{"id":34100,"date":"2025-11-17T11:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/?post_type=product&#038;p=34100"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:11:40","slug":"william-optics-243mm-handle","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/william-optics-243mm-handvat\/","title":{"rendered":"William Optics 243mm Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>William Optics 243mm Handle: carrying and mounting with a handle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The William Optics 243 mm handle makes setting up and moving your telescope safer: you lift the tube by a solid grip instead of by the tube itself, even in the dark and with cold hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the handle is above all also a mounting platform. The integrated Vixen-style finder shoe and the holder for guide scopes accommodate a finder or guide scope, neatly above the optical axis. The slide-base UniGuide guide scopes slide directly into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/William-Optics-243mm-Handvat-1.jpg\" alt=\"William Optics 243 mm handle with finder shoe\" title=\"\"><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/William-Optics-243mm-Handvat-3.jpg\" alt=\"William Optics 243 mm handle with finder shoe\" title=\"\"><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/William-Optics-243mm-Handvat-4.jpg\" alt=\"William Optics 243 mm handle with finder shoe\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This is how you build your photo setup<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Handle on the tube rings, UniGuide in the handle, camera on the back: a complete, rigid astrophotography setup without loose brackets or improvised clamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured accessories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fixed combination with the William Optics UniGuide 32 or 50 slide-base guidescopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For whom yes and for whom no<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u2713 WO owners who want to lift safely while mounting a guider at the same time<\/li><li>\u2713 Astrophotographers who want their guidescope above the optical axis<\/li><li>\u2717 Who already has a handle with a finder shoe on the tube<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specifications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Length<\/strong><\/td><td>243 mm (9.6 inches)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>accessory recording<\/strong><\/td><td>Vixen-style finder shoe, guide scope bracket<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Material<\/strong><\/td><td>Aluminum<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find more accessories for this merk at the <a href=\"\/en\/brands\/william-optics\/\">William Optics merk Page<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Optics 243 mm handle with integrated Vixen finder shoe and guide scope holder: safe carrying and mounting accessories all in one.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":97517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[643],"product_cat":[56],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-34100","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-william-optics","product_cat-telescoop-accessoires","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[15860],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34227,"url":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/william-optics-accessoireschoen-vixen-style-3-5-inch-cat-zwart-wit\/","url_meta":{"origin":34100,"position":0},"title":"William Optics Accessory Shoe Vixen-Style 90 mm Black\/White","author":"Info telescoop","date":"17-11-2025","format":false,"excerpt":"William Optics accessoireschoen in Vixen-stijl (90 mm, zwart-wit) met geintegreerde draagbeugel: monteert zoekers en guidescoperingen stevig op een Vixen-rail.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.telescoop.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/William-Optics-Accessoireschoen-Zwart-Wit-Cat-Vixen-Style-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":33886,"url":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/william-optics-zenithstar-81-559-apo-wifd-goud-ota\/","url_meta":{"origin":34100,"position":1},"title":"William Optics ZenithStar 81\/559 APO WIFD Gold OTA","author":"","date":"15-11-2025","format":false,"excerpt":"William Optics ZenithStar 81 WIFD Gold: FPL-53 apochromatic 81\/559 f\/6.9 with internal focuser. 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