MODULAR TELESCOPES
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Modular TelescopesLunt LS60MT Modular Telescope Starter Package
Buy on AmazonFeaturing Best in Class Resolution and Professional Grade Optics Configuration
- Includes:
- LS60MT Telescope with Hydrogen Alpha Module
- B600 Blocking Filter
- 1.25″ Star Diagonal
- Lunt 16mm Eyepiece
- 2″ to 1.25″ Adapter
- 4″ Dovetail
- Clamshell with 1/4-20 thread
- 4.2mm Image Size
- >.65a Bandpass (Single Stack)
- >.45a Bandpass (Double Stack)
- Use with: Hydrogen Alpha, CaK and White Light Filters, Standard Star Diagonal (night and terrestrial use)
- 420mm Focal Length
- ED Doublet Refractor, FPL51
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Modular TelescopesLunt LS80MT Modular Telescope H-Alpha Pressure Tuned
The New Lunt LS80MT Modular Telescope, featuring Best in Class Resolution and Professional Grade Optics Configuration
- 5.6mm Image Size
- >.65a Bandpass (Single Stack)
- >.45a Bandpass (Double Stack)- SFPT
- Use with: Hydrogen Alpha, CaK and White Light Filters, Standard Star Diagonal (night and terrestrial use)
- 560 Focal Length
- ED Doublet Refractor, FPL53
(0 reviews)$3,875.00 – $4,725.00 Select options -
Modular TelescopesLunt LS100MT Modular Telescope Advanced Package
Buy on AmazonThe New Lunt LS100MT Advanced Package, featuring Best in Class Resolution and Professional Grade Optics Configuration
- 7.1 Image Size
- >.65a Bandpass (Single Stack)
- >.45a Bandpass (Double Stack)- SFPT
- Starlight Feather Touch Focuser (Standard)
- Use with: Hydrogen Alpha, CaK and White Light Filters, Standard Star Diagonal (night and terrestrial use)
- 714 Focal Length
- Triplet ED Refractor, FPL 53
- F/7 Ratio
- Weight: 12.7lbs
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Modular TelescopesLunt LS100MT Modular Telescope H-Alpha Pressure Tuned
The New Lunt LS100MT Modular Telescope, featuring Best in Class Resolution and Professional Grade Optics Configuration
- 7.1 Image Size
- >.65a Bandpass (Single Stack)
- >.45a Bandpass (Double Stack)- SFPT
- Includes: 8″ Dovetail, New Red Dot Handle, Mounting Ring Assembly
- Starlight Feather Touch Focuser (Standard)
- Use with: Hydrogen Alpha, CaK and White Light Filters, Standard Star Diagonal (night and terrestrial use)
- 714 Focal Length
- Triplet ED Refractor, FPL 53
- F/7 Ratio
- Weight: 12.7lbs
(0 reviews)$5,675.00 – $7,019.00 Select options -
Night ProductsLunt LS130MT Solar Telescope H-Alpha Pressure Tuned
Featuring Best in Class Resolution and Professional Grade Optics Configuration
- 130mm Triplet APO Refractor, Ohara FPL51
- > 9mm Image Size
- <.65a Bandpass (Single Stack)
- <.45a Bandpass (Double Stack)
- Use with: CaK and White Light Filters
- 910mm Focal Length
- 34” Overall Length
- Lead Time: 2-3 Months Lead Time
(1 review)$6,995.00 – $11,534.00 Select options
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Lunt Solar Systems
Welcome to Lunt Solar Systems. We are the worlds leading provider of solar telescopes. Our proprietary Doppler Tuning is unmatched by any other manufacture for quality and viewing performance. When you buy Lunt, you are buying the best available solar telescope in its class.
Lunt products were used to by NASA to image the 2017 USA Eclipse from Carbondale. Lunt standard products have also been used in the past by NASA for the transit of Venus and Mercury, and by National Geographic for the Easter Island Eclipse. All of which were very successful live streaming events. Our products are ideally suited to imaging due to the ability get full disk images, rapid Doppler tuning, and ease of CCD adaptation to our systems.
We dedicate ourselves to providing high quality products for the hobbyist and armature astronomer. All of our solar telescopes use a redundant system of filters for maximum safety. Whether you’re a newcomer to the world of astronomy or a keen observer of the skies, you can’t find a high quality solar telescope or telescope accessories. Lunt Solar Telescopes are built in the USA for those that desire to take in the full beauty of the sun.
WE ARE SAFETY APPROVED
When you buy Lunt Solar Systems, you can be absolutely certain that you’re buying a 100% safety approved product. All our products are ISO safety approved and SUNsafe certified, which makes it easier to find everything you need to take in a safe view of solar activity.
TELESCOPE BASICS
Choosing a Solar Telescope Depending on your Seeing Conditions
Seeing Conditions Choosing the solar telescope that is right for you [...]
Choosing the right Eyepiece for your Solar Telescope
Choosing the right Eyepiece Choosing the right eyepiece will [...]
White Light Filter for Solar Viewing
White Light Filter for Solar Viewing A White Light Filter is another [...]
How to Safely View the Sun
How to Safely View the Sun The Sun can do irreparable damage to your [...]
Why a Dedicated Solar Telescope?
Why buy a Dedicated Solar Telescope Do I need a dedicated solar [...]
Choosing the Right Blocking Filter
Choosing the Right Blocking Filter Choosing the right blocking filter [...]
Choosing the Right Focuser for your Solar Telescope
Choosing the Right Focuser There are a few choices when it comes to [...]
Pressure Tuning vs Tilt Tuning
Pressure Tuning vs Tilt Tuning There are two tuning methods that Lunt [...]
Why Double Stack?
Double Stack vs Single Stack There are advantages and disadvantages [...]
Components of a Lunt Solar Telescope
Components of a Lunt Solar Telescope There are a number of choices [...]
Replacing a Blue Glass Filter
How to replace a blue glass filter If you have owned your scope for a [...]
Replacing the Pressure Tuner O-Rings
Replacing the Pressure Tuner O Rings One of the maintenance issues [...]
LUNT NEWS
Why does Lunt have PPE?
Lunt takes safety very seriously. I have been in the Solar Safety [...]
How a Lunt Etalon is Made (Part 1)
Lunt Etalons are precision crafted at our manufacturing facility in [...]
We’re proud of our Etalons
Instrument: SPEX 1.26M Monochrometer Here is an image of one [...]
There’s more to the Eye than Specifications
Lunt Solar products are a lot more than the specification that you [...]
An Explanation of the Steps to Buying a Solar Telescope
Step 1: Getting Started This guide will take you through the steps of [...]
A Simplified Explanation of Solar Telescopes
If you have an interest in getting into Solar Astronomy you probably [...]
GEOASTRORV – Visiting Lunt Solar Systems in Tucson
We were super excited to host our visitors from GEOASTRORV. Check [...]
The Transit of Mercury, November 2019
Set your calendar for the Transit of Mercury! Mercury, for the first [...]
Your New Lunt Solar Telescope Arrived! Now What?
Now that your new Lunt Solar Telescope has arrived, it’s [...]
Double Stack Filters vs Single Stack Filter (part 3)
(continued from part 2) FWHM At the FWHM, or the 42.5%T point: The [...]
Double Stack Filters vs Single Stack Filter (part 2)
continued from part 1 Uniformity of the etalon plates To continue [...]
Double Stack Filters vs Single Stack Filter (part 1)
It is often stated that once you look through a Double Stacked Solar [...]
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