Key Takeaways:
- The Ceravolo 300 Astrograph is an 11.8-inch (300 mm) aperture Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain reflector telescope.
- Its construction incorporates a carbon-fiber tube, a fused-quartz primary mirror, and an Astro-Sital secondary mirror.
- The telescope was designed by Peter Ceravolo, a veteran optical designer with a history of contributions to the field, including work on the MOST space telescope.
- The Astrograph's design prioritizes wide-field imaging capabilities compatible with large CCD chips.
This review, “The Ceravolo 300 Astrograph: two scopes in one,” appeared in the August 2010 issue of Astronomy magazine
The field of astroimaging has exploded with equipment choices. One recent entry is the Ceravolo 300 Astrograph. Veteran amateur astronomers will recognize the name Peter Ceravolo, renowned optical designer who has designed and built systems for more than 30 years. He began Ceravolo Optical Systems in 1994. The company built the optics for Canada’s Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope. It also produced a line of Maksutov-Newtonian telescopes optimized for high-resolution visual work.
In 2003, Ceravolo saw a need for wide-field imaging that took advantage of large CCD chips. The first product of that work is the 300 Astrograph, and I jumped at the chance to test it.
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