Skywatcher HERITAGE-100P Tabletop Parabolic Dobsonian Telescope

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Skywatcher HERITAGE-100P Tabletop Parabolic Dobsonian Telescope

Skywatcher HERITAGE-100P Tabletop Parabolic Dobsonian Telescope

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This 4-inch tabletop Dobsonian from Sky-Watcher comes with 25mm and 10mm eyepieces, a 2x Barlow lens and a red-dot finder. Naturally, budget dobsonian telescopes are usually a hit with novice stargazers and even kids. So most customers were very pleased with both the low price range as well as how easy the model is to set up. Another factor that people can’t stop talking about is how light it is. The telescope is small and light enough not to be an inconvenience. However, experts and experienced stargazers couldn’t help but notice that the scope keeps shifting and needs frequent refocusing and you also can’t quite see Saturn’s rings. Should You Buy It? Obviously, at this point, you’re probably wondering why more scopes aren’t sold in this configuration. The answer is that it does inevitably come with compromises that not all users are willing to contend with. The first, obviously, is the large amount of stray light that can get into the tube. The scope does have a baffle directly across from the focuser that prevents light from shining directly into it, but light pollution, moonlight, and even the glare from bright stars can still get in around this baffle-or bounce off it, since it is rather shiny plastic. You can solve this with a DIY shroud, but this is, of course, an additional hassle and expense, and it’s still not quite as good as a closed tube.

Lift them out of the box, set them on a tabletop or other flat surface and you can get on with observing the night sky. The Sky-Watcher Heritage 130P offers significantly more aperture than the Heritage 100P for bolder, brighter, and sharper views, and a collapsible tube to maximize portability.The 130P comes with two eyepieces, 25mm and 10mm 3 3-element oculars providing 26x and 65x. As with most telescopes, you will probably want to expand your eyepiece collection particularly for higher magnifications on steady nights for viewing the Moon, planets, and close double stars. A collimation tool is also included for the sharpest possible views. Alternatives The Heritage 150P comes already assembled and in a presentation box, with smaller boxes included to hold the red dot finder and eyepieces: 25mm and 10mm, providing magnifications of 30x and 75x. For a significantly higher price are a variety of full-sized, free-standing 6”, 8” and 10” Dobsonians which all provide great views in a simple and portable design format. The StellaLyra 12” f/5 Dobsonian is a 12” (304mm) Dobsonian with the same bearings and accessories as the 10” and 8” StellaLyra Dobsonians along with features like a dual-speed Crayford focuser and of course excellent optics. It’s even more capable than these and similar options on account of its huge aperture, providing fantastic deep-space as well as lunar and planetary views.

The Heritage 150P attaches to its tabletop Dobsonian mount with a standard Vixen-style dovetail bar bolted directly to the lower half of the tube. Thus, you could theoretically put the telescope on another mount, but it’s possible this could result in the focuser/eyepiece being located in an awkward position. Accessories Tabletop Dobsonians and other tabletop telescopes have come a long way over the past few years, and are a great hassle-free option both for beginners and seasoned observers. Well, compared to all the other Dobson telescopes we’ve looked at, I can confidently say that what the Skywatcher HERITAGE-100P Tabletop Parabolic Dobsonian Telescope does best is saving you money. Even without looking though the eyepiece, it’s clear that this here model is the cheapest one on the list. Collecting 319% more light than the human eye, the Heritage 130 is a powerful tabletop dobsonian capable of delivering stunning views of planets, galaxies and nebulae while remaining affordable. Each mirror is constructed of durable borosilicate glass with our signature Radiant ™ Aluminum Quartz (RAQ™) coating. The Heritage 130 uses a unique system that allows it to be collapsed for easy portability and storage while retaining collimation.

What's in the Box: Sky-Watcher Heritage-100P Tabletop Telescope

The Ursa Major 8″ is not a tabletop scope, but rather rests on the ground independently, with a tube approximately 1.2 meters in length. The scope is undeniably less compact than a 6″ or smaller tabletop instrument, but you are rewarded with twice – yes, twice – the light-gathering ability, 33% more resolving power, and a robust, freestanding telescope that can endure a lifetime of use. The Ursa Major 8″ is also compatible with 2″ eyepieces, thanks to its 2″ diameter single-speed Crayford focuser. Alternative Saturn’s rings and the Cassini Division within them are well-resolved with the Heritage 150P at high magnification, and several cloud bands on the planet itself can be seen, along with a gray-blue area near the poles. A few moons are also visible, including Titan, Rhea, Tethys, Dione, Enceladus, Mimas, and Iapetus, the latter of which is much harder to see depending on whether its dark or bright side is facing the Sun and Earth. Hyperion, while difficult, can also be seen under dark skies and good visibility conditions.

The Skyliner 200 P boasts of some sharp optics across 80% of the 1 degree field of view. The optics are diffraction limited and the manufacturer incorporated a telescopic focus length of 1200mm. At the same time, gazers get a highest practical power potential of x406. As for the mount, it consists of an easy to set up and use box that pivots in altitude and rotates at the base in azimuth. What It Does Best First off, the Orion SkyQuest XT8i is an extremely large telescope. Thanks to its larger 203mm aperture, users can see all the planets and even a clear image of the moons of those planets. But that’s not all; you can also get a view of bodies even further away including distant galaxies and some elusive nebulae. If we’re talking physical power, then this bad boy is definitely built for the long haul. But that’s just the appetizer.

SkyWatcher Heritage 130P FlexTube Dobsonian Telescope

The tabletop design reduces the size and weight of the mount although it does, of course, assume that a suitable table is also available. The Ursa Major 6” f/8 Planetary Dobsonian, as with the 8” model, is a simple and economical option for a freestanding 6” f/8 Dobsonian. It only has a 1.25” focuser and its spring-tensioned mount is not ideal, but it works well and offers excellent performance for the price along with a fairly decent set of provided accessories. You may also want to make a custom stand and a shroud for the Heritage 150P to maximize its usefulness. What can you see with Skywatcher Heritage 150P?

The Heritage 150P will show a wealth of festoons, storms, and cloud bands on Jupiter ranging from blue, to red, to tan, to pink, to gray and brown. The Great Red Spot is also clearly distinguishable, even as it continues to shrink over the years. You’ll also be able to see the 4 Galilean moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) as tiny disks, with equally tiny shadows when they transit across Jupiter and eclipse its cloudy surface. The StellaLyra 8″ f/6 Dobsonian is a premium 8” Dobsonian, equipped with a host of additional features, including a dual-speed Crayford focuser, integrated cooling fan, and a plethora of premium accessories to help you get started. The 10″ StellaLyra model is a similarly excellent option, with minimal additional bulk but even more light collecting and resolving power. Optical Tube Assembly– this is the light-gathering part of the telescope. Common forms are refractor, reflector, Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, SCT, and Maksutov-Cassegrain, MCT. The Virtuoso GTi and SynScan App provide full computerised GO-TO control, allowing the telescope to be automatically slewed to any of the objects in the App’s extensive database of 10,000+ celestial objects. This is a good telescope for lunar and planetary viewing, but we would recommend a Barlow lens or high-powered eyepiece, otherwise objects tend to appear small.The focuser is a weakness of this telescope. Wrapping the thread in a little PTFE tape removes the slop enough to make it acceptable at the price. The XT8i takes things a step further by getting the mount to actually move automatically and focus on any pre programmed location. So if you’re an entry level astrographer or a beginner astronomer, star gazing never seemed so easy, natural and accurate. What It Does Best



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