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∙ Price £549 ∙ Optics Multi-coated, built-in glass white-light solar filter ∙ Aperture 80mm ∙ Focal length 400mm, f/5 ∙ Mount Go-To solar tracking, 16x and 1,200x slewing speeds, 0.625 arcsecond resolution ∙ Extras Solar finder, filter wheel, filters, 90º diagonal, accessory tray, Vixen-style dovetail, smartphone holder ∙ Weight 1.75kg; 4.05kg with mount and tripod ∙ Supplier Optical Vision Ltd ∙ Email info@opticalvision.co.uk ∙ www.opticalvision.co.uk. Solar astronomers require specialist equipment to safely view the Sun. In a market of solar telescopes, high-end filters and Herschel wedges, it's fairly unusual to see budget equipment. However, Acuter has come up trumps with its Solarus 80 refractor.
This solar telescope comes complete with built-in white-light filter, solar finder, diagonal, zoom eyepiece, smartphone adaptor and a filter wheel pre-loaded with colour filters.…