Skywatcher Skyliner-300P FlexTube / 12 Dobsonian Truss Design

Skywatcher has developed with the new Skyliner series an advancement of Dobsonian engineering. It is possible to push the whole tube together. Therefore the Dobsonian becomes ultracompact for transport and also for storage. When you receive your observation point you only have to extend the tube and in in a very short time you have a complete telescope ready to use.

Skyliner 12" Flex Tube Dobsonian:

The Dobsonian in this row assured you with high resolution and especially if you prefer to watch the moon and planets it will show you a lot of fine details. Nebulae, star clusters and distant galaxies will be shown extremely bright. M13, the famous globular cluster in Hercules, will be dispersed in hundreds of single stars. You also will see structures in galaxies and nebulae.

Positioning of the SKFXD12:

Positioning the SKFXD12 is very easy. The horizontal and vertical adjustment happens through bush bearings. At every position the optics stay at their place. You only have to move the telescope, leave it and you are able to observe. The adjustment of the altitude decrees through a so called "Tension Control". So you are able to adjust the clearance of the adjustment of altitude and also to lock the telescope.

The 2" focuser:

The Dobsonian owns a smooth running and accurate 2" focuser with a reduction for 1.25" equipment. The focuser is ball beared (Crayford) and offers an accurate focusing, even if you are using heavy eyepieces. So you can use powerful 2" eyepieces, which offers you a bright picture and a gigantic field of view. As a matter of course you can also use 1.25" eyepieces!

User manual

You can find the user manual here: Skywatcher_Flextube-Dobsonian_8_to_16_en.pdf