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APM 3.7" Deluxe Rack & Pinion Focuser with Ball Bearings

Name: APM 3.7" Deluxe Rack & Pinion Focuser with Ball Bearings
Brand: APM
SKU: APM-37-Deluxe
Price: 679 EUR

The APM alternative to the Starlight Feather Touch FTF 3545 refractor focuser - high-end focuser for refractors

Ball bearing mounted focuser with rack and pinion drive

100 mm drawtube travel

Shifting-free support and precise adjustment even at maximum load

Bearing and adjustment are separated from each other

Adjustment via helical pinion

1:10 speed reduction for precise focusing for astrophotography

Connection at telescope side: dovetail ring with 116 mm outer diameter

M100x1 female connection thread in the drawtube

360° rotation with M100x1 thread (male), camera-side connection M82x1 thread (female)

M63x1, M68x1 connection threads (female) and of course 2" and 1.25" receptacle

Diameter of the drawtube: 110 mm

We will be happy to adapt the focuser to your telescope for you - item. no. Sonder125

Manufacturer: APM

Product number: APM-37-Deluxe

EUR 679,00

incl. 19 % VAT (DE)

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Product expected to be available from 17.05.2024

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APM 3.7" Deluxe Rack & Pinion Focuser with Ball Bearings

The APM alternative to the Starlight Feather Touch FTF 3545 refractor focuser - high-end focuser for refractors

Ball bearing mounted focuser with rack and pinion drive

100 mm drawtube travel

Shifting-free support and precise adjustment even at maximum load

Bearing and adjustment are separated from each other

Adjustment via helical pinion

1:10 speed reduction for precise focusing for astrophotography

Connection at telescope side: dovetail ring with 116 mm outer diameter

M100x1 female connection thread in the drawtube

360° rotation with M100x1 thread (male), camera-side connection M82x1 thread (female)

M63x1, M68x1 connection threads (female) and of course 2" and 1.25" receptacle

Diameter of the drawtube: 110 mm

We will be happy to adapt the focuser to your telescope for you - item. no. Sonder125

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APM 3.7" RAP Focuser

The quality of this focuser comes close to the well-known Feather Touch focusers from Starlight. The large focuser allows even using full-frame size and medium-format cameras without vignetting, of course with suitable correctors.

Drawtube with rack & pinion drive - no friction - no bending like the Crayford focuser.

Internal baffles against reflections

Clear aperture: 102 mm

Drawtube travel: 100 mm

360° Rotation for optimal selection of the field of view

Self-centering 2" adapter for correct clamping on the optical axis

Connection thread for photo adaptions: M100x1 thread (female), M82x1 thread (female), M63x1 thread (female), M68x1 ZEISS style thread (female)

Lengths, retracted, measured from flange of the 116 mm dovetail ring:

60 mm to the end of the internal M100 thread (no rotation possible)

91.5 mm to the end of the internal M82 thread (rotation possible from here on)

105.5 mm to the end of the internal M63 thread

114.2 mm to the end of the internal M68 thread

138.9 mm to the end of the 2" adapter

Connection at the telescope side:	Dovetail ring with 116 mm outer diameter
Connection threads at camera side:	M100x1 (non rotatable), M82x1, M63x1 and M68x1 thread (all four female)
Connector at eyepiece side:	2" with compression ring - self centering
Minimal height (retracted):	60 mm (end of M100 thread)
Maximum height (retracted):	138.9 mm (end of 2" adapter)
Drawtube travel:	100 mm
Clear aperture:	102 mm with anti-reflection thread
Speed reduction:	1/10 micro transmission
Payload:	up to 9 kg
Weight with rotation adapter:	2.5 kg