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3" Field Flattener .7x Focal Reducer (FFFR507X-00)

3" Field Flattener .7x Focal Reducer (FFFR507X-00) - Main image
$255.99 $399.99 In stock

Category: Astrophotography Accessories

Description

Explore Scientific’s 3-inch Field Flattener/0.7x Focal Reducer is a multi-faceted accessory designed to enhance your astrophotography experiences. As a field flattener, this piece addresses the edge-of-field aberrations caused by curved focal planes to ensure your night at the eyepiece will result in crisp, true images.

As a focal reducer, this device will reduce your f-ratio by 0.7, which results in a wider field of view, brighter images and less exposure time. Recommended for our 127mm and 152mm refracting telescopes, this field flattener/focal reducer boasts fully multi-coated optics and comes with 1 adapter.

The field flattener/focal reducer offers 55 mm of back focus from the rear flange. The M42x0.75 adapter is 6.25 mm thick.

While technically this was designed for the F/8 system, through user experiences and our subsequent testing we have concluded that our 3-inch field flattener/reducer performs very well with our F/7.5 refractors.

Specifications

Item Number FFFR507X-00
Weight 1.4lb; .64kg
Diameter 78.3mm
Height 90.1mm


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Customer Reviews (4.4 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Ellie O. ★★★★★

The stars in my images look much tighter after adding this to my rig, and going from f/7 to roughly f/5 has cut my total exposure time needed per target by about half.

Hannah R. ★★★★★

The threads on this 3-inch unit are machined perfectly smooth, threaded onto my focuser without a hint of tilt. Corners on my full-frame sensor look pin-sharp now, and the 0.7x reduction gave my imaging train a noticeably wider field for the same back focus.

Victoria R. ★★★★☆

The reduction in focal length has made framing my wider targets much easier, and the stars stay round across the whole frame. One less thing to worry about during processing.