 170 mm
Focuser load capacity 12 lb / 5.5kg

Tube assembly dia. 4.44” / 112.8 mm
Baffle diameter 5.51” / 140 mm
OTA length (shortest) 18.95” / 482 mm
OTA weight 10 lb / 4.5 kg including ring
Weight with case 18 lb / 8.2 kg incl. keys

Price 2012 $4500
Includes : Optical tube assembly, front cover, plug, ring

Please note: the Aluminum case was included only for the 1st run(2010).
An optional soft case is available from stock. It is compact and high quality case.

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OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT (see www.telescopengineering.com for up to date prices)

Finderscope bracket with base $120
TEC 9” narrowed dovetail plate $70
Plate clearance adapter $15
RD sight bar with screws $12
Focuser end with 2.75” thread for Astro-Physics accessories $40
8X50 finderscope with illuminated eyepiece $190
Heavy ( >10lb ) camera set-up ring $50
Canon EOS bayonet adapter $60
Eyepiece Turret $500
Field Flattener (three-lens design) $750

Soft case $150

OVERVIEW

The APO110 Fluorite is TEC’s smallest model, it was designed with customer input in mind and
many aspects of it’s design were discussed on tec-scopes yahoo group since April 2009:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/tec-scopes

As a result we have designed a very compact, relatively fast F/5.6 telescope that could be used for
both visual observations and wide field imaging.

Scope also has number of features that in given combination are rarely found in one scope:

• Compact, lightweight tube assembly with retractable baffle and shell type ring with handle for GG
action (“grab and go”)

• Case for telescope has “carry-on” dimensions for most airlines (since these dimensions could
change, please double check weight/dimensional limitation prior to your flight).

•Telescope objective being “oiled triplet” by design transmits more light than any other objective in
it’s class, thanks to the use of CaF2 as a middle lens and modern BBAR coatings on outer surfaces.

• Precision rotatable focuser with coarse and fine focusing, with 2”eyepiece holder.

• The focuser features a specially designed collet made of metal wich is insensitive to temperature
and holds loads with high precision when concentricity of focuser tube and axis of the eyepiece or
camera attained automatically by definition.

• All components of the telescope, including: mechanical parts, optics, coatings, etc. are made in
our shop in Golden, Colorado.

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