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Askar 160APO 140mm F7 1120mm triplet APO OTA

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€3,975.00
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The Askar 160APO sits nicely between the Askar 140 APO and the Askar 185 APO, offering a wide aperture while maintaining portability and ease of use.

The Askar 160APO has a triplet air-spaced APO lens design, including one piece of ED glass with 160mm aperture, 1120mm focal length, and F7 native focal ratio. The Askar 160APO comes with tube rings, handle, Losmandy dovetail and aluminium carry case. Optional flattener and reducer are available making this an extremely versatile telescope!

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Expanding Askar's excellent APO line further still is another large aperture option — the Askar 160APO Triplet Air-Spaced Refractor! Featuring ED glass, 160 mm of aperture, an f/7 focal ratio, and great chromatic aberration performance, this refractor is sure to impress. If you're looking for a long focal length refractor, read on to see why this 6.3" premium triplet from Askar is a standout option!

With a versatile 1120 mm focal length, large refractor aperture, and host of excellent supporting components, the Askar 160APO Triplet Air-Spaced Refractor makes an excellent optical base for your astronomy setup! Its 160 mm f/7 optics can bring a wide range of objects to your eyepiece in incredible detail, from the Moon, to the Pleiades, to the Whirlpool Galaxy. With a retractable, 4.5", rear tube section, you can bring these stunning stellar objects to your eyepiece or collapse this section for a binoviewer — or just to make transport and storage a bit simpler! Attached to this collapsible rear tube is a focuser to match this telescope's impressive aperture; a 3.5" rack and pinion dual-speed, electronic focuser ready, focuser equipped with two finder shoes and a 360° rotator. This ensures you can precisely hone in on your targets, perfectly frame astrophotos, and carry a number of handy accessories. For connecting your observing equipment this 3.5" focuser comes equipped with 2" and 1.25" visual adapters, covering a wide variety of popular and stellar equipment; with the retractable tube design providing additional space for binoviewers to be attached! Securely mounting this refractor to your mount is a set of rings and 15.7" mm D-style dovetail, with a multi-function top handle that gives you plenty of space to grab and mount additional accessories. If a big aperture, long focal length, refractor is what you're after, then this premium 1120 mm focal length option from Askar is for you!

Big on Aperture and Features!

The Askar 160APO Triplet Air-Spaced Refractor gives you more than just apochromatic optical performance and a sizeable refractor aperture; with a fully featured focuser built to match the expansive optics, retractable optical tube, and a host of other accessories that will provide you with a premium experience right out of the box.

160 mm Air-Spaced Triplet Optics

Powering this premium refractor are three large air-spaced elements that give you a sharp and well-color corrected portal into the skies above! Sitting behind its front 160 mm objective lens is an ED element that helps the triplet design tame chromatic aberration even further and placing this firmly in the apochromatic category. With an f/7 focal ratio, this telescope reaches 1120 mm in focal length. Pairing this with 2" or 1.25" eyepieces will bring you stellar views of larger objects like the Andromeda Galaxy and Orion Nebula, to medium and smaller sized targets like the Dumbbell Nebula, Pinwheel Galaxy, and Hercules Globular Cluster; all with common high, medium, and low magnification visual gear. With this, the Askar 160APO Triplet Air-Spaced is an excellent choice for those looking for a larger aperture, low maintenance, and well color corrected scope that can cover a wide range of celestial targets!

Collapsible Rear Section

To assist in storing and transporting the Askar 160APO, this telescope features a retractable tube segment! With a twist of the locking ring you can extend the focuser outwards an additional 4.5", putting it in the perfect position for your visual or imaging equipment and locking it in place with the same simple ring mechanism. This system features clear printing ahead of the ring indicating the lock/unlock directions, as well as silver knobs for "rudder-style" operation that makes loosening and securely tightening the large ring a breeze. This system allows the Askar 160APO to collapse down to 34.8" for easier handling and storage; but can also provide valuable in-travel for those interested in using accessories such as binoviewers which can sometimes be challenging with standard focuser ranges.

Large 3.5" Focuser

The perfect pairing for this telescope's expansive aperture, the Askar 160APO features a large 3.5" focuser! Powered by a rack and pinion mechanism, this focuser is smooth and secure, capable of moving stout equipment trains without issue. This is wide aperture focuser additionally features two finder shoes right out of the box, capable of carrying a finder/guide scope along with an unmagnified finder or popular WiFi Camera Control systems like the ZWO ASIAIR Plus (finders, guidescopes, and ASIAIR sold separately). With dual-speed knobs, focusing on the night sky by hand is a breeze; but for those looking for a more hands-off approach this focuser is EAF-ready out of the box! Askar has additionally added a 360° rotator to the focuser with indexing printing and a large textured locking thumbscrew to allow you to precisely angle your equipment and easily lock even heavy gear at the perfect angle.

Astrophotography Upgrades Available!

Turn your telescope into an incredible imaging platform with these corrective element accessories! Designed specifically for the Askar 160APO, the Askar 1x Field Flattener for 160APO Refractor and Askar 0.8x Reducer for 160APO Refractor will provide you with the maximum astrophotography performance this scope can provide. Both deliver flat field performance across sensors up to full-frame, and feature CNC construction for a robust addition to your 160APO!

What's In The Box

Included with your Askar 160APO scope are a number of excellent accessories that will help you build a fully featured setup right out of the box. In addition to the OTA and preinstalled finder shoes, you will receive a pair of sturdy scope rings, a 15.7" D-series dovetail bar, and a 12.4" top handle. In addition to giving you a solid grip point for moving the telescope, this handle also functions as a Synta-style mounting slot; giving you plenty of room to securely mount additional accessories in a sleek and convenient way. Finally, to keep the scope protected in transit or when not in use, Askar has included an aluminum case!

Specifications

Askar 160APO

Aperture size

160mm

Focal length

1120mm

Focal ratio

f/7

Objective lens

Triplet air-spaced APO (including one ED glass)

Total length

883mm (when the dew shield is contracted)
996mm (when the dew shield is stretched)

The length of the rear retractable lens tube

115mm

OTA weight

11.4kg

Gross weight (including tube ring and dovetail plate)

13.6kg

Rear-end thread type

2"/1.25" visual adapters

Standard package items

160APO OTA, pair of tube rings, handle, Askar 400mm Losmandy dovetail plate, aluminum box, manual

Telescope System
Optical Tube Only (OTA)
Telescope type
Apochromatic Refractor
Telescope Series
APO
Telescope Lens type
Triplet (3 lenses)
Telescope Aperture (mm)
160mm
Telescope Focal Length (mm)
1120mm
Telescope Focal Ratio (F)
F7

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Askar 160APO 140mm F7 1120mm triplet APO OTA

Askar 160APO 140mm F7 1120mm triplet APO OTA

The Askar 160APO sits nicely between the Askar 140 APO and the Askar 185 APO, offering a wide aperture while maintaining portability and ease of use.

The Askar 160APO has a triplet air-spaced APO lens design, including one piece of ED glass with 160mm aperture, 1120mm focal length, and F7 native focal ratio. The Askar 160APO comes with tube rings, handle, Losmandy dovetail and aluminium carry case. Optional flattener and reducer are available making this an extremely versatile telescope!

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