Product Description
Fully multi-coated borosilicate mirrors
2” 10:1 ratio dual-speed focuser
8x50 finderscope
Tube rings with V-style dovetail bar
The Sky-Watcher 10" Quattro Imaging Newtonian with dual-speed focuser is optimized for wide-field deep space imaging, but can also be used for pleasing visual observing. It incorporates a superbly-figured multi-coated borosilicate optical glass mirror-set. Additionally, the tube length has been slightly shortened to optimize performance for wide-field prime-focus photography. Even better field edge performance for deep space astrophotography, and visual use, can be achieved by adding the Sky-Watcher Quattro coma corrector.
This Sky-Watcher 10" Quattro imaging Newtonian is ultra-fast and incredibly simple to use. The f/4 optical system allows the user to capture wide field images of faint deep space objects such as nebulae, open clusters, and galaxies over six times faster than using an f/10 system. This gives you the ability to acquire more images in less time. The Newtonian optical design is one of the most basic, and therefore trouble free, systems available to astrophotographers.
Tech Details
| Aperture | 10" |
|---|---|
| Focal Length | 1000mm |
| Focal Ratio | f/4 |
| Heaviest Single Component | 33 pounds |
| Weight | 33 pounds |
| Optical Coatings | Fully Multi-Coated |
| Supplied Eyepiece | None |
| Telescope Type | Reflector |
| View Finder | 8x50 |
| Warranty | 2 years |
Reviews
While I don't have this specific sky-watcher version, I do have the Orion version. These imaging newts, if collimated properly, perform superbly well! I love them, however, in wind they can act like a sail, and need a beefy mount. But, if you can manage all that, literally, the sky is the limit.
I also use mine for asteroid and comet observing, they work great for that!
Clear Skies,
AstroEd (Posted on 10/23/2019)