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Go deeper into the night sky with powerful 254mm optics that bring galaxies, rich star clusters, bright nebulae and detailed planets vividly within reach.
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5 Year Limited Warranty
Suitable for beginners wanting serious visual performance
The Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian is a powerful visual telescope built around one of the most valuable things in astronomy: aperture.
Its large 254mm parabolic primary mirror gathers enough light to make deep-sky observing genuinely exciting. Globular clusters become rich concentrations of stars, bright nebulae reveal greater extent and structure, and galaxies become increasingly rewarding targets under darker skies.
New Zealand's southern sky gives a telescope of this size an extraordinary range of objects to explore. Omega Centauri and 47 Tucanae are spectacular globular clusters, the Carina Nebula offers a huge complex of nebulosity and stars, while Centaurus A and the Sculptor Galaxy provide completely different deep-sky experiences.
The same aperture delivers impressive planetary performance. Saturn's rings can show fine structure when conditions are steady, Jupiter reveals its major cloud belts and can show additional atmospheric detail, while Mars can reveal darker surface markings when favourably positioned. The Moon becomes an extraordinary landscape of craters, mountains, ridges and shadows.
Despite all that optical capability, using the telescope remains simple. The solid optical tube moves naturally by hand on the Dobsonian base, with no GoTo system, electronics, batteries or alignment routine standing between you and the view.
The tension-control system lets you adjust the movement to suit your preferred observing feel, while the 2" focuser gives you the flexibility to use both 2" and 1.25" eyepieces.
With its powerful 10-inch aperture, the Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian opens up a far richer night sky, from detailed planets and spectacular star clusters to nebulae and galaxies under darker skies.
The 10" Dobsonian gives you a genuinely extensive range of night-sky targets.
Globular clusters such as Omega Centauri and 47 Tucanae become impressive fields of stars, while open clusters reveal rich groupings spread across the eyepiece.
The Carina Nebula is an outstanding southern target, with broad regions of nebulosity, embedded clusters and surrounding Milky Way star fields. Planetary nebulae and other smaller deep-sky objects add still more variety.
Galaxies are a genuine strength of 254mm aperture. Centaurus A, the Sculptor Galaxy and other brighter galaxies become worthwhile visual targets, while darker skies allow you to explore a much larger catalogue of fainter objects.
Saturn's rings are striking, with the Cassini Division possible in steady conditions. Jupiter can show its major cloud belts and finer atmospheric features, while Mars can reveal darker markings when well positioned.
The Moon is equally impressive, with fine structure visible across crater walls, mountain ranges, ridges and changing shadows.
Visual astronomy remains different from long-exposure photography, so faint galaxies and nebulae are subtler through the eyepiece than in images. But the 10" aperture gives you considerably more light to work with and a much richer range of objects to explore directly.
The Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian combines large-aperture performance with very straightforward operation.
The telescope moves in two natural directions — up and down, and around the horizon. Use the finderscope to locate the area of sky you want, move the optical tube by hand and then observe through the eyepiece.
There is no polar alignment, no coordinate system and no electronic setup.
The tension-control system lets you fine-tune the resistance in the movement, helping the tube glide smoothly when repositioned and remain stable once you stop.
The optical tube and base are separate components, so they can also be moved individually whenever that is more convenient.
Is the Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian difficult to use?
No. Despite its powerful optics, the telescope itself is extremely straightforward to operate. You simply move the tube by hand on the Dobsonian base and nudge it occasionally to follow objects as they move across the sky.
What is the Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian particularly good for?
Its 254mm aperture makes it especially rewarding for galaxies, nebulae, globular clusters and other deep-sky objects, while Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and the Moon are also excellent targets.
Does the telescope automatically find or track objects?
No. It is a completely manual telescope. You locate targets yourself and gently move the tube to follow them through the eyepiece.
*5 Years Sky-Watcher limited warranty*
| Optical Design | Newtonian Reflector |
| Aperture | 254mm / 10 Inches |
| Focal Length | 1200mm |
| Focal Ratio | f/4.7 |
| Max Practical Power | 508 |
| Focuser | 2” focuser with 1.25” adapter |
| EYEPIECES | Sky-Watcher Super Plossl 10 mm & 25mm |
| FINDERSCOPE | Yes |
| Total Weight | 31kg |
| Dimension | 67x80x11cm & 126x47x52cm |
Go deeper into the night sky with powerful 254mm optics that bring galaxies, rich star clusters, bright nebulae and detailed planets vividly within reach.
The Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian is a powerful visual telescope built around one of the most valuable things in astronomy: aperture.
Its large 254mm parabolic primary mirror gathers enough light to make deep-sky observing genuinely exciting. Globular clusters become rich concentrations of stars, bright nebulae reveal greater extent and structure, and galaxies become increasingly rewarding targets under darker skies.
New Zealand's southern sky gives a telescope of this size an extraordinary range of objects to explore. Omega Centauri and 47 Tucanae are spectacular globular clusters, the Carina Nebula offers a huge complex of nebulosity and stars, while Centaurus A and the Sculptor Galaxy provide completely different deep-sky experiences.
The same aperture delivers impressive planetary performance. Saturn's rings can show fine structure when conditions are steady, Jupiter reveals its major cloud belts and can show additional atmospheric detail, while Mars can reveal darker surface markings when favourably positioned. The Moon becomes an extraordinary landscape of craters, mountains, ridges and shadows.
Despite all that optical capability, using the telescope remains simple. The solid optical tube moves naturally by hand on the Dobsonian base, with no GoTo system, electronics, batteries or alignment routine standing between you and the view.
The tension-control system lets you adjust the movement to suit your preferred observing feel, while the 2" focuser gives you the flexibility to use both 2" and 1.25" eyepieces.
With its powerful 10-inch aperture, the Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian opens up a far richer night sky, from detailed planets and spectacular star clusters to nebulae and galaxies under darker skies.
The 10" Dobsonian gives you a genuinely extensive range of night-sky targets.
Globular clusters such as Omega Centauri and 47 Tucanae become impressive fields of stars, while open clusters reveal rich groupings spread across the eyepiece.
The Carina Nebula is an outstanding southern target, with broad regions of nebulosity, embedded clusters and surrounding Milky Way star fields. Planetary nebulae and other smaller deep-sky objects add still more variety.
Galaxies are a genuine strength of 254mm aperture. Centaurus A, the Sculptor Galaxy and other brighter galaxies become worthwhile visual targets, while darker skies allow you to explore a much larger catalogue of fainter objects.
Saturn's rings are striking, with the Cassini Division possible in steady conditions. Jupiter can show its major cloud belts and finer atmospheric features, while Mars can reveal darker markings when well positioned.
The Moon is equally impressive, with fine structure visible across crater walls, mountain ranges, ridges and changing shadows.
Visual astronomy remains different from long-exposure photography, so faint galaxies and nebulae are subtler through the eyepiece than in images. But the 10" aperture gives you considerably more light to work with and a much richer range of objects to explore directly.
The Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian combines large-aperture performance with very straightforward operation.
The telescope moves in two natural directions — up and down, and around the horizon. Use the finderscope to locate the area of sky you want, move the optical tube by hand and then observe through the eyepiece.
There is no polar alignment, no coordinate system and no electronic setup.
The tension-control system lets you fine-tune the resistance in the movement, helping the tube glide smoothly when repositioned and remain stable once you stop.
The optical tube and base are separate components, so they can also be moved individually whenever that is more convenient.
Is the Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian difficult to use?
No. Despite its powerful optics, the telescope itself is extremely straightforward to operate. You simply move the tube by hand on the Dobsonian base and nudge it occasionally to follow objects as they move across the sky.
What is the Sky-Watcher 10" Dobsonian particularly good for?
Its 254mm aperture makes it especially rewarding for galaxies, nebulae, globular clusters and other deep-sky objects, while Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and the Moon are also excellent targets.
Does the telescope automatically find or track objects?
No. It is a completely manual telescope. You locate targets yourself and gently move the tube to follow them through the eyepiece.
*5 Years Sky-Watcher limited warranty*
| Optical Design | Newtonian Reflector |
| Aperture | 254mm / 10 Inches |
| Focal Length | 1200mm |
| Focal Ratio | f/4.7 |
| Max Practical Power | 508 |
| Focuser | 2” focuser with 1.25” adapter |
| EYEPIECES | Sky-Watcher Super Plossl 10 mm & 25mm |
| FINDERSCOPE | Yes |
| Total Weight | 31kg |
| Dimension | 67x80x11cm & 126x47x52cm |
