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Starizona Hyperstar 4 & Filter Slider Kit for Celestron C8 Edge HD

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SKU: STZ-HS4-C8HD-FS
$1,128.00

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Disclaimer: Starizona Hyperstars take time to manufacturer as they are a custom product. Typically, this process takes a few weeks. You may contact the High Point Scientific staff at 800-266-9590 or send an email for a more accurate lead time prior to placing the order. Otherwise, the High Point processing team will reach out once an order is placed with lead time information.

Starizona HyperStar 4 for Celestron 8” Edge HD
with Filter Slider Kit

Starizona's HyperStar 4 allows you to campture images 25 times faster when using your Celestron 8” EdgeHD optical system! Simply remove the secondary mirror on a Celestron 8" EdgeHD and replace it with the HyperStar 4 to experience faster imaging than you ever thought possible. Removing the secondary takes only a few minutes with no tools required. There is even a holder for the secondary included to keep the optics safe when not in use. Once the secondary has been removed, simply mount the HyperStar in its place, add your choice of camera (APS-format or smaller), and start imaging at f/1.9. You will experience a much wider field of view as well as lightning speed exposures. When it comes time to replace your secondary, no collimation is required. The secondary lens is indexed so you will know its proper orientation.

With the HyperStar 4, you will be blown away by how fast your imaging times become. For example, an exposure that takes 25 minutes at f/10, or 10 minutes at f/6.3, will take less than 60 seconds at f/1.9! Saving time is not the only benefit of imaging with HyperStar, however. The greatest advantage of consistently fast exposure times has to do with guiding, or should I say, the lack of guiding! The longer an exposure becomes, the more likely it will suffer from tracking errors, accidental bumps to the telescope, and other problems that cause out of focus images or star trails. However, with typical exposure times of 20 - 60 seconds, guiding is usually unnecessary.

This Starizona HyperStar Kit comes with the Filter Slider, which allows you to use multiple filters while imaging without removing the camera. Most filter wheels are too big to use with HyperStar; they block too much of the telescope’s aperture. The Starizona Filter Slider is built expressly for HyperStar imaging. It is only 0.69” thick and weighs just 5 ounces. The filter slider is round and smooth, with nothing to stick out and get in way of the light path. The HyperStar side of the filter holder has female M48 threads and the camera side has male T-threads. See a list of compatible cameras below.

The included filter holder slides in and out of the filter slider body. Magnets hold the filter holder firmly in place yet allow easy filter change-out at any time. The included filter holder will hold 2” mounted filters with a standard 48 mm thread.

HyperStar 4 Specifications

  • Focal Length: 390 mm
  • Focal Ratio: f/1.9
  • Field of View (with 28 mm sensor): 4.1 degrees
  • Camera Adapter Threaded for 2" (48 mm) Filters
  • Back focus: 39.8
  • Maximum Usable Sensor Size: 28 mm Diagonal (APS Format)
  • Weight: 2.1 lb
  • Length (without camera adapter): 4.5"
  • Diameter: 4.3"

When ordering your HyperStar it is important to specify the camera being used in the drop down above. If your camera is not included in the drop-down, please enter it manually in the field provided. If we have any questions or concerns a member of our telescope customer service team will contact you. While HyperStar lens assembly works with a various amount of cameras, some of them require different adapters. The proper adapter will be included, and so will a holder for safe storage of the secondary mirror while imaging.