Reducer for Telescope 0.5X Focal Reducer 1.25 inches Fully Multi Coated Reducer for Telescope Eyepiece Photography and Observing (Reducer)

This focal reducer screws into the nose of an astrophotography camera or 1.25" eyepiece. For visual use, it turns a 20mm eyepiece into a 40mm, both decreasing the magnification and increasing the field of view. In astrophotography, the focal reducers does that, but it also reduces the size of stars on the sensor by half, meaning you can image faster with a wider field of view. For example, an f/10 camera/scope is reduced to f/5 will image roughly six times faster (if my math is correct) because the focal reducer concentrates more photons on each well in the sensor. This focal reducer works well and gives a nice view. I highly recommend it!

Excelente reductor para roscar en el ocular.

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I had to call a few places to get this info: Take the stock lens off the camera. Don't use it with this thing on. Focusing can be touchy. On my Astro Fi 130 with a Pegasus focuser I found that I was overshooting the focus point and seeing nothing because the camera takes a few seconds to get a lock in Sharpcap plus the focuser has 20,650 steps. The range of steps between fuzzing out/seeing anything/fuzzing out again was 150 steps. Until I went from 0 to 20,650 at 100 step intervals waiting 5 seconds for Sharpcap each time, I couldn't even tell if it would ever work. Finally I got a fair shot of Vega..... I don't know if it's any good for a 5 inch reflector but...eh.

Este aditamento es útil para tener una visión más amplia, el vidrio me parece de calidad. Se.adapta a oculares, filtros e incluso lo he podido colocar al final del adaptador para la cámara fotográfica. Quizá es mi falta de pericia, pero su limpieza se me dificulta y es frecuente que ponga los dedos en el vidrio. No me pasa con otros aditamentos. Vale la pena.