Apertura 72 mm Doublet APO Refractor with Adjustable Flattener
The Complete 72EDR Astrophotography Package:Apertura 72 mm Doublet APO Refractor with Matching Field Flattener and 32 mm Guidescope
The larger brother of Apertura's popular 60EDR, the 72EDR provides more aperture to boost your signal collection while still maintaining a compact and portable form factor and the excellent Ohara ED glass. While this 72 mm scope is well suited for both visual observing and capturing celestial objects, this bundle is "all-in" on imaging - bringing you the most popular 72EDR dedicated astrophotography upgrades all in one place!
With an OTA weighing under 5 lbs. and a footprint of just 12" long when fully collapsed, it is easy to see what makes the Apertura 72EDR well suited to use both at home and on the road; but less visible is all the optical performance that has been packed into the doublet optical design. With a 72 mm front objective lens and f/6 design, this scope provides a 430 mm focal length, excellent for viewing or imaging larger, brighter objects in the night sky. Thanks to the Ohara FPL-53 glass, this 72 mm refractor renders those objects in well color corrected detail for great views and images. For light control this scope not only features an extendable dewshield that helps block stray light and dew, but also darkened lens edges, light baffling inside the tube, and micro-baffles in the drawtube itself that help catch internal light reflections to provide increased contrast!
A Fully Featured Lightweight Astrophotography Package
With a compact design that easily travels just about anywhere, the Apertura 72mm FPL-53 Doublet APO Refractor is a great portable imaging scope! It doesn't stop there however - with a focuser designed for stout astrophotography equipment, an adjustable full-frame flattener, compact guidescope, and an industry leading warranty, there is plenty more to like with this 72EDR imaging bundle!
Compact Package, Full Functionality
Weighing in a just 4.8 lbs. for the OTA on its own, and only a bit more fully assembled, this 72 mm refractor is an excellent portable option. Featuring 1/4"x20 threaded connections on the included scope ring, this scope can easily be used with a photographic tripod - or a Vixen astronomy mount saddle when the included dovetail bar is installed. These stylized rings also come equipped with a handle preinstalled for easy transport that doubles as a second slotted Vixen dovetail bar - providing extra mounting or accessory connection options! This scope additionally comes with finder base that can easily hold your finderscope, guidescope, or other Synta-style mounted accessories. Finally, to combat dust, dew, and stray light this scope features an extendable dew shield and a blue dust cap.
10:1 Dual Speed 2" Focuser
With a 10:1 dual speed focuser, the Apertura 72 mm FPL-53 Doublet APO refractor make precise focusing easy; and the rack and pinion design holds even stout imaging trains in place. Its 2" opening provides enough room for user supplied 2" eyepieces or 2" nosepieces, with a 2" to 1.25" adapter included in the box to cover all common visual connection sizes. For dedicated astrophotographers this also features a camera rotator, allowing for easy framing of celestial objects!
Apertura 2" Field Flattener
For those looking to push the astrophotography performance of this scope, look no further than this dedicated EDR series field flattener from Apertura! This corrective lens optimizes this scope for imaging by flattening the photographic field. This provides improved star shapes across your frame, with support up to full-frame! With an adjustable design you can not only dial this field flattener in for the industry standard 55 mm backfocus (when set at 1.5 mm), but also small mm adjustments you may need for fine tuning. In combination with the common M48 threaded connection for your gear, it is incredibly simple to connect either a DSLR and T-Ring or a dedicated astronomy camera with most common spacers. Apertura has also included a threaded 2" filter cell, allowing for even further performance gains via user supplied imaging filters!
A Compact Companion: The Apertura 32 mm Guide Scope
With a 32 mm f/3.78, 121.05 mm focal length, optical design, the Apertura 32 mm Guide Scope is a great pairing for the wide-field 430 mm focal length of the 72EDR; and the small form factor and color-way only strengthen the case for a perfect match-up! This is more than just a compliment to the 72EDR however, with a dual-radial compression ring 1.25" that works with standard/mini guide camera nosepieces and precise helical focuser that make this guidescope stand out in its own right!
Comes with the Apertura Absolute Warranty
The Apertura Absolute Warranty provides two years of coverage against product defects. After the initial two-year warranty expires, this product qualifies for Apertura's Three-Year Accident Replacement Program. In addition, the Apertura Absolute Warranty is transferable! Download a copy of the Apertura Absolute Warranty for more information on this program, how to make a claim, and why it is important to keep your original receipt and the product's original boxes and packaging!
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