Ikarus Imaging at Astrofest

[FLO]

 

This Friday & Saturday Ian King will be at Astrofest with Grant & Rob on the Ikarus Imaging stall. 

Joining them will be Gary & Steve from Pulsar Observatories.  They will have an observatory assembled for demonstration. 

Pulsar began designing and making observatories twenty years ago and have installed close to 1000x domes at premises across the UK and abroad.  They are a genuine 'Made in UK' success story and we are proud to be associated with them. 

The observatory's traditional design manufactured from stable high-grade GRP has stood the test of time.  No other observatory offers the same degree of wind protection or weatherproofing (no need for a rain cover!).  The simple robust design also means an observatory can be fully assembled in only an afternoon (no special tools required) is easy to maintain and, if you have an accident, easy to repair. 

With an observatory you can be up and running in only two minutes enabling you to spend significantly more time under the stars! 

Also on the stall will be three new StellaMira refractor telescopes: two triplets, each with 'two' ED elements, and a classic long focal-ratio 80mm ED doublet.  Alongside them we will be demonstrating the super-portable Rainbow Astro RST-135 mount that utilises high precision strain-wave gears (from the robotics industry) with zero backlash and incredible load-bearing capacity, a number of Takahashi telescopes and an iOptron CEM120EC mount. 

We are also setting up an imaging rig that is essentially a duplicate of our IKI Observatory installed at the Pixel Skies facility in Castilléjar, Spain.  David from Pixel Skies will be with us so if you are considering your own remote installation he will be happy to help. 

Last but definitely not least, the new Rowan AZ100 Alt-Az Mount will be setup and Dave from Rowan Engineering will be on hand to answer questions. 

So, friendly faces and lots to see.  Please do find us and say hi 🤗 

 

[Alan White]

Great, I was hoping to see some of you again and look at some kit.
All sounds most interesting.
 

[RobertI]

What an array of exciting products and knowledgable providers - hope you have a great show. 👍