Product Overview
Experience the cosmos in a new light with the Starfield Optics 8" F/6 Dobsonian Telescope. This high-quality instrument is designed for both beginners and experienced stargazers seeking clear, bright images of celestial bodies.
This Starfield Optics Dobsonian Telescope features an 8-inch aperture, providing a generous light-gathering capacity that allows you to observe faint, deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies with remarkable clarity. The telescope's F/6 focal ratio strikes a balance between field of view and magnification, making it versatile for a wide range of astronomical observations.
The Dobsonian design, popularized by John Dobson in the 1960s, is renowned for its simplicity, portability, and affordability. It's optimized for deep-sky viewing, offering a large objective diameter of relatively short focal length. This design is often referred to as a "light bucket" due to its ability to collect a large amount of light, providing bright, detailed views of distant celestial objects.
The Starfield Optics Dobsonian Telescope is built with a sturdy, altazimuth-mounted Newtonian design. The mount allows for easy and smooth adjustments in both altitude (up and down) and azimuth (left and right), making it simple to track objects as they move across the night sky.
The telescope's tube is constructed from high-quality materials, ensuring durability and longevity. The mirror, the heart of any telescope, is made with precision, providing excellent reflectivity and image sharpness.
Whether you're a seasoned astronomer or a beginner stepping into the world of stargazing, the Starfield Optics 8" F/6 Dobsonian Telescope offers an unparalleled viewing experience, bringing the wonders of the universe closer to home."
Features
The Starfield Dobsonian has a very clear purpose, to offer a large aperture and an excellent image quality.
The 8" f/6 Dobsonian features a parabolic primary mirror, made of BK7 glass, to produce sharp and bright images at the eyepiece. With an innovative clutch system, and cooling fans on the primary mirror, the Starfield Dobsonian telescope is a complete telescope system with a 9mm and 30mm plossl eyepieces and a 50mm finder scope
Ball Bearing movement
Push the Starfield Dobsonian from target to target with ease on its ball bearing pivots. Smoothly track your object and keep it in the field of view of your eyepiece
2 Speed Crayford Focusing
Achieve a sharp focus with us with the dual-speed Crayford focuser. The 10:1 adjustment lets you get that detail that you would expect from a
Finder Scope
Using the included Right Angle correct image 8x50mm finder scope make centering what you want to see easy!
Build in cooling fans
Get your observing session going sooner. With the battery operated cooling fan the primary mirror can be cooled down to the ambient temperature faster.
Eyepiece organization
Keep the eyepieces you want to use within reach! Enough room for a 2" eyepiece and three 1.25" eyepieces. Right at your finger tips.
*Actual telescope comes with a White tube and black base
