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    Sky-Watcher Heritage 150P Virtuoso GTi Wi-Fi Dobsonian

    Jan 19, 2023 4 minutes

    VITAL STATS

    • Price £419
    • Optics 150mm (6-inch) Newtonian, parabolic primary mirror
    • Focal length 750mm, f/5
    • Mount Tabletop Dobsonian
    • Extras Red dot finder, 25mm and 10mm 1.25-inch eyepieces, SynScan app, dovetail bar, collimation cap, manual
    • Weight 8.8kg
    • Supplier: Optical Vision Ltd
    • Email: info@opticalvisionco.uk.
    • www.opticalvision.co.uk

    The Sky-Watcher Heritage 150P Virtuoso GTi Wi-Fi Dobsonian telescope is an enhanced Go-To version of the popular Sky-Watcher Heritage-150P FlexTube Dobsonian. The tabletop, single-fork Dobsonian design has additional pods installed that contain the control electronics and drive motors for the altitude and azimuth axes, allowing a huge range of celestial objects to be located, tracked and observed using Go-To technology.

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