TS-Optics Protective Cover for small telescopes up to 80 cm length and spotting scopes - short version

TS-Optics high-quality Protective Cover for telescopes, with fixing strap

Telescope covers from Teleskop-Service offer perfect protection for your telescope against dust and moisture from above. It is an ideal protection if you want to leave it outside for a short term or store it in the cellar or garage. Just put the cover over the mounted telescope and pull the fixing strap at the bottom side. Thus the cover cannot fly away anymore and it is well closed.

The TSTCS05 is suitable for, among others, the following telescopes:

All spotting scopes on photo tripods

Compact telescopes like refractors up to 120 mm aperture f/5 or compact Newtonian telescopes up to 150 mm aperture

All Schmidt-Cassegrain or Maksutov telescopes up to 150 mm aperture

Particularly well suited if only the telescope and perhaps the mount head have to be covered

Practical tip from Teleskop-Service:

You should not use a waterproof telescope cover as permanent solution for covering your telescope out of a house or an observatory. As a precaution against condensate marks, you can cover the telescope with a cotton cloth (old bed sheet) before pulling over the waterproof cover.

Question:
Do the protective covers also provide protection in the rain?

Answer from Teleskop-Service:
The protective covers are water-repellent, but moisture can penetrate during heavy rain. The main purpose of the covers is to protect against dust, light moisture and sunlight. If you want to leave the telescope set up for a longer time, for example at a telescope meeting, we recommend three layers:

1. An old linen bed sheet on the telescope, this absorbs the stagnant moisture of the night and prevents condensation.
2. The protective cover, which provides protection from most environmental influences.
3. If the weather is unstable (risk of rain), you should put an additional plastic cover over it to prevent water from entering.

Always fasten the whole thing well, so that everything remains firm in the wind.