TS-Optics Protective Cover S for Dobsonians up to 8" and Telescopes with Fork Mount

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 TSTCG80 is suitable for, among others, the following telescopes:

Ideal for Dobsonian telescopes with 6" or 8" aperture

Schmidt-Cassegrain, EHD, ACF telescopes up to 8" aperture on fork mount - alt-azimuth as well as equatorial (with polar wedge)

Big binoculars or binocular refractor telescopes up to 100 mm aperture

Brand telescopes from TS-Optics, GSO, Bresser, Celestron, Meade, Orion, Omegon, Sky-Watcher, and similar.

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.