ASA's new line of Cassegrain and Richtey Chrétien Systems

Cassegrain and RC telescopes are used by professional observatories, research institutions and universities. The most famous telescope in the world, the hubble space telescope - uses the Ritchey–Chrétien (RC) design. The telescopes which ASA has on offer - a design by Astrooptik Philipp Keller - have since years been considered the reference class in the professional and semi-professional area. [Read more]

ASA Remote Observatory:
Asteroid 2012 DA14

On Friday evening asteroid 2012 DA14 skimmed closer to our planet than any other known asteroid. The best Video of this event was taken by the ASA Remote controlled Observatory in Spain. Here one can see what a direct drive mount is able to do.
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WANTED: Astrophotographer of the year 2013

Astrophoto competition realized by ASA and Interstellarum magazine
Prizes in total value more than Euro 15.000,-!
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News on our Website

• Special Astrograph-Offer
  ASA celebrates 7 years ASA Astrographs. Take this unique offer: ASA 8" Hyperbolic Astrograph for only EUR 7.777,- [Read more]
  
  
• The new ASA-highlight: AZ800
  The new AZ800 attracting large numbers of visitors. Whether at the SPIE in Amsterdam or on the AME in Germany, the AZ800 is the eye-catcher. [Read more]


• Accurate tracking with MLPT
  MLPT is the current state of the art software to control ASA DDM mounts to render external guiding. [Read more]