Description
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New portfolio, just released. Available April 2025.
Sky Rover 150mm F/8 ED APO Refractor Telescope
ADVANCED & PROFESSIONAL LEVEL TELESCOPE – Excellent Quality telescope for Advanced & Professional users. Excellent performance for those that wish to achieve everything. Outstanding performance on the moon, planets, stars, double stars, star clusters, globular star clusters, nebulae & galaxies.
Just an exceptional telescope, simple as that ! An absolute a joy to use. You will be delighted with the details you can achieve through this High Quality ED Extra Dispersion Glass APO 150mm, fine details of DSOs, stunning resolution both visually and for astro imaging.
When it comes to world’s best practise refractor telescopes, the Sky Rover 150mm F/8 ED APO Refractor Telescope is unbeatable. It features a Premium Quality Japanese triplet air-spaced FPL53 ED Glass objective lens.
This telescope is also an outstanding system for astrophotography, also available is an optional 0.8X 4 element 70mm clear aperture ED Glass reducer flattener enabling advanced pro level astroimaging to be achieved with either DSLR or extra performance CCD systems.
Among its features, the Sky Rover 150mm F/8 ED APO Refractor Telescope utilises an ultra-smooth 4″ superb Premium Rack & Pinion Dual Speed focuser: a treat to use during astrophotography. No more image shift! It rotates in a full 360 degree… an extra-heavy duty state of the art unit with large aluminium knobs. The Sky Rover 150mm F/8 ED APO Refractor Telescopee includes a fully graduated scale for precise camera alignment.
Despite its large 150mm objective, the Sky Rover 150mm F/8 ED APO Refractor Telescope is still a very compact & robust manufactured unit. The focuser is extra strong with a premium dual-speed microfocus capability. Aside from the simply beautiful fitment and finish, the 150 PRO includes a premium CNC-machined aluminum powder-coated white tube unit, including mounting ring set and retractable dewshield with premium screw on dewshield cap. Plus precision anodized 360 degree 4 inch rotatable dual speed rack & pinion focuser.
The Sky Rover 150mm F/8 ED APO Refractor Telescope is pure quality from the highly precise CNC machined lens cell to the solid CNC-machined mounting rings. Also included is a 2″ and 1.25″ adapter with brass anti-marring compression rings. You also have a 2-year warranty.
* Precision Japanese FPL53 ED Gllass optics with Premium Multi coatings, including design by a global leading telescope designer.
* Extra-smooth custom made rotatable 4 inch Rack & Pinion focuser with dual speed control: a wonderful unit in usage.
* Premium quality powder-coated white CNC-machined aluminium tube, retractable dewshield and dewshield cap.
* Stainless steel reinforced inserts on both sides and on the back to allow heavy loads without problems.
Supply includes:
* Solid CNC-machined premium tube rings
* Losmandy type dovetail
* Premium hard case
Options:
* Flattener Reducer 4 element ED Glass 70mm clear aperture 0.8X (direct connects to 48mm thread for DSLR & CCD connectivity)
* 48mm T Mount available (suit Canon or Nikon) – or full range of exceptional Moravian & QHY CMOS astronomy cameras to achieve exceptional results (personally I use a QHY600 on my own SR Ref 150 with a 7 pc set of Optolong filters and find the system’s performance to be ideal)
* Finderscope foot for OTA to mount up standard finderscopes
* Full range of Eq mounts available – recommended are: Saxon AZ-Eq6 Pro or an ASA Astrosysteme Austria DDM 100
* Full range of exceptional quality premium wide angle eyepieces & diagonals available on application
* Full range of filters for visual & astroimaging also available on request
* Camera CCD – Moravian & QHY sensational full range of magnificent CMOS’s
Sky Rover Reference Series ULT 150 ED Glass 150mm Triplet APO Refractor Telescope …
i. Optics:
Clear Aperture : 150mm
Focal Ratio : f8
Focal Length : 1,200mm
Objective Type : Triplet Japanese APO FPL53 ED Glass 3 Element air spaced
Limiting Magnitude : 17
ii. Tube set:
Tube: premium CNC aluminium powder coated tube set
Lens Shade : Retractable
Tube coating : Powdercoat Pearl white
Tube Diameter : 197mm (dewcap)
Tube Length : 1030mm extended
iii. Focuser:
Focuser : premium rotatable dual speed 4 inch Rack & Pinion taking 2 inch eyepieces/ diagonal and fitting a 2 inch to 1.25 inch adapter as standard
4″ Solid CNC-machined mounting rings included
Camera-angle Adjuster 1.25″
Adapter Included 1.25″ Adapter
Brass Compression Rings
iv. System:
Tube Weight : 12kg
Shipment package : 42 X 42 X 125 cm, 20.7 Kg
v. Option:
* Flattener Reducer 0.8X for advanced astroimaging
Note: Imaging Circle Diameter with Reducer Flattener fitted is 42mm and Back focus is 54.8mm
