Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Dobsonian Telescope SkyQuest XT8: With all the Nice Optical Features

Orion Telescopes are one of the best branded astronomical telescopes present in the market today. Especially amazing is the Orion SkyQuest XT8, which possesses all the exciting optical features that you are looking for in a scope.

The Orion Dobsonian telescope SkyQuest XT8 has the fantastic combination of parabolic optics and incredible mechanical stability. The XT8 has an 8 inch parabolic primary mirror to work on nebulas, resolve particular stars within clusters, and explore space structures in the galaxies.

This Orion telescope’s enameled steel tube features a 2 inch Crayford-styled focuser that is compatible with 2 inch as well as 1.25 inch eyepieces. The tube likewise can be moved easily on Teflon bearings for simple point-and-view actions. Dobsonian Orion telescopes also comes with a navigation knob, 1.25 inch Sirius Plossl eyepieces, quick-collimation cap and also a hard dust cap.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This Dobsonian Telescope looks pretty similar to our Saxon 8" one that we have on www.ozscopes.com.au. What sort of optical features does the SkyQuest have that differentiates it from other Dobs?