MOAG means Manual Off-Axis Guider, a non-moving part of your optical train.
This smaller member of our off-axis
guider product line is specifically designed to be integrated with SBIG
adaptive optics (AO) devices, including the ST/AO8 and STL/AO-L
systems. AO technology allows fast guiding that can dramatically lead
to sharper stars and finer detail. The MOAG can also be used as a
stand-alone guider for any camera. For stand-alone applications
involving KAI11000XM and larger detectors, we recoonmmend the
MonsterMOAG or MegaMOAG.
See below for testimonial from New Mexico
Skies for our MOAG off-axis-guider
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MOAG-A with STL and AO-L
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MOAG-ST with ST and AO8
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GOALS
- Take full advantage of AO technology
- Faster AO guiding for better resolution
- Guide in front of your filters
- More guide stars with unfiltered light
- Guide in the main optical beam
- Avoid differential flexture and cost of guide scope
- Fixed guider position for automated data acquisition
FEATURES AND MODELS
- MOAG-ST for SBIG ST/AO8 with T-thread adaptor
- MOAG-A for SBIG STL/AOL with 2" STL adaptor
- MOAG-S stand-alone with AP 2.7"-24 M/F adaptors
- Dovetail adaptors to rotate and align MOAG
- 2.5" backfocus for ST/AO8 or STL/AO-L
- Helical focuser for easy focusing of guide camera
- Removeable (barlow) lens to extend focus
- Solid construction - no flexture
- Optional eyepiece extension
- Optional short 1.25" nosepiece holder
"Something like 25% of our 40
client scopes are now equipped with an Astrodon MOAG and SBIG AO
system, and more will follow as Imagers discover what a MOAG can do." Mike Rice, New Mexico Skies
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MOAG-A with STL/AO-L on 24" RCOS RC
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Better View of 24" RCOS
RC on Fork Mount
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"Precision
guiding with large, long-focal-length telescopes (like our 24" RCOS
F10.0) can be a real challenge. New Mexico Skies reccommends and prefers SBIG AO products (like the AO-L) in conjunction with Astrodon MOAG products. The MOAG gives
us a bright front-of-filter guide star image that is easy to guide
especially using the AO-L with high cycle rates. Imagine being able to guide using one of Astrodon's new 3nm narrow-band filters at 10 reps per second. The ability to capture very fine detail in a perfectly guided narrow band image is wonderful. The MOAG makes impossible AO guiding situations EASY". Mike Rice, New Mexico Skies
