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Sky-Watcher Skyliner 350P FlexTube GOTO

£2,449.00

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Model: skwatcher_350p_goto_dobsonian
Part Number: 10227

NEW model with integrated WiFi enables wireless control using your Smartphone or Tablet, using the free SynScan App for iOS or Android.

355mm (14") f/4.5 Parabolic GOTO Dobsonian telescope.

Combining the power of a large optical tube, the portability of the patented collapsible FlexTube design and SynScan computerised Go-To technology. The new Skyliner FlexTube Synscan Dobsonians finds over 42,900 celestial objects and automatically tracks them as they move across the sky.

The patented dual-encoder design allows you to manually move the telescope anytime and to anywhere you wish - with no need for realignment. Slewing to an object on the opposite side of the night sky no longer feels like watching a kettle boil. Simply push the tube close to the object and let the computer do the rest of the work.

Features & specification

Magnifications (with Eyepieces supplied): x64 & x160
Highest Practical Power (Potential): x710
Diameter of Primary Mirror: 355mm
Telescope Focal Length: 1650mm (f/4.65)
Eyepieces Supplied (1.25"): SP10mm & 25mm
Dual-Speed 2" Crayford Focuser
Parabolic Primary Mirror
0.5mm Ultra-Thin Secondary Mirror Supports
9x50 Finderscope
Direct SLR Camera Connection
3-Point tube locking system, fully retractable
Tube dimensions: 500mm (diameter), 970mm-1510mm (length)
Alt-Azimuth Mount with Accessory Tray and Built-in Heavy-Duty Servo Motors
SynScan AZ Computerised Handset
42,900+ Object Database containing full Messier, NGC and IC catalogues
Quiet operation
Power Requirement: 12v DC Power Supply (Tip Positive). Sky-Watcher 17Ah Power Tank Recommended
40% more Light Gathering than 300m

Note regarding delivery: This large telescope is delivered separately on a pallet. Delivery requires 3-5x days (not the indicated 1-2x days). The courier will contact you when it reaches your local depot to arrange a delivery date.

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14 Flextube GoTo

26 May 2011 | Tom

I bought this from FLO when it was first available in the UK.
It arrived in three huge boxes, one containing the OTA, one the 14" mirror and one the parts for the Dobsonian mount. It was easily assembled in about an hour, with the only "sweaty" bit being the mounting of the mirror onto the mirror support in the OTA. This wasn't difficult, just nerve wracking.

First light was at a reasonably dark sky site and I was simply blown away.

Get the Dob base horizontal (use a bubble level and some wooden chocks to get this) and the OTA horizontal and pointing North (Home position). Then do a 2 star align. After that the GoTo is accurate to within about 0.3 degrees after a 120 degree slew.

I can fully resolve M13, right to the core. M57 seems to have colour and the "ring" has structure - it isn't a simple ring.

Views of lunar craters are simply awesome!

This 'scope can be used for simple astrophotography of the moon or planets. Long exposures are not possible, but I can (and do) take 100 images of a lunar crater using a Canon 500D, stack and process these, ending up with a pretty pleasing image.

The mount weighs about 26 kilos and will not go through a doorway. The OTA weighs about 17 kilos. The 'scope can be moved and set up by one person, but it is at the upper limit.

Overall it is an excellent 'scope, with good optics, awesome light gathering and accurate goto. Tracking is fine for observing, keeping Saturn in the FOV for an hour at x100.

A good observer's "light bucket", but Dobsonian mount is not suited to more than simple Lunar astrophotography.

This 'scope is a keeper.

Tom