Sky-Watcher Skymax 150 150mm f/12 Maksutov-Cassegrain Optical Tube S11530

Description

The Sky-Watcher 150mm (5.9″) Maksutov-Cassegrain folded optical system is a compact optical powerhouse capable of producing sharp, high contrast images inside the solar system and out. And it does it all at a surprisingly reasonable price.

This 150mm (5.9″) aperture Sky-Watcher Maksutov-Cassegrain uses quality Schott optical glass, from the premier German optical glass manufacturer, for exceptional high contrast/high resolution images. Within the solar system you will see domes, rilles, and craters on the Moon that are less than two miles across; many dark Martian surface features, even during less than favorable oppositions; festoons, streamers, and increased detail in Jupiter’s cloud belt under good seeing conditions; subtle banding in Saturn’s atmosphere; and many faint comets and asteroids.

Outside the solar system, the high resolution 150mm Sky-Watcher will split binary stars separated by as little as one arc second during very good seeing; show you hundreds of star clusters, nebulas, and galaxies, with hints of spiral structure visible in some galaxies; and reveal many NGC and IC objects from a dark sky site, with considerable detail visible in the nebulas and star clusters.

Features of this 150mm Sky-Watcher Maksutov-Cassegrain . . .

Maksutov-Cassegrain optics: 5.9″ (150mm) aperture, 1800mm focal length, f/12 optical system using premium Schott optical glass. The system’s Maksutov corrector lens is fully multi-coated on both sides with multiple layers of anti-reflection materials for high light transmission and good contrast.

Internal focuser: Focuses by moving the primary mirror fore and aft in the optical tube by means of a large focusing knob on the rear cell.

Star diagonal: 2″ 90 mirror type.

2″ eyepiece: The 64x eyepiece is a fully multi-coated three-element Sky-Watcher 28mm LET with a long 20mm eye relief and a twist-up eyecup. The eyepiece field of view is 0.875 across, one and three quarter times the diameter of the full Moon, for expansive views of the Moon, nebulas, and globular star clusters.

Finder: 8 x 50mm straight-through dark crosshair achromatic refractor.

Dovetail: Vixen-style dovetail bar for installing the scope on any altazimuth or equatorial mount using a Vixen-style saddle.

Warranty: two years.

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