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Sky Watcher 1145PM High Performance
Reflecting Telescope
The SkyHawk 1145PM Telescope is the ultimate home telescope!
... awarded Best Telescope 2006 by BBC's Sky at Night
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The
Newtonian telescope, invented by Sir Isaac Newton in 1688,
is now no longer just a scientific instrument - The SkyHawk
1145PM transforms the popular Newtonian telescope into a
powerful astronomical tool. It offers sharp and bright
images, enabling you to view objects during the day, and
dazzling sky-objects during the night. It also serves as
an attractive home decoration. Our SkyHawk 1145PM
Reflector Telescope is manufactured by Sky-Watcher, one
of the most respected telescope manufacturers - products
you can trust, representing great value for money.
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SkyHawk 1145PM Telescope
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WATCHER HIGH PERFORMANCE TELESCOPE
Our SkyHawk 1145PM Telescope is a 'reflector' telescope (sometimes
called a 'reflecting' telescope). Reflector telescopes
use a concave mirror to collect the light coming from
the object being oberved (eg the moon), and reflect this
up to the eyepiece.
The most important thing to look for in a telescope is
the quality of the lenses and mirrors. Generally speaking,
for a reflector telescope, the larger the diameter of
the main mirror, the more light can be collected, and
hence the greater the quality of the magnified image.
Usually, the more you pay, the higher the quality of the
magnified image. This is not always the case though among
the telescopes we regularly review.
The attractive SkyHawk 1145PM telescope benefits from
Sky Watcher's Aspherical Technology, usually only found
in larger, more expensive telescopes. The primary mirror
is altered during polishing to bring the light rays onto
a common focal plane, resulting in sharp images full of
detail. Using this technology, the SkyHawk 1145PM 76 telescope
can therefore boast about having what is known as a parabolic
mirror, rather than inferior spherical mirrors used on
(as far as we know) every other child's telescope. The
result is that the SkyHawk 1145PM produces remarkably
bright and clear images. Its intuitive manoeuvrability
makes it a perfect user-friendly telescope. Setting up
the telescope is easy.
What we also particularly like about the SkyHawk 1145PM
telescope is that it achieves a very good trade-off between
quality and price. The magnification of 100x may seem
low in comparison to quoted magnifications of other telescopes,
however this enables the SkyHawk 1145PM to offer a wide
range of view and this is all done with optics that are
superior in quality to all other telescopes in this price
bracket. The result is that the SkyHawk 1145PM provides
particularly clear and bright images that reveal more
in the night sky than other telescopes quoting higher
magnifications, which commonly suffer from poor-quality,
low-detailed and dull images with such a narrow field
of view that proper observation is impossible. SkyHawk
1145PM enables amateur astronomists to discover a wealth
of hidden secrets in the night sky, without costing the
earth! And, we have to admit, the remarkable quality of
the images makes this telescope stand out from other telescopes
in this price range.
Technical specification:
- Magnifications (with optics supplied): x20, x40, x50, x100
- Highest Practical Power (Potential): x228
- Diameter of Primary Mirror: 114mm
- Telescope Focal Length: 500mm (f/5)
- Eyepieces Supplied (1.25"): 10mm & 25mm
- x2 Barlow Lens
- R.A. Motor Drive (D.C.)
- Parabolic Primary Mirror
- 0.5mm Ultra-Thin Secondary Mirror Supports
- Red Dot Finder
- EQ1 Equatorial Mount
- Aluminium Tripod with Accessory Tray
- 125% more Light Gathering than 76mm
Package includes:
- SkyHawk 1145PM Reflecting Telescope
- 10mm
& 25mm Precision Eyepieces
- Barlow Lens
- Mount & Stand
- Instruction Booklet
Ages: 8+
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Telescope Features:
- Ideal Home telescope
- Reflecting
Telescope, with 114mm diameter mirror
- Perfect
for discovering the Night Sky (and more earthly
subjects!)
- Complete Kit - Everything included
BBC Sky at Night Review
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Choosing a Telescope: There are two main categories
of telescope: Refractors and Reflectors. Refractors, use
two or more lenses to collect and focus the light from an
object to the eye of the observer,
and can trace their design back to the telescopes of Galileo’s
era. Reflectors (like the one shown on this page),
developed by Isaac Newton in the 17th century, use mirrors
to focus the light. As magnifications increase, impurities
in the glass of lenses can cause distortion (commonly a
“rainbow-like” halo around objects) requiring expensive
and difficult treatments and coatings to correct. Reflectors
telescopes avoid this problem, and are generally cheaper
to manufacture for a given sized aperture (the main lens
or mirror used to catch the incoming light). As a result,
most high-performance optical telescopes, including the
Hubble Space Telescope, are reflector designs.
SKY-WATCHER DELUXE MIRROR COATINGS:
Most reflectors today usually have a coat of aluminium as the mirror surface and then an overcoat of silicon monoxide or silicon dioxide to protect it. Silicon dioxide produces a much more durable coat than silicon monoxide but requires specialized equipment to apply it and is therefore more expensive. Protection is needed, because in most reflectors, the mirror is open to the elements and deterioration of the reflective layer reduces the resolution of the telescope. ALL Sky-Watcher reflectors are Multi-Coated with Silicon Dioxide as standard for Optimum Durability and Long Term Performance.
Please note: Viewing the sun can cause permanent eye
damage. Do not view the sun with the Telescope, Finderscope
or even with the naked eye. To observe the sun, it is
best to project the view onto a piece of white card (see
intsruction booklet).
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