The BRC-250 uses aspherical surfaces for both the primary and secondarymirrors, and when they are combined with two supplementary lenses,eliminates spherical aberration, coma & astigmatism with a flatfield. It gives a focal ratio of f/5 with a 100mm 5 image circle. Itproduces an amazing 2 micron stellar image at the center of the field.Thus making the BRC-250 the perfect instrument for CCD imaging. The100mm diameter image circle will accomodate the largest commerciallyavailable CCD cameras.
Thanks to 100 image circle, from 35mm to 4x5" format film can becovered. The BRC-250 is temperature compensated by using a space agestate-of-the-art carbon fiber tube which assures precise focus thatwill not change with temperature fluctuations.
The BRC-250 employs the Baker method to flatten the entire field ofview. However, because its primary and secondary mirrors arehyperbolic, production was difficult. Today, Takahashi's uniquetechnique in polishing non-spherical surfaces enables the first massproduction of Baker Ritchey Chretien
Specification:
Primary mirror: 260mm Hyperbolic with enhanced coatings
Secondary mirror: 120.5mm Hyperbolic with enhanced coatings
Focal length: 1268mm
Image circle: 100mm/5
Main tube: diameter of 280mm (11.02"), length 595mm (23.42") weight 15.6kg (34.32lbs)
Finder: 7x50, 6.3 field of view; with illuminator. 11x70, 4.2 finder is optional
Tube Material: Aluminum
Film formats usable: from 35mm all the way up to 4x5"
Focal Length: 1268mm
High reflectance aluminum protected coating
Obstruction: 0.49
Corrector: 2 lenses all surfaces multicoated
Image circle diameter illuminated on film: 100mm, 60% without vignetting
Photo resolution: 2 micron near centre; 10 micron at the outer edge
Field maximum: 4.5 on film format 4X5"
Tube weight: 15.6kg |