Overview: This DOB 8” Collapsible Dobsonion Telescope from the brand Sky-Watcher, who has achieved many milestone in creation of finest optical products. They aim to provide a new look of the celestial with the highest magnification possible. Sky-Watcher DOB 8″ Collapsible Dobsonion Telescope consists of a collapsible truss tube with dobsonian design. It is capable of functioning without the requirement of assembling. This being a new form of telescope that is complete with the Crayford focuser brings out the best possible observation.
Design: Sky-Watcher DOB 8″ Newtonian Telescope consists of an elegant truss tube that is extremely portable and it is also collapsible. It comes in 2 different pieces that can easily assemble with less efforts and sets ready for use. It consists of azimuth bearings that give smooth operation.
Technical Details:
Optical Type: This model consists of Newtonian type of optical that is a kind of reflecting telescope. It uses mirrors for reflecting and the primary advantage of this type is it eliminated the chromatic aberration and produces clearer vision. It is also capable of obtaining short focal ratio and provides with wider field of view.
The focal length and the focal ratio are 1200mm and F/8 respectively. It consists of wide objective lend diameter of 200mm for the primary mirror and the secondary mirror diameter is 47mm. this increases the light gathering ability and provides with brighter view of the deep sky even in the darkest sky.
The highest magnification power of this Dobsonion Telescope is 406x and by which most of the celestial objects come to vision. It is also capable of penetrating the deep dark sky and shows the traces of the farthest planets. The clusters in the moon and the star formations come to vision.
Efficient is the finderscope of type 8×50 right angle that supports to locate the desired objects and follow it confidently. It also consists of eyepiece 1.25″.
Verdict:
This model that weighs with the tube weight of 11 kg and the tube diameter of 320mm magnifies the puzzled sky for utmost observation. Sky-Watcher DOB Finderscope Telescope is best suited for the beginners. More to add is its efficiency in locating the objects like the nebula, star clusters, lunar and the planets. However, it does not consist of motor drive and Go-to features and observing solar is not possible with this telescope.
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SkyWatcher DOB 8” COLLAPSIBLE Telescope - Technical Specification Table
| Manufacturer | Sky-Watcher |
| Model Name | DOB 8″ Collapsible Dobsonian Telescope |
| Telescope Type | Newtonian / Reflecting |
| Focal length | 1200 mm |
| Focal ratio | 6 |
| Aperture | 200 mm |
| Eye piece | 25 mm |
| Tube Diameter | 320 mm |
| Tube Length | 1110 mm |
| Optical coating | Standard |
| Tube Weight | 11 kg |
| Mount | Dobsonian |
