Skywatcher Explorer-130M 130mm (5.1") f/900 Motorised Newtonian Reflector Telescope 10713

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The 25mm has generous eye relief, making it suitable for spectacle wearers. Both have fold-up rubber eyecups. Vital stats Are you looking for a telescope to get started with? When you want to get into stargazing, one of the most important – if not THE most important bit of kit is a telescope. Without a telescope you might just be gazing dreamily at the stars out of your bedroom window! I did did some star gazing with the naked eye a few days ago in the south coast of England, and am now patiently awaiting clear skies do I can go out with the scope! Inspired! With 900mm focal length it is easier to get higher magnifications which are needed to view the planets well, this version is better for planetary observation than the shorter P model but has a physically longer tube.

Decide what it is you actually want to see. If you are happiest looking at the moon in detail, or a few of our closest neighbours, then your requirements for the best telescope will be different than if you want to observe deep space. Upon delivery, the review telescope was in excellent collimation and produced well-formed stars during this test – it really did work well straight out of the box. For telescopes that look deep into the night sky and give amazing shots of our celestial neighbours, you would be hard pressed to find a better one than the Meade Polaris 130EQ MD Reflector. With a variety of different eyepieces, you can choose whether you want to view planets, the lunar surface, stars or distant galaxies – all these different things are available right at your fingertips. What I like about it: At Rother Valley Optics, one thing we pride ourselves on is customer service and quality of our equipment. When we test your telescope, we will ensure that it is of the highest quality otherwise, we will reject the scope under our strict quality control and test another model for your peace of mind. One of the main values to look at when testing a refractor is the Strehl ratio. The higher this number, the higher quality lens you have. At Rother Valley Optics, we will guarantee the highest possible Strehl ratio for your telescope. We will aim to provide 0.95 Strehl or higher on Takahashi, RVO Horizon, William Optics and many more! Generally, the higher the Strehl ratio, the lower the Astigmatism and Coma meaning a better image quality from your instrument.Finderscope – Red dot finder: It also comes with a basic 6 x 24 red dot finder. I’ve heard some astronomers talk about the fit of the finderscope with the barrel. The Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ could be a great alternative to the Sky-Watcher Explorer 130M as it shares many similarities, such as a 130mm aperture and an equatorial mount. Happy cutomer 2.Now had this my first scope for 2 weeks and have to say I'm well impressed, the build quality of the tripod/ mount is surprisingly good and it comes with a nice motor drive which would seem to be a sensible essential views of the moon were excellent Venus Jupiter and moons Saturn and Mars all good (15/05/2020) Dave Brown - Norfolk You will also see some more values such as Astigmatism and Coma. Again, these are measured by the interferometer when we take measurements of the optical surface after adjustment. These are values which ideally would be at 0 but as our test optics are all curved lenses, there will always be astigmatism and coma present. The lower the number, the less of these aberations you will effectively see but with most refractors, you can buy field flatteners which will compensate for the coma anyway. The astigmatisms value is explaining the error between the symmetrical curvature of the lens. Basically, no lens will be perfectly symmetrical, the lower the astigmatism, the more symmetrical the lens surface is. The Sky Watcher Explorer-130M Telescope is a motorised Newtonian Reflector telescope with a 130mm mirror and is excellent quality. This is capable, in ideal seeing conditions, of delivering magnifications up to 265x and 275x without break down. The 900mm focal length allows very high power magnifications to be achieved easily without employing uncomfortably short focal length eyepieces. The 130mm aperture makes this telescope an all-round performer, giving high resolution images of the Moon, planets and other solar system targets as well as penetrating deep-sky views of galaxies and nebulae.

So it’s advisable to use the counterbalance bar and weight in both altazimuth and equatorial modes Red dot finder

A Newtonian reflector that is versatile, affordable and optically impressive with an equatorial mount to view solar system objects, double stars and deep sky targets.

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