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

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 Jan 2, 2025

[3223]
200mm Orion Dobsonian with Push-To Technology

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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Available for Loan

[3232]
80mm H-Alpha Pressure Tuned Solar Telescope

On Loan | Until Thu Dec 19, 2024

[3236]
Antares 1.25" Cheshire Collimator

Available for Loan

[3938]
Celestron 6” SkyProdigy 130 Computerized Telescope

Repairs | Until Tue Nov 30, -0001

[3240]
Celestron C8 200mm Schmidt-Cassegrain and mount

200mm aperture with good light-gathering ability to provide excellent views of planets and deep-sky objects.
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On Loan | Until Sat Nov 16, 2024

[3245]
Explore Scientific FirstLight MAK127mm

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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Available for Loan

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Nikon D3100 DSLR camera with 18-50 mm lens

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 Wed Nov 20, 2024

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Skywatcher 120mm Achromatic Refractor with Bresser Goto Mount

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.
Download Manual (PDF)
Download Bresser Manual (PDF)
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On Loan | Until Thu Dec 12, 2024

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Unihedron Sky Quality Meter

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