backfocus.tools

Back focus and spacer calculator for astrophotography

Find spacers for your telescope and camera using manufacturer-sourced figures. Already have a filter wheel, OAG or rotator? Add its installed thickness to calculate the spacing you have left. You can also enter your own camera and corrector distances.

Using Askar 103APO 0.8x Full-frame Reducer · 55.0 mm required back focus. Check the documented configuration ↗ Different output adapter? Use “Enter my own figures”.

Equipment already installed

Add your wheel, drawer, OAG, rotator or adapters to find the spacing left to fill. Enter the installed distance between mounting faces, in mm—not the overall body length. Only include equipment between the corrector’s measuring face and the camera’s mounting face.

Don’t add a plate or adapter again if its thickness is already included in the camera distance or the corrector’s measurement. Changing a plate may also change the connection.

Up to 8 components · user-entered figures
Where do I measure from?

Required back focus runs from the corrector’s documented measuring face to the sensor. Camera distance runs from the selected camera mounting face to the sensor. Accessories use the distance they add when fully installed between those faces. Upstream equipment is outside this budget. If you change the corrector’s output adapter, use “Enter my own figures” with the distance for that exact configuration.

Select only the filter in the light path. If your quoted target already includes compensation for that filter, select “No filter” to avoid adding it twice.

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Back focus, explained

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Fluorostar 91

Gran Turismo 71

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