microsTelevue - Quality Focusers & Accessories - Astronomy

Please reference the table below to help you select which product is right for you. We've identified the major telescope types and listed which draw tube lengths have been known to work for scopes of that type. Before purchasing your focuser, however, you should make sure that the focuser you select will have room for your particular set up. As always, if you have any questions, or need help in selecting the right product, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Starlight Instruments Basic Product Selection Matrix 7.15.08

Newtonian

Schmidt-Cassegrain

Refractor 2"

Refractor 3"

Micro

*1.5"

*2.0"

*2.5"

*0.8"	*1.5"
What model do I need?

*1.5"

*2.0"

*2.5"

*3.5"

For Tak

For Tele Vue

* Note: measurement represents length of draw tube, in inches

Micro Refractor Televue

(Fits Most Tele Vue Brand Models)

Model TVRF	Model TVRFB

Base Model	Base Model With Internal Brake System
$219.50	$249.50

Standard Features

Ultra-smooth coarse/fine focus knobs (10:1 Ratio)

Redesigned Hardened Stainless Steel reduction assembly for improved reliability and toughness

Black anodized aluminum Pinion Housing beautifully designed, machined and laser engraved

Large coarse anodized aluminum focus knobs with machined knurled diameter for superior feel and gripping action

Composite anodized aluminum fine focus knob for superior inertial feel

Anodized aluminum fine focus knob

Ultra-Low backlash system for accurate control

Easy to install and adjustable for reliable and optimum performance

Available Now!

Starlight Instruments, Inc. is proud to introduce its TVRF line for Refractor applications that improves the focusing precision of the Beautiful and High Performance Tele Vue Refractors!

We are pleased to announce the Starlight Instruments TVRF and TVRFB Feather Touch Micro Pinion Assembly. The TVRF (TeleVue Retro Fit) Micro Pinion Assemblies can be used on virtually all TeleVue focusers. This installation improves the performance of the telescopes fine optics by allowing precision focusing pioneered by Starlight Instruments Inc. We have been making and perfecting the fine focus mechanisms for our focusers for 15 years and have gained a reputation for producing products of unparalleled precision and quality. This new development now allows TeleVue refractors to be upgraded with our newly designed Feather Touch^® Micro Pinion Assemblies. Don’t settle for anything but a Feather TouchTouch^®!

Technical Specifications:

The TVRF and TVRFB utilize an aesthetically pleasing machined Pinion Assembly that can be retrofitted TeleVue telescopes to bring together form and function. Just imagine the rigidity of having an entire pinion assembly mated to these beautiful telescopes at a truly affordable price.

These units use the existing Tele Vue pinion with the Starlight Instruments Inc. 10:1 fine focus mechanism.
This mechanism has been improved and perfected to allow greater precision, reliability and toughness. All materials are the best available and no short cuts are ever taken. The installation is easy and will allow you to now achieve the same level of performance with these telescopes as many Feather Touch^® focuser owners have experienced on theirs.
These units utilize anodized aluminum for corrosion protection and are beautifully designed and laser engraved. All high load parts are made from hardened stainless steel for long life, reliability and toughness.