Vaonis 80mm optical tube for Atlas
The Vaonis 80mm optical tube is an extra Atlas 80 mm imaging module (optics and sensor in one unit), with which you convert an Atlas Single into the Twin version. The module only works on the Vaonis Atlas mount (not included).
The second module for your Atlas
Do you have an Atlas Single? This 80 mm imaging module is identical to the first. You click it in next to the first in five seconds and without tools, and your Atlas becomes a Twin. The two modules look at the same object at the same time and collect twice as much light. You get the same image in half the time, and that makes a big difference with the faintest galaxies and nebulae, or when the night is short. The Gaia app recognises the module and combines the images automatically, so you don't have to set anything.
The same sharp optics
The module is an 80 mm apochromatic Petzval quadruplet with a focal length of 360 mm and f/4.5. With four lenses in three groups (two of fluorophosphate glass and one of lanthanum glass), without a mirror and without central obstruction. The sensor is a back-illuminated Sony IMX585 Starvis 2 (8.3 MP, 2.9 µm pixels), with a native field of view of 1.78° x 1.00° and up to 32 MP in mosaic mode. The filter drawer takes standard 1.25" filters and Vaonis filters (automatically detected).
*Please note*: You can only click this module onto the Vaonis Atlas mount. It does not work on its own and is not compatible with the Vespera, the Hestia or mounts from other brands.
