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10" Classical Dobsonian (S11620)
Sky-Watcher USA
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10" Flextube 250P SynScan GoTo Collapsible Dobsonian
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10" Flextube Collapsible Dobsonian (S11720)
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10" Quattro Imaging Newtonian (S11220)
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10" Truss Tube Dobsonian - Generation II (DOB1045-00)
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12" Flextube 300P SynScan GoTo Collapsible Dobsonian
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12" Flextube Collapsible Dobsonian (S11740)
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- $1,715
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12" Quattro Imaging Newtonian (S11230)
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- $1,815
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12" Truss Tube Dobsonian - Generation II (DOB1245-00)
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14" Flextube 350P SynScan GoTo Collapsible Dobsonian
Sky-Watcher USA
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16" Flextube 400P SynScan GoTo Collapsible Dobsonian
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16" Truss Tube Dobsonian - Generation II (DOB1645-00)
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208mm Newtonian f/3.9 (BR-N20839)
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6" Classic Dobsonian (S11600)
Sky-Watcher USA
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6" f/4.1 Astrograph Reflector Optical Tube
Meade
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- $549.99
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6" f/4.1 LX85 Astrograph Reflector Telescope
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6" Quattro Imaging Newtonian (S11205)
Sky-Watcher USA
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8" Classical Dobsonian (S11610)
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8" f/4 Astrograph Reflector Optical Tube
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8" f/4 LX85 Astrograph Reflector Telescope
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8" Flextube 200P SynScan GoTo Collapsible Dobsonian
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8" Flextube Collapsible Dobsonian (S11700)
Sky-Watcher USA
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8" Quattro Imaging Newtonian (S11210)
Sky-Watcher USA
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Advanced VX 6 Newtonian Telescope (32054)
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Advanced VX 8 Newtonian Telescope (32062)
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Aesthetic Scuff - LightBridge Mini 114
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EPSILON E-160ED REFLECTOR
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Epsilon-130D Astrograph
Takahashi
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Epsilon-180ED Astrograph
Takahashi
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eVscope 2 Digital Telescope - Smart, Compact, and User-Friendly Telescope
Unistellar
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eVscope 2 Digital Telescope and Backpack - Smart, Compact, and User-Friendly Telescope
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eVscope eQuinox - Smart Digital Reflector Telescope
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10" Classical Dobsonian (S11620)Sky-Watcher USA
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- $ 910.00
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10" Flextube 250P SynScan GoTo Collapsible DobsonianSaleSky-Watcher USA
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10" Flextube Collapsible Dobsonian (S11720)Sky-Watcher USA
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10" Quattro Imaging Newtonian (S11220)Sky-Watcher USA
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10" Truss Tube Dobsonian - Generation II (DOB1045-00)Explore Scientific
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- $ 1,089.99
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12" Flextube 300P SynScan GoTo Collapsible DobsonianSky-Watcher USA
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12" Flextube Collapsible Dobsonian (S11740)Sky-Watcher USA
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12" Quattro Imaging Newtonian (S11230)Sky-Watcher USA
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- $ 1,815.00
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12" Truss Tube Dobsonian - Generation II (DOB1245-00)Explore Scientific
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14" Flextube 350P SynScan GoTo Collapsible DobsonianSky-Watcher USA
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- $ 3,615.00
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16" Flextube 400P SynScan GoTo Collapsible DobsonianSky-Watcher USA
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- $ 4,680.00
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16" Truss Tube Dobsonian - Generation II (DOB1645-00)Explore Scientific
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208mm Newtonian f/3.9 (BR-N20839)Explore ScientificSold out
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6" Classic Dobsonian (S11600)Sky-Watcher USA
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- $ 460.00
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6" f/4.1 Astrograph Reflector Optical TubeMeade
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- $ 549.99
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6" f/4.1 LX85 Astrograph Reflector TelescopeSaleMeade
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6" Quattro Imaging Newtonian (S11205)Sky-Watcher USA
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8" Classical Dobsonian (S11610)Sky-Watcher USA
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- $ 655.00
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8" f/4 Astrograph Reflector Optical TubeMeade
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8" f/4 LX85 Astrograph Reflector TelescopeSaleMeade
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8" Flextube 200P SynScan GoTo Collapsible DobsonianSaleSky-Watcher USA
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- $ 1,450.00
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8" Flextube Collapsible Dobsonian (S11700)Sky-Watcher USA
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- $ 755.00
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8" Quattro Imaging Newtonian (S11210)Sky-Watcher USA
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- Regular price
- $ 830.00
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Advanced VX 6 Newtonian Telescope (32054)Celestron
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- Celestron
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- $ 1,329.00
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- $ 1,329.00
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Advanced VX 8 Newtonian Telescope (32062)Celestron
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- $ 1,629.00
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Aesthetic Scuff - LightBridge Mini 114SaleMeadeSold out
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EPSILON E-160ED REFLECTORTakahashi
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- Takahashi
- Regular price
- $ 4,660.00
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- $ 4,660.00
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Epsilon-130D AstrographTakahashi
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- Takahashi
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- $ 2,990.00
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Epsilon-180ED AstrographTakahashi
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- Takahashi
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- $ 5,510.00
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eVscope 2 Digital Telescope - Smart, Compact, and User-Friendly TelescopeUnistellar
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- $ 4,899.00
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eVscope 2 Digital Telescope and Backpack - Smart, Compact, and User-Friendly TelescopeUnistellar
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eVscope eQuinox - Smart Digital Reflector TelescopeUnistellar
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Also called Newtonians, reflecting scopes are the best bang for the buck. They have fat tubes with a parabolic mirror at the bottom. Light from the sky enters the tube and gets reflected by this mirror back up to the top of the tube where there is a small diagonal mirror that bounces the light out the side of the tube to your eye.
A Dobsonian telescope is an alt-azimuth mounted Newtonian telescope design popularized by the amateur astronomer John Dobson starting in the 1960s. Dobson's telescopes featured a simplified mechanical design that was easy to manufacture from readily available components to create a large, portable, low-cost telescope. The design is optimized for visually observing faint deep sky objects such as nebulae. This type of observation requires a large objective diameter (i.e. light-gathering power) of relatively short focal length and portability for travel to relatively less light polluted locations.

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