Mirror telescope for beginners

Lightweight and handy Newton telescope, an ideal telescope for beginners. With the popular telescopes of the MIRA series, the entire light curve of the changing star MIRA (Omikron Ceti) can be observed under good conditions.

ADVANTAGES for beginners:

• Very large opening and therefore very light
• Parabolic main mirror, for good edge imaging
• Well-corrected 3-lens eyepieces with approx. 40 or 55 degrees facial field
• Parallactic mounting facilitates the tracking, ideal for beginners
• RA motor tracking can be retrofitted
• Light spot searcher for easy finding of sky objects
  

DISADVANTAGE:

• The ocular extension is made of plastic (usual in this price class)

THE TELESCOPE:

The SkyWatcher MIRA-130 Newton telescope is a particularly light and handy telescope for beginners. The comparatively small and inexpensive mounting as the EQ2 is sufficient for a stable installation. It offers a very large aperture and is therefore ideally suited for observing DeepSky objects. The main and secondary mirrors are each housed in an adjustable frame. With the short focal length, it offers a very bright optical appearance, so this device is also suitable for the first steps in astrophotography. A parabolic mirror is a prerequisite for good imaging with mirrors that are so strong. Many devices in this class have only a cheap ball mirror, which gives a bad fiew at higher magnifications. Skywatcher uses diffraction-limited parabolic mirrors, which provide a much sharper image of the observers object. The many accessories and the large aperture make it an ideal telescope for beginners.

TECHNICAL DATA:

• Optical system: Newton reflector
• Mainmirror: 130mm
• Focal Length: 650mm
• Focalratio: f / 5
• Light collection capacity: 345x
• Resolution: 1.1 "
• Magnification Scope of delivery: 26x, 65x
• Max. Magnification: 260x
• Mount: EQ2 (parallactic)
• Total weight: approx. 11kg

DELIVERY:

• Optical tube (130/650)
• Parallactic mount EQ2
• Red dot finder
• 2 barium super eyepieces 25 and 10mm.