Explore Scientific ED102-FCD100 Series Air-Spaced Triplet Telescope in Carbon Fiber

Item Number FCD100–10207-CF Focal Length714mm Focal Ratio f/7 Weight 7lb; 5.44kg Dovetail Plate 45mm Wide with Cone-Angle Adjustments (Vixen-style)

Explore Scientific ED102 Triplet CF Review (For Astrophotography)

The Explore Scientific ED102 Essential Series Air-Spaced Triplet APO Refractor Telescope is a true apochromat refractor that reveals our Moon’s stark chiseled craters, Jupiter’s orderly cloud belts and the blue-white stars of the Orion Nebula popping against the complex misty cloud they call home. The ED102 Essential Series Apochromatic Refractor will open up a treasure trove of night sky treats, and provide a solid optical platform to begin serious deep sky astrophotography.

Explore Scientific Essential Series 102mm f/7 Air-Spaced Triplet Refractor Telescope

The Explore Scientific ED102-FCD100 Series Air-Spaced Triplet Telescope in Carbon Fiber, has the advantages for astrophotographers and visual astronomers found in our metal-tube ED102 models, but with the advantage of making the instrument much lighter, and a lighter weight telescope performs better on any mount that it is used on. This telescope includes genuine HOYA FCD100 ED glass which is very similar in characteristics as OHARA's FPL-53.

Explore Scientific ED102-FCD100 Series Air-Spaced Triplet Carbon Fiber

Explore Scientific FPL-53 Triplet Carbon APO Refractors — ProAstroz

Explore Scientific ED102-FCD100 102mm f/7 Series Air-Spaced Triplet Refractor Telescope

Explore Scientific FCD100 Series 127mm f/7.5 Carbon Fiber Triplet ED APO Refractor Telescope with 2.5 HEX Focuser : Electronics

Explore Scientific ED102 Triplet CF Review (For Astrophotography)

Reveal celestial wonders like the desolate beauty of the lunar terrain, the serene structure of Saturn's rings or the brightest deep sky treasures of the Messier catalog with Explore Scientific's 127mm FCD100 Apochromatic Refractor. This is essentially the same scope as the ES-ED127075-01 but offering greater quality optics. Explore Scientific's use Hoya FCD100 optics which is very similar in characteristics as Ohara FPL-53.