The Polish telescope manufacturer Taurus is offering digital setting circles (DSCs) for upgrading their Dobsonian telescopes. This accessory provides the telescope with constant information about the position of its axes. If you simply connect your smartphone to the telescope, in a planetarium app you can see which area of the sky your telescope is looking at.
Taurus Dobsonian with DSC system
Of course, its inverse application is more interesting: Find an interesting object in the planetarium app and let your smartphone show you how you should move the telescope in order to observe this object through the eyepiece. This approach is also known as PushTo. You can find all PushTo telescopes here in the shop.
The Bluetooth and WiFi DSC system in detail
Your Taurus telescope can be fitted with a DSC at any time. However, we also offer all models with pre-installed DSC here: Taurus Dobson telescopes with PushTo.
Alongside the DSC encoders, Taurus also offers two other upgrade options:
These accessories can also be delivered pre-installed so that you don’t have to get your hands dirty.
In order not to get lost in the extensive selection of Taurus Dobsonians, you can tell which accessories are pre-installed by the product name:
- Telescopes with the abbreviation SMH in their name are equipped with secondary mirror heating (SMH).
- Telescopes labelled DSC (short for digital setting circles) are compatible with PushTo.
- If the product name includes CF, the primary mirror is fitted with a cooling fan.
For example, the Taurus Dobsonian N 504/2150 T500 Professional SMH DSC CF features secondary mirror heating, digital setting circles and a primary mirror cooling fan.
We will gladly help you to select the right Taurus Dobsonian telescope for you. What you also need is a little patience as your Dobsonian is only manufactured when you place your order – they don’t stock mass-produced telescopes.
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