Orion UP18 Premium UltraPortable Truss Dobsonian Telescope
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Manufacturer: OrionProduct features:
- A quantum leap in portable performance - the UltraPortable 18 Truss Dobsonian telescope's huge 18" diameter primary mirror gathers over 5 times more light than popular 8" reflectors or over twice the light grasp of a 12" telescope
- Outstanding views - premium quality, diffraction limited Newtonian reflector optical systems are individually hand-figured to deliver stunning views of the heavens from dark sky sites
- Extreme portability - Orion UltraPortable Truss Dobsonian telescopes can be disassembled into ultra-compact packages so you can take them to your favorite dark-sky site without filling your car; you might even consider taking them by air to remote viewing sites
- Light and strong - fully assembled the UltraPortable 18 Truss Dobsonian weighs about 68 pounds, about half what traditional 18" telescopes weigh!
- More stable - 8-pole, engineered double truss design ensures greater structural rigidity than competitive 6-pole telescopes
- Orion Shorty 1.25" 2x Barlow Lens
- 1.25" Orion 13% Transmission Moon Filter
- Orion LaserMate Pro Laser Collimation Kit
- Black 9x50 Right-Angle Correct-Image Finder
- Orion Cooling Accelerator Fan for Large Reflector Telescopes
Description of Orion UP18 Premium UltraPortable Truss Dobsonian Telescope
If you are a serious deep sky observer pushing the limits of visual observing or if you wish you had the means to follow the extra-galactic wanderings of Sue French, Ken Hewitt-White or Steve Gottlieb in Sky and Telescope magazine or David Eicher, Richard Jakiel or Phil Harrington in Astronomy magazine, the Orion UP18 Premium Dobsonian is the tool for you. Eighteen-inch instruments have long been recognized by serious observers as a telescope big enough to give satisfying views, yet still easily transportable to dark sky locations by one person. The Orion UP18 not only delivers the premium optical experience you need to seriously explore our Universe, but tipping the scales at only 68lbs its half the weight of classical Dobsonian telescope and it disassembles into a compact package that will fit in nearly any car. Every telescope design has a sweet spot, a combination of design choices and parameters that make it excel at particular astronomical tasks. For example, long focal length refractors are great for double stars and planets, while short focal length refractors or reflectors can deliver exceptional views of large swaths of emission nebula or dark lanes in the Milky Way. In the case of the Orion's UP Series of Premium UltraPortable Dobsonian telescopes, the sweet spot is a design optimized to offer serious observers' high-quality, large-aperture telescopes that are designed to break down into very compact packages that are about as large as one person can reasonably handle.Reflectors
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