Membership Benefits
Equipment Loans.
PLEASE NOTE: Equipment loans are only available to members.
To borrow equipment please click the link on the desired telescope.
To join, visit the National RASC website’s member signup page, and choose the Mississauga Club.
ORION 8″ Dobsonian Manuals for Download
If you borrow one of the Orion 8″ Dobsonian telescopes, please download and read the manuals.
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200mm Explore Scientific Dobsonian
200mm Explore Scientific Dobsonian
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This 8" Dobsonian telescope provides an excellent way to see fainter objects, especially from a dark location. It's a fantastic all-rounder.
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On Loan | Until Thu Sep 19, 2024
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200mm Orion Dobsonian with Push-To Technology
200mm Orion Dobsonian with Push-To Technology
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This scope has a 7x50 finder scope, and 2" 28mm, 25, 10, 9mm eyepieces with a 2x barlow to assist members in learning the night sky. It comes with a NexYZ phone camera adapter in a padded case.
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Celestron C8 200mm Schmidt-Cassegrain and mount
Celestron C8 200mm Schmidt-Cassegrain and mount
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200mm aperture with good light-gathering ability to provide excellent views of planets and deep-sky objects.
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Explore Scientific FirstLight MAK127mm
Explore Scientific FirstLight MAK127mm
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A slow telescope at f/15 but the 1900mm focal length is great for looking at the planets. It is accompanied by a Celestron 8mm - 24mm zoom eyepiece and an AZ mount.
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On Loan | Until Thu Sep 19, 2024
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Nikon D3100 DSLR camera with 18-50 mm lens
Nikon D3100 DSLR camera with 18-50 mm lens
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D3100 can shoot approximately 3 frames per second; the high pixel count of D3100’s sensor produces photos of striking clarity, revealing all the nuance of the original scene with minimum noise
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On Loan | Until Mon Sep 16, 2024
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Skywatcher 120mm Achromatic Refractor with Bresser Goto Mount
Skywatcher 120mm Achromatic Refractor with Bresser Goto Mount
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For those looking to do some astrophotography we have a 600mm focal length achromatic refractor with a Goto Mount. Provide your own DSLR or Webcam Camera.
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On Loan | Until Mon Sep 16, 2024
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Unihedron Sky Quality Meter
Unihedron Sky Quality Meter
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The "Sky Quality Meter" measures the brightness of the night sky in magnitudes per square arcsecond.
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On Loan | Until Wed Feb 1, 2023