Sky-Watcher Skymax-150 PRO Features:
World Exclusive Co-Branding Agreement with Schott.
Selected high-end Sky-Watcher telescopes benefit from the inclusion of Schott glass in their construction. Schott is the recognised world leader in glass utilised for precision optical lens systems, including medical instrumentation and famous brand camera lenses. Sky-Watcher’s parent company signed a worldwide exclusive telescope co-branding agreement with Schott in March 2008.
- Magnifications with eyepieces supplied: x64
- Highest Practical Power (Potential): x450
- Diameter of Primary Mirror: 150mm
- Telescope Focal Length: 1800mm (f/12)
- Eyepieces Supplied (2”): 28mm
- 9x50 Finderscope & Bracket
- 2”/50.8mm Star Diagonal
- Focusing by Moving Primary Mirror
- HEQ5 SynTrek Motorised Equatorial Mount
- Built-in Polar Alignment Scope Holder
- 1.75" Stainless Steel Pipe Tripod with Accessory Tray
HEQ5 SynTrek Equatorial Mount:
The new HEQ5 SynTrek is effectively a hybrid of the standard HEQ5 and the HEQ5 PRO SynScan. It is basically a standard EQ6 but with a pre-installed PRO SynScan motherboard and stepper motors, and supplied with its own unique SynTrek hand-controller.
The SynTrek hand control is designed for the purpose of providing a simple slewing and tracking control. The small and versatile SynTrek hand control provides automatic tracking of celestial objects as soon as the power is turned on. The user-friendly interface provides quick access to many other functions the SynTrek has to offer.
- SynTrek Hand Control
- Power supply: 11 to 15V DC 2Amp
- Motor type and resolution: Microstep driven 1.8 stepper motors. Resolution: 0.144 arc sec (or 9,024,000 steps/rev.)
- Slewing speeds: Guiding speed, 4x 8x, 32x, 64x, 800x
- Guiding speeds: 1x, 0.75x, 0.5x, 0.25x
- Gear ratio: 705
- Tracking rates: Sidereal, Lunar, Solar
- Tracking Modes: RA tracking