Carbon Truss 32 inch f/7 Ritchey-Chrétien...

RCOS 32 inch f/7 Ritchey-Chretien

RCOS 0.81m Ritchey-Chrétien Telescope and Equatorial Fork Mount.

Optical Features:

  • Zero Expansion Astro-Sitall, Zerodur, or ULE type f/7 Ritchey-Chrétien Optics. Tested and Certified to at least 1/20th wave RMS.
  • Supporting Fringe Analysis and Interferometric Data included.
  • Enhanced Aluminum Coatings with Overcoat (SiO2/TiO2) - 96.9% Reflectivity.

Mechanical Features of Optical Tube Assembly:

  • Designed, Engineered, Modeled using SolidWorks 2010. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on assembly and critical components.
  • 100% CNC machined.
  • Low expansion, light weight Carbon Fiber Truss for superior performance and stability.
  • Fabricated (and then welded) Carbon Steel Plate Construction.
  • Annealed, machined bearing bores and critical surfaces.
  • RCOS Proprietary Center Mounted, Self Balancing, Primary Mirror Cell.
  • Precision Secondary Mirror Focuser.
  • 6061 Aluminum components - All CNC Machined.
  • Multi-Stage Primary Mirror Baffle with internal knife-edge light stops.
  • Conical Secondary Mirror Baffle.
  • Active Cooling.
  • Robotic Primary Mirror Cover.
  • 100mm Precision Instrument Rotator.

For more information, visit our 32RC Equatorial Fork Mount Section.

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