{"id":93329,"date":"2026-01-10T14:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T13:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/?post_type=product&p=93329"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:05:00","slug":"omegon-primary-mirror-304mm-f8-ritchey-chretien-mirror-set","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/omegon-hoofdspiegel-304mm-f8-ritchey-chretien-spiegelset\/","title":{"rendered":"Omegon Primary Mirror 304 mm f\/8 Ritchey-Chretien Mirror Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Omegon Hoofdspiegel 304 mm f\/8 Ritchey-Chretien Spiegelset: hoofdspiegel en vangspiegel voor zelfbouw<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Ritchey-Chr\u00e9tien uses two hyperbolic mirrors instead of the parabolic primary mirror of a Newtonian or the spherical mirrors of a Schmidt-Cassegrain. This combination completely eliminates coma, so that stars remain round right to the corners of the field of view. That is why this is the design of virtually every professional observatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deze set bevat de optiek, niet de buis. Hij is bedoeld voor bouwers die zelf een trussconstructie maken of een bestaande buis van nieuwe optiek willen voorzien. Met 12 inch opening vang je aanzienlijk meer licht dan met de 10 inch versie, wat zich vertaalt in kortere belichtingstijden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quartz glass for a stable focus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Both mirrors are made of fused silica, also known as quartz glass. That material hardly expands with temperature changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is exactly what long exposures are all about. A mirror made of ordinary glass slightly changes shape during the night as the temperature drops, and then the focus drifts. Quartz holds its shape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coating with 94 percent reflection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Both mirrors have an aluminum layer with a protective layer of silicon dioxide over it. The reflection is 94 percent per surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a two-mirror system, that counts double: the light bounces twice before it reaches the camera. As a result, every percentage point of increased reflection per mirror has a stronger impact than in a single-mirror system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Focal length and scale<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Bij f\/8 komt de brandpuntsafstand uit op 2432 mm. Dat levert een grote beeldschaal op, geschikt voor kleine deep-sky-objecten zoals bolhopen en compacte sterrenstelsels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that a long focal length places high demands on tracking. Accurate mounting and autoguiding are not a luxury, but a prerequisite.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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