GSO 12” F/5 Parabolic Telescopic Mirror

50,838.98 (Excluding Taxes)

  • Parabolic Astronomical Telescope Mirrors 1/12 Wave are polished and figured to yield high-level performance. Each mirror is aluminized and hard overcoated with a protective overcoat, ready for placement in the telescope tube. All mirror surfaces are free of any defects which affect performances. Special types of equipment and techniques make the system mirror the least expensive to any other comparable coated mirror. Resolving power and reflective ability is the specialty of the GSO ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE MIRROR QUALITY.
  • GSO offers very HIGH-quality parabolic telescope mirrors for the people who want to build their telescopes or DIY project.
  • All telescope mirrors have an aluminum reflective coating, reflectivity is approximately 93%. The aluminum coating is protected by a properly applied protective coating (SiO2).

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Description

Specifications

  • Brand: GSO
  • Item No.: AD017
  • Aperture: 300mm
  • Focal Length: 1500mm
  • F/Ratio: F/5
  • Type: Parabolic
  • Coating: Aluminum
  • Reflectivity: 93%
  • Optical Glass Quality: BK7
  • Mirror Thickness: 38mm
  • Suggested Combination of Elliptical Secondary Mirror: 70mm
  • Mirror Weight: 6348g

Please Note:

Most parabolic mirrors will have 2-4 minor uncoated areas along the edge of the mirror. See photo 2 above for an example. These are caused by the clips used to hold the mirrors in the coating chamber. Note that these are not defects. A couple of these uncoated edge strips will typically be covered up by the clips in your mirror cell anyway.

Sales Package:

Parabolic Mirror – 1