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Sky-Watcher Refractor 150mm/f8

Between 2003-06 and 2004-12 I used a 150mm/f8 Sky-Watcher achromatic Refractor mounted on a Sky-watcher HEQ5 Mount. Most of my pictures of 2003 and 2004 are captured using this instrument.




Technical data:

Diameter/Aperture: 150mm
Focal Length: 1200mm
4-layer multi-coated achromatic lens
Aluminum tube
Dew cap/Sunshade
Adjustable Objective-lens Cell
9x50 achromatic finderscope
Highest Practical Power 300X
Faintest Stellar Magnitude 13.6
Resolving Power (arc sec.) 0.8



 

The refractor mounted on HEQ5

The 4-layer multi-coated achromatic lens  The 9x50 achromatic finderscope  The rack-and-pinion 2" focuser with a 1.25" eyepiece adapter.  


A review of this telescope can be found on cloudy nights telescope reviews.