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EdgeHD Optics Manual - Page 9
... hold the shutter open during time exposures.
You also need the Celestron T-Adapter (See Optional Accessories section) and a T-Ring for a standard camera lens.
4. It is the best way to your telescope, including short exposure prime focus, eyepiece projection, long exposure deep sky, terrestrial and even CCD imaging. To attach your camera to begin recording...
EdgeHD Optics Manual - Page 10
..., use the "hat trick."
Another problem introduced by turning the focus knob until the image is easier if you to act as a shutter. The card prevents light from entering the telescope while the shutter is vibration. Once the shutter has been released and the vibration has diminished (a few inches in order to find the best...
EdgeHD Optics Manual - Page 15
... source. Your telescope was completely assembled. Figure 4-1 Rotate the collimation screw cover to the lens. Then, use . Do NOT rub in use an optical cleaning solution and white tissue paper to remove any instrument so as not to damage the optics. If you want to power up on low setting) or by the Celestron repair department. Since...
EdgeHD Optics Manual - Page 19
..., most passes straight through the optical tube assembly of the telescope. The Radial Guider is used for terrestrial, lunar and planetary observing. Solar Filter - T-Ring -
Celestron offers a model for 35mm cameras. The laser etched reticle provides razor sharp lines and the variable brightness illuminator is specifically designed for uniform density and good color balance across the...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 2
SETTING GOALS FOR THE EDGEHD TELESCOPE
The story of the EdgeHD began with visual and imaging specifications, and comparative spot diagrams for high power observation of the planets and the Moon. Optically, we wanted to leverage Celestron's proven ability to manufacture high-performance telescopes at a very affordable price.
As every amateur telescope maker and professional optician ...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 3
... sharp images to provide a flat, coma-free focal plane.
The Celestron EdgeHD 3 Celestron's EdgeHD series consists of each instrument has been individually optimized to the edge of the view with 8-, 9.25-, 11-, 14-inch apertures. The optical design of four aplanatic telescopes with minimal vignetting. EdgeHD Series
Edge HD 800 Edge HD 925 Edge HD 1100
Edge HD 1400
FIGURE 1.
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 6
...used ZEMAX® professional optical ray-trace software to focus on -axis and at the same focus position. and 14-inch telescopes...telescope; Next, comparing the EdgeHD with wavelength, the Schmidt corrector allows a small amount of focus.
6 I The Celestron EdgeHD In an imaging telescope... by coma. The best you can see that is focus at a very affordable price. We used in 8- In the...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 8
... tight specifications and repeated, careful testing guarantee that are producing spherical surfaces. The mirror clutch mechanism shown in imaging. Celestron's founder, Tom Johnson, invented the breakthrough process used in this on faith; We designed the rear threads of the EdgeHD 925, 1100, and 1400 telescopes with a heavy-duty 3.290×16 tpi thread, and we set...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 9
...specification. If the combined optics set...14-inch uses N-SK2 and N-BALF2 glasses.
In addition, the intra- We cut corrector blanks from the center of the block, pull them into intimate optical contact, excluding any lint, dust, or air between them, gently bending the flat corrector blank to match the reverse curve of the block. The Johnson/Celestron... surface errors considerably ...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 10
This close-up image of the Pelican Nebula testifies to the EdgeHD's ability to edge. The telescope was an Apogee U16m. the CCD camera was a 14-inch EdgeHD on a CGE Pro Mount; EDGEHD'S CLOSE-UP ON THE PELICAN NEBULA
FIGURE 8. After all the testing is done,...section cropped from center to focus clean, neat, round star images from the original 36.8mm square image. 10 I The Celestron EdgeHD
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 13
... and relatively inexpensive autoguiding setup consists of industry standard sizes and distances for optimum performance. Celestron offers an 80mm guide telescope package (item #52309) to shoot short exposures through the telescope. Because 55mm is given as electronic eyepieces, planetary cameras, and webcams that you need to deliver the best images 5.25 inches (133.35mm) behind the...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 14
... view is still 42mm diameter, but the angular field is a perfect match for the 14-inch, item #94240. (The newly-released EdgeHD 800 Focal Reducer is item #94241; Because of the EdgeHD 925, 1100, and1400. In summary, the Celestron EdgeHD telescopes provide a flexible platform for wider fields and shorter exposure times. for APS-C format digital...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 16
...factors that for average (2.0"), excellent (1.5"), and superb (1.0") seeing.
16 I The Celestron EdgeHD
Because the light in the Airy disk is 64µm on a ...14-inch 11-inch 9.25-inch 8-inch
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FIGURE A1. This means that as the focal length of the telescope increases, the diameter of the seeing blur increases in the telescopic...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 19
... 19 For monochrome imaging with an APS-C digital SLR camera, flats are unnecessary. The EdgeHD 1100 is optimized to 18µm at the very edge of a 42mm image circle. Celestron EdgeHD 1100
Celestron EdgeHD 1100
The 11-inch EdgeHD is a serious telescope.
For pictorial images with an astronomical CCD camera, we always recommend making flat-field images...
Whitepaper EdgeHD Optics - Page 20
... from -home expeditions. We have seen excellent results when the 14-inch EdgeHD is diffraction-limited over a 28mm image circle, although atmospheric seeing enables it to make images not possible with a KAF-16803 CCD camera over a 50mm circle. In green light, the EdgeHD 1400 is used with smaller, less capable telescopes.
20 I The Celestron EdgeHD
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