Ocal electronic collimator- the new, completely revolutionary telescope collimator!
The all-new and revolutionary collimator for your telescope. Ideal for the collimation of short focal length astrophotography optical systems, and highly sensitive cameras with extremely small pixels. These systems require very precise telescope alignment.
The Ocal collimator is an innovative tool that facilitates alignment in a completely new way.
Every Ocal collimator has an internal motor that moves the chip linearly. The software can be used to accurately adjust the focus during the individual alignment steps. You can align every element of the telescope without affecting the set-up or the imaging chain. Coloured centring circles can be selected and adjusted using the accompanying software. The software also controls the thickness of the circles' outline as well as the contrast and exposure of the live recording. Finally, a crosshair can be activated and rotated by the software. Thus, all the elements that require collimation can be focused and concentrically, and very precisely, aligned. The crosshair can also be used to assess the exact linear orientation of the secondary mirror spider.
The new version 4.0 of the OCAL collimator uses a larger front lens and a CMOS sensor. The new sensor is much more light-sensitive and has smaller pixels. This allows adjustment even in darker conditions. If the image is too bright, you can reduce the gain and exposure time.
Further improvements in version 4.0:
- Further increased resolution and imaging performance compared to all previous models.
- Unlike the first previous versions, the OCAL V4.0 has a decoupled camera module in industrial quality. This camera module is no longer connected to the circuit board. A completely new manufacturing technique allows this module to be installed in the OCAL MAX housing with the highest precision. The deviation during mounting is just 0.05 mm!
- The improved optics of the OCAL Version 4.0 ensure that critical areas can now be focused even better.
- The area in the centre around the OCAL lens is now easier to distinguish from the background. This allows for precise adjustment even under difficult conditions, for example when a centre mark obscures the lens. An additional black ring has been added to the housing for this purpose.
- The clarity of the image has been significantly improved. Especially with a corrector attached, the image is now much better than with previous models.
Every collimator is checked by our supplier before delivery, after which, each OCAL receives an inspection seal. Please do not remove this seal!
