NEW Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76Ha Solar Telescope!

[FLO]

Sky-Watcher has released their first Ha solar telescope 🙂 

Sky-Watcher Heliostar 76Ha 76mm f8.3 H-alpha Solar Telescope

 

Main features & specification: 

• <0.5Å bandpass
• Integrated Triffid Tuner and Solis Etalon Technology
• 76mm aperture
• 630mm focal length
• f/8.3 focal-ratio
• 2" dual-speed Crayford focuser

 

[FLO]

ETA 1-2 weeks, so hopefully just in time for Christmas 🎅

[Highburymark]

This is a great price! Well done Skywatcher for keeping costs low. 
Still some unknowns about this scope - particularly around how the single etalon performs - but it’s a really interesting proposition.

[Backyardscope]

Is FLO stocking the HAC125?

Thanks.

Edited December 4, 2024 by Backyardscope

[FLO]

On 04/12/2024 at 20:53, Backyardscope said:

Is FLO stocking the HAC125?

Thanks.

That is a different telescope, not the one discussed here 🙂

No. We are not planning to stock the HAC125, at least not in its current format. Currently, we consider it a work in progress. 

[Astronomy in the Community]

This is an amazing telescope, I am so excited to have a chance to experience it. It is also amazing that it is now the official Ha telescope of the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project! I understand that they were instrumental in its development. Way to go Sky-Watcher and CBSAP!!

[Nigella Bryant]

Well, I do like my 60mm double stack. The new Skywatcher ha seems an interesting solar scope but I'd like to here first hand results. It's a good price. I got my Lunt double stack second hand so it was doable. 

Images taken in November with my Lunt. 

[RobLane]

Heliostar from the UK yesterday through cloud. It’s great visually.

[Roy Challen]

27 minutes ago, RobLane said:

Heliostar from the UK yesterday through cloud. It’s great visually.

Nice, looks very promising. I'd post this in the solar section, more people likely to see there