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Observations

• Total Eclipse 1999

• Sun Spots 2000

• Northern Lights 2002

• Photos of the Moon 1999

• Eclipse of the Moon 2003

• Photos of the Moon 2005

• Photos of the Moon 2009

• Photos of the Moon 2010

• Venus Transit 2004

• Saturn 2010

• ISS 2009

Information

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• Meade ETX-90EC Equipment

• Meade 10" Dobson Information

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Ricoh GXR and Astronomy

• GXR and A12-50 - Part 1

• GXR and A12-50 - Part 2

 

On this page, I present some information about my travel telescope, a Sky-Watcher Dobson Telescope Heritage P130 FlexTube DOB, or Heritage P130 for short. The basis data has been collected from the Sky-Watcher Website.

 

Look

First Day: Unpackaging and Assembling

Outer package	Package of the Heritage P130
Package of the Heritage P130	Opened package
Content of package, telescope collapsed	Ditto
Telescope assembled and at full length	Accessories: 10mm and 25mm eyepieces; red dot finderscope   The ingredients of my eyepiece bag are usable for this telescope as well.

Second Day: Outside

On the Following Days...

Collapsed	Collapsed
Expanded	Expanded and "in use"
Comparison of my Dobsons	Comparison of my Dobsons
Comparison of my Dobsons	Comparison of my Dobsons

 

Basis Data for Sky-Watcher Dobson Telescope Heritage P130 FlexTube DOB

(and for the Meade Dobsons and for my Previous Meade ETX)

Telescope	8"	10"	12"	16"	ETX 90EC	Sky-Watcher P130*
Optical Design	Newton	Newton	Newton	Newton	Maksutov-Cassegrain	Newton (Parabolic)
Primary Mirror Diameter	203mm	254mm	305mm	406mm	96mm (90mm)	130mm
Focal Length, Focal Ratio	1219mm f/6	1270mm f/5	1524mm f/5	1829mm f/4.5	1250mm f/13.8	650mm f/5
Resolving Power (arc secs.)	0.56"	0.45"	0.38"	0.28"	1.3"	0.9"
Limiting Visual Stellar Magnitude	ca. 14mag	ca. 14.5mag	ca. 15 mag	ca. 16 mag	11.7mag	13.3mag
Maximum Practical Visual Power	ca. 550 x	ca. 600x	ca. 700x	ca. 900x	325x	260x
Optical Tube Dimensions (dia. x length)	28cm x 115cm	35cm x 119cm	40cm x 144cm	51cm x 170cm	10.4cm x 27.9cm	Tube collapsed <37cm (14.5") long
Telescope Net Weight Basis	9 kg	12.2 kg	15 kg	24 kg	3.5 kg (total)	< 7kg (14 lbs.) complete
Telescope Net Weight Optical Tube	10.9 kg	17.2 kg	21.3 kg	33.6 kg

*) Sky-Watcher Dobson Telescope Heritage P130 FlexTube DOB - my travel telescope

 

First Photo Attempts

My first, usable attempt (April 20, 2010):

My second, usable attempt from a series of similar shots (April 20, 2010):

See more photos of the moon from April 2010

However, Saturn was too much for my camera (24.4.2010):

See more photos of Saturn from April 2010

 

Links

• Sky-Watcher Company Website, USA: www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/index2.php
  Heritage P130 page on Sky-Watcher Website: www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/product.php?id=146&class1=1&class2=106
• Pages from German Distributors for the Sky-Watcher Heritage P130 (in German)
  • zu-den-sternen: www.zudensternen.de/Teleskope%20f%FCr%20Kinder%20Dobson.html
  • Teleskop Service (here, I bought the telescope; English): www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/language/en/info/p2705_Skywatcher-Heritage-130P-FlexTube-Dobson---6years--.html
• See also my page offering Astronomy Links.

 

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27.04.2010	Imprint