A big, beautiful telescope at f/3.8. What else to say?
Devoted to astrophotograpy, the RiFast family has an unique optical scheme, proprietary of Officina Stellare, another creation of our master optician, Massimo Riccardi. The tree-lens field flattener is the real masterpiece of this telescope. The primary mirror is aspherical and the secondary mirror is spherical. A precise design choice to make collimation easier.
Diffraction-limited over a wide and flat field, the RiFast design will push any camera to its limits… and will do it FAST! The extraordinary f/ ratio allows a higher productivity per night, a significant factor for surveys, SN search, asteroid control, and many other fields of modern astronomy.
The central obstruction is about 50%, but still smaller than similar designs, that simply can’t compete under any point of view. The visual contrast is very good, thanks also to the special ultra-dark paints we use.
The corrector group is very close to the focal plane, so chromatic aberration is undetectable.
| SPECIFICATIONS | |
|---|---|
| ENTRY PUPIL DIAMETER | From 400 mm (16”) to 800 mm (32”) |
| FOCAL RATIO | F/3.8 |
| FOCAL LENGTH | From 1140 to 6400 mm (252”) |
| LINEAR OBSTRUCTION | 47% |
| FULLY CORRECTED AND ILLUMINATED FIELD |
From 60 mm to 90 mm |
| WEIGHT | From 40 Kg to 180 Kg |
| BACK FOCUS EXTRACTION | From about 220 mm (8.6”) to about 300 mm (12”) |
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