Astronz 8" Premium Dobsonian Telescope

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Astronz

Regular price $975.00 NZD
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An easy to use 8" telescope. Versatile and a lot of telescope for the money.

Dobsonians give the best value for money of any telescope. You get a large aperture at an affordable price. The design is simple and solid. It consists of a solid tube and a wooden box-like mount. Setting up is as simple as putting the mount on the ground, slotting in the tube and turning the tension knobs. You navigate the night sky by moving the scope left and right, up and down, by hand. This is simple and intuitive for beginners when compared with more complicated mounts.

The Astronz-GSO 8" Dobsonian has a 8 inch (200mm) primary mirror with a focal length of 1,200mm and a focal ratio of f/6. It gives clear, bright wide-field views of deep sky objects such as star clusters and nebulae. An 8 inch telescope will also show stunning views of the planets and the Moon. 

GSO mirrors are made from optical quality BK7 glass and are limited only by diffraction, which means they achieve the theoretical maximum resolution possible for the size of the mirror. They are machined and polished to better than 1/12 wavelength, sometimes 1/16 wavelength, which is considerably better than the industry norm.  

It comes with several extras, including a Crayford focuser for extra smooth focussing with no spring-back, an 8x50 finder scope and two eyepieces. It is ready to use out of the box.

 

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8" (200mm) f/6 Newtonian optical tube assembly

9mm Plossl 1.25" eyepiece

30mm Superview 2" eyepiece

2" 10:1 Crayford focuser with self-centering adaptor for 1.25" eyepieces

8x50 finder scope

Dobsonian base (assembly required)

Cooling fan

Optical Design Newtonian
Primary Mirror 8" (200mm) BK7 glass with surface quality better than 1/12 wave RMS
Focal Length 1200 mm
Focal Ratio f/6
Finder Scope 8x50mm fully coated achromatic finder
Focuser Crayford 2" focuser
Eyepieces 9mm Plossl 1.25" and 30mm Superview 2"
Base Elevation brake tension system. Azimuth roller bearings.
Tube Length 1250 mm
Weight of Tube 13kg
Weight of Tube plus Base 26kg
Shipping Weight 32kg

This item is shipped by our freighter as it is too large to ship by courier.

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