Sky-Watcher 200mm / 8” Collapsible Dobsonian AZ Telescope Sky-Watcher

The Sky-Watcher 200mm / 8” Collapsible Newtonian Dobsonian AZ Telescope is ideal for first time telescope buyers who are looking for a large aperture that still offers ultimate portability and performance.

This awesome collapsible Dobsonian telescope from Sky-Watcher comes complete with Crayford focuser and has an elegant truss tube design that’s been carefully engineered to combine ease of use, extreme portability and consistent performance in an affordable package. Unlike other truss tube designs, the Sky-Watcher Collapsible Dobsonian does not need to be disassembled between uses. It transports as two compact pieces that can be assembled and ready to use in just seconds! Once set up, it’s easy to collimate and it holds its collimation throughout the evening!

The bearing system of this telescope has undergone a full redesign from other models, and now features buttery smooth azimuth bearings meaning that it can be rotated with just the push of a finger.

Like Sky-Watcher’s traditional Dobsonians, the new Collapsible Dobsonians feature their patented tension adjustment control on the altitude bearings, eliminating the need and added the cost of clumsy counterweight systems to balance the telescope.


Sky-Watcher 200mm / 8” Collapsible Newtonian Dobsonian AZ Telescope

Features:

• Collapsible design that’s portable
• Easy to collimate
• Smooth rotation
• No clumsy counterweights needed thanks to tension adjustment control

Specifications:

• Optical design – Newtonian (Parabolic) 
• Optical diameter – 200mm 
• Focal length – 1200mm 
• F/Ratio – F/6
• Secondary mirror diameter – 46.8mm 
• Highest practical power – 400x 
• Faintest steller magnitude – 14.6
• Finder scope – 9X50* 
• Focuser diameter – 2” crayford 
• Eyepieces – 1.25” SP10 & SP25* 
• Tube weight – 10.3kg
• Mount type – Dobsonian ground board