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Skywatcher 8" Collapsible Dobsonian Telescope

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SKW-SWDOB200C
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SKW-SWDOB200C

The Skywatcher 8" Collapsible Dobsonian Telescope is a beginner-friendly telescope with massive light-gathering ability for impressive views of the Moon's craters, planets and Deep Sky Objects. With a collapsible 3-points tube design, get your telescope ready for the skies with just a few movements!

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    The Skywatcher 8" Collapsible Dobsonian Telescope represents a compelling blend of portability, affordability, and impressive light-gathering capability, making it a popular choice for both aspiring and seasoned stargazers. 

    Features

    • Aperture: 203mm (8") parabolic primary mirror delivers excellent light-gathering power for brighter and more detailed views.

    • Focal Length: 1200mm provides a moderate focal ratio of f/6, balancing a wide field of view with reasonable magnification potential.

    • Optical Design: Newtonian reflector offers inherent simplicity and cost-effectiveness while maintaining good image quality.

    • Dobsonian (Alt-Azimuth) Mount: Simple and user-friendly, offering intuitive manual pointing towards celestial objects.

    • Collapsible Truss Tube: Unique design collapses into two compact sections for effortless transport and storage, overcoming a common portability limitation of traditional Dobsonians.

    • Included Eyepieces: 25mm Super (48x magnification) and 10mm Super (120x magnification) provide a decent starting point for exploring various celestial objects.

    • 9x50 Finder Scope: Facilitates easy object location with its wide field of view, aiding in navigating the night sky effectively.

    • 2-inch Crayford Focuser: Smooth and precise focusing mechanism accommodates a wide range of eyepieces for versatility.

    • Parabolic Mirror Design: Improves image quality by minimising off-axis aberrations compared to spherical mirrors.

     

    The most amazing aspects of this telescope is the wide 8" parabolic newtonian mirror that delivers excellent light-gathering power and its long focal length of 1200mm, balancing a wide field of view with reasonable magnification potential. With its collapsible truss-tube design, a unique design collapses into two compact sections for effortless transport and storage, overcoming a common portability limitation of traditional dobsonians. With these features, the Skywatcher 8" Collapsible Dobsonian Telescope excels at showcasing various celestial wonders, including planets, deep sky objects and double stars. 

    • Planets: Observe the intricate details of Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Saturn's rings, and the phases of Venus with clarity.

    • Deep-Sky Objects: Explore the grandeur of nebulae, the intricate dust lanes of galaxies, and the sparkling clusters of stars.

    • Double Stars: Resolve close binary systems and witness the contrasting colors of individual stars within them.

     

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    About Sky-Watcher

    Contemporary telescope-making has advanced the simple optical designs early scopes to revolutionary, state of the art. The Sky-Watcher company believes Telescopes of quality make should no longer be expensive, but accessible to everyone. Sky-Watcher philosophy has always been to bring the vast wonders of the skies within reasonable reach of anyone with enough curiosity and courage to look up and imagine. Sky-Watcher scopes come in a large range of observational applications - from 10"Dobsonians to spotting scopes for land use. 

    Product Code: SKW-SWDOB200C

     

     

    More Information
    Optical DesignNewtonian Reflector
    Aperture203mm
    Focal Length1200mm
    Focal RatioF/6.0
    Highest Magnification400x
    Faintest Stellar Magnitude14.6
    Resolving Power816x
    Mount TypeDobsonian mount
    Eyepiece 1Super 25mm
    Eyepiece 2Super 10mm
    Finderscope MakeSkywatcher 9x50
    Tube Length1200mm (folded 835mm)
    Electronic Hand ControlNo
    Motor DriveNo
    Warranty Information5 Years
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    What's In The Box

    • Skywatcher 8" Collapsible Telescope Tube
    • Dobsonian Mount
    • 9x50 Finderscope
    • Two eyepieces: 10mm and 25mm Super Plossl
    • 2" to 1.25" Eyepiece adapter with M42 thread
    • 2" Tube extension
    • User Manual