Sky Watcher Explorer 130P Reflector Astronomy Telescope with AZ5 Mount

Sky Watcher Explorer 130P Reflector Astronomy Telescope with AZ5 Mount Description

The Sky Watcher Explorer 130PS Reflector Astronomy Telescope with AZ5 Mount 10260, is the best grab-and-go telescope for simple visual astronomy. The Sky Watcher Explorer 130P also obtains excellent praise from more seasoned astronomers.

The AZ5 Deluxe Alt-Azimuth mount's charming, well-engineered, and simple design provide it outstanding stability and accurate control on both the horizontal (azimuth) and vertical (altitude) axes.

The Sky Watcher Explorer 130PS is a very capable all-rounder for the study of the Moon, bright planets, nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters. It has an incredibly helpful 130mm of light gathering aperture and a fantastic parabolic primary mirror.

Premium-quality Parabolic Primary Mirrors, often found in larger, more expensive telescopes, are used in the Sky Watcher Explorer 130P models to eliminate spherical aberrations and produce even sharper, higher-contrast images that are full of detail. A parabolic mirror, or more precisely a "paraboloidal" mirror, is ground to a shape that perfectly focuses all incoming light rays on axis. Additionally, to lessen diffraction spikes and light loss, they have 0.5mm Ultra-Thin secondary mirror supports.

'Fast' focal length reflectors with spherical primary mirrors are prone to spherical aberrations, which are eliminated by the use of high-quality parabolic primary mirrors. All the light beams are parabolized by the mirrors to focus on a single point, producing clear, contrasty images that are rich in detail.

Technical Specifications
Optical Design Newtonian Reflector
Magnifications (with eyepieces supplied): x26 & x65
Highest Practical Power (Potential): x260
Diameter of Primary Mirror: 130mm
Parabolic set primary & secondary mirrors with Radiant Aluminium Quartz (RAQ) coating providing up to 94% reflectivity with optimal durability and long term performance
30% more Light Gathering than 114mm
Telescope Focal Length: 650mm (f/5)
Eyepieces Supplied: 10mm & 25mm
Red Dot Finder
AZ5 Deluxe Alt-Azimuth Mount & Aluminium Tripod with Accessory Tray
Mount Rotation Angle (Continuous): 360° (Azimuth), -50° to + 90° (Altitude)
Height Range of Tripod/Mount (excl. OTA): 86.5cm - 158.5cm
Total Net Weight 8.1kg
Boxed Weight 12.2 kg
Box Dimensions (LxWxH in mm) 970x520x280
Barcode    6970456091065
Warranty 1 year