#dobsonian

[whirligig-girl]

Eaurp Guz at the eyepiece of a Skywatcher FlexTube 200P Dobsonian telescope

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[njbellydancingbysoraya]

Hubby and I experienced an epic sighting last night of the #Orion #Nebula with our 10" #Dobsonian #Telescope 🔭 #Messier42 aka #M42 #astronomy 🔥 #nightsky #instagood #astrophotography #letsgotoouterspace #StarFactory ⭐️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbRW13vixH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[amapledleaf]

Battling the clouds but still managed some moon surface shots with the Dobsonian on a hot summer night. 

[jacksoncrabb]

Reflector, Refractor or Compound: Which Telescope Fits Your Budget?

Reflector, Refractor or Compound: Which Telescope Fits Your Budget?

Last year we were asked to house sit for a couple whom live on an acreage away from the city and all its city lights. Every night after sunset I would take a walk through the front yard and ponder at the glorious night sky. This is when I caught the bug to start researching and locating my first telescope. As it turned out my first telescope was a Celestron Travel Scope 60mm and it turned out to…

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[vjkstar-blog]

First Light of TS Optics Photon 12 Advanced Newtonian Telescope successful today early morning on Venus.... #paramountmx #dobsonian #televue #astronomy (at Bangalore, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEtFSPMJzb8/?igshid=sshqba79sclh

[stuffmikeclicked]

I finished building my telescope tonight.

[besttelescopereview-blog]

The Orion 8945 SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope is one of the most popular telescopes today because it has simplicity and functionality that other telescopes lack. It has a precise optical system and stability that makes it the choice of many enthusiasts and beginners alike.

[besttelescopereview-blog]

If you can, get yourself a Meade 16” Lightbridge Dobsonian telescope. This awesome piece of kit really is all the telescope you ever need, from the best regarded manufacturer.

The quality is fantastic, the images are stunning, and it’s about the biggest telescope that can be transported with relative ease. Bigger than this and you are looking at spending many thousands of dollars for a fixed position telescope, strictly for dedicated astronomers with lots of cash.

The Meade 16” Lightbride is a Newtonian Reflector telescope with an open truss design, meaning that light comes in the big 16” aperture in the ‘Head’, through an open section, to a mirror in a separate section. The image bounces off that mirror, back to the Head and reflected to the eyepiece.