This 8-inch Dobsonian telescope gives aperture at a low price.

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Product Description

Lightbridge Truss Tube Dobsonian with 8" Aperture

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93810 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Meade
• Model: 0805-05-02
• Dimensions: 15.00" h x 15.00" w x 33.00" l, 32.00 pounds

Features

• Easy Setup & Take-Down
• Open Truss Tube Design Allows For Easy Portability
• Diffraction Limited 8" Primary Mirror, Focal Length Of 1219Mm (F/6)
• 2" Crayford-Style Machined Focuser With 1.25" Adapter
• 2" Series 4000 26Mm Qx Wide Angle Eyepiece

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Customer Reviews

Meade LightBridge Dobsonian
We purchased the Meade LightBridge (8" Dobsonian) and have used it, albeit, sporadically, as the sky has been so overcast here in New England since early December, 2007. The ease of use is great. Size and portability very good, considering the mount type (Dob). Realize that you'll need other eye pieces for different magnifications. We purchased the Meade kit of 6 eye pieces with a barlow and some filters in a hard shell case..which was the way to go. All in all, we're pretty happy with this telescope. Finding Saturn is easy and it looks great with the additonal eye pieces we bought to complement the original purchase. This scope can realistically obtain magnifications up to about 400x. We had a little trouble with the focuser (Crayford style 2") but resolved it quickly with a call to Meade for technical assistance. I will post again later after we've had more experience with the product. Do keep in mind that this scope does not come with a computerized finder so you'll need to do some homework in order to find objects in the night sky. A lot of telescope for the money!

We found Saturn
We were skeptical of this telescope, but alas, we found Saturn by accident. It was truly amazing. We were expecting a little bit higher magnification, but it is great!