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.

[2736]
10 inch f/6 Dobsonian
This scope requires an SUV or minivan to transport due to size and includes: 50 mm right-angle correct image finder scope; 4 eyepieces ( 40mm to 5 mm); x2 barlow; 4 filters.
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On Loan | Until Fri Oct 20, 2023
[2927]
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. More Information


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On Loan | Until Sun Oct 1, 2023
[738]
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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On Loan | Until Sat Sep 30, 2023
[747]
80mm H-Alpha Pressure Tuned Solar Telescope
Perfect for viewing prominences and filaments on the sun, this scope comes with a manual mount and eyepiece. Or, use your own goto mount for solar astrophotography.
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On Loan | Until Sun Oct 15, 2023
[2563]
Antares 1.25" Cheshire Collimator
Great for complete alignment of Newtonian telescope components and mirrors. It fits into standard 1 1/4 inch eyepiece sockets.
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Available for Loan
[872]
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 Thu Sep 21, 2023
[2859]
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. More Information


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On Loan | Until Thu Sep 28, 2023
[2561]
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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Available for Loan
[740]
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.
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On Loan | Until Tue Oct 31, 2023
[2558]
Unihedron Sky Quality Meter
The "Sky Quality Meter" measures the brightness of the night sky in magnitudes per square arcsecond.
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Available for Loan