Antares Accessories

A very simple 1.25" - T Thread adaptor. To be used in conjunction with a T Mount for connecting your camera directly to your telescope. The T Mounts are available separately from us.

The bracket has a clever two-screw spring-loaded adjustment system that allows precise and quick calibration with the main instrument - robust enough to remain in perfect collimation after the telescope is stored ready for the next observing session.

This is a nice red and white LED variable brightness torch. You can easily switch from red and white and the wheel on it makes it easy to turn the brightness down.

Because the moon is so bright, this filter is used to dull the image down to make it acceptable to look at. Screws onto all 1.25" and 2" eyepieces.

The Plossl eyepiece is by far the most popular ocular in use today. With its 4-element symmetrical doublet design, it has low aberrations with almost every type of instrument.

High quality well made 1.25" extension tube. This handy adaptor allows you to push back your optical train in order to achieve focus. The adaptor is provides an extra 1.75" of extra focus travel.

High quality well made 1.25" extension tube. This handy adaptor allows you to push back your optical train in order to achieve focus. The adaptor is provides an extra 2" of extra focus travel.

This useful adaptor is 2 in 1. The barrell at the bottom unscrews to give a simple 1.25" - T Thread adpator. Leave it on however, and you can also do some eyepiece projection.

A high quality made Mak - SCT thread adpators. Allows you to use SCT threaded accessories such as focal reducers, diagonals & crayford focusers etc on Maksutov telescopes.

A high quality made 2" - T Thread adaptor. With a T mount, this adaptor allows you to connect your SLR camera directly to a 2" drawtube on your telescope.

High quality 2" extension tubes with twist lock facility. These are used for achieving focus when you don't have enough focus travel. They are very well made with a centralizing twist lock locking system at the top.

This 1.25in filter consists of two joined polarized filters that provide continuously from about 2% to 40% as the rotating filter is adjusted. Great for lunar viewing without ruining your dark adaptation from staring at a bright image.

This is a 2" - 1.25" adaptor with twist lock for centering eyepieces and collimators for precise set up. Very high build quality and easy to use. The top silver ring completely unscrews to reveal T Thread turning it into a 2" - T Thread adaptor also.

45° Erecting Prisms include an internal flat mirror to reflect light to the telescope's 90° astronomical observing position; in this position the telescope's image is upright, but reversed.

Great value for money fully multicoated 6 x 30 finderscope. Comes complete with bracket which is a universal Synta fit. To check compatibility, please call us. The finder is internally baffled.

Upgrades your existing cheap prism or mirror diagonal (ie the ones you commonly get bundled with telescopes) for vastly improved resolution at the eyepiece.