TEC APO 160 f/7 Fluorit Apochromat

APO160FL - is the next step in size after APO140ED, keep in mind there is quite a difference in price here for the improvements in color correction. This scope by style is a scaled version of the APO14O, but of different optical design, is slightly longer and heavier, and may require a larger mount. APO160FL has excellent color correction thanks to glass combined with Fluorite as a middle element
The advantages of Fluriot to ED glass: less adsorption or rather more transmission
The APO 160 has number of features that in a given combination are rarely found in one scope:
- Precision apochromatic objective with modern coating that makes lenses almost invisible
- Retractable Dew Shield
- Light weight tube assembly
- FeatherTouch 360° rotatable focuser with coarse and fine focusing
- Collet type eyepiece holder
Pictures taken with TEC APO 160 FL
Specifications
| Clear aperture | 6.3" / 160 mm |
| Focal length | 1120 mm |
| Focal ratio | 7.0 |
| Image scale | 3.1 arc min/mm |
| Field curvature | 420mm |
| Resolution (theoretical) | 0.75 arc sec |
| Focuser | Feather Touch 3545 |
| Eyepiece holder | 2" Collet type |
| Focusing range | 4.5" / 114 mm |
| One turn focus travel | Coarse 21.5 mm / Fine 2.3 mm |
| Back focus distance | 6.7" / 180 mm |
| Focuser load capacity | 10 lb |
| Tube assembly diameter | 5.9" / 163 mm |
| Dew shield dia. | 8" / 202 mm |
| TA length (shortest) | 39.4" / 1000 mm |
| OTA weight | 24 lb / 11 kg |
| Lens coatings: | Broad band 5 layers antireflection coating (BBAR) |
Recommended 0.72x Telecompressor Corrector # 140 5372 of Astro Physics

This Reducer/Corrector reduces the focal length of the 160 FL from 1.120 mm to 800 mm and gives you a focal ratio of f/5. For a full frame camera (24 x 36 mm), this results in a field of view of 1.7 x 2.6 degree at an image circle of 50 mm, diffraction limited and free of vignetting.
TEC APO 160 f/7 Fluorite Apochromat
Product Details
- SKU1351010
- EAN Code4047825018953
- ManufacturerTEC
- Net weight (kg)12.90
Optics
- Aperture160mm (6.3")
- Backfocus6.7" (180mm)
- Focal Length1120 mm
- Focal Ratiof/7
- Image Scale3.1 arcmin / mm
- Length of tube1000 mm
- Optical DesignApochromatic Refractor
- Optical length (mm)39.4" (1000 mm)
- Optical Tube Weight24lb (12 kg)
- Tube diameter (max)6.42" (163 mm)
Included Items
- FocuserFeather Touch 3545










