Sky-Watcher Star Discovery P150i 10275
£569.00 VAT inc
The Sky-Watcher Star Discovery P150i has been designed to be controlled wirelessly with your Smartphone or Tablet, using the free SynScan App for iOS or Android. The supplied Synscan™ Wi-Fi module creates it’s very own Wi-Fi network, so the mount can be used anywhere, without any reliance on other WiFi or mobile networks. After entering your coordinates into the App and following a simple alignment procedure, you are ready to explore the universe using the App’s intuitive touchscreen menu
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The STAR DISCOVERY P150i and SynScan™ App provides full computerised GO-TO control, allowing the telescope to be automatically slewed to any one of the objects in the App’s extensive database of 10,000+ celestial objects. Incorporates Sky-Watcher’s Freedom-Find™ patented Dual-Encoder Technology, which allows the telescope to be moved manually in either axis without the mount losing its positional information. This gives the user enormous freedom, convenience and flexibility during observational sessions.
With an extremely useful 150mm of light gathering aperture and a superb parabolic primary mirror the STAR DISCOVERY P150i is a highly capable all-rounder for the observation of the Moon, bright planets, nebulae, galaxies and star clusters, and is easy to carry and transport.
Capture celestial images with your smartphone with the supplied Smartphone Camera Adaptor!
features
- Magnifications (with eyepieces supplied): x30 & x75
- Highest Practical Power (Potential): x300
- Diameter of Primary Mirror: 150mm
- Telescope Focal Length: 750mm (f/5)
- Parabolic set primary mirror & secondary mirror with Radiant™ Aluminum Quartz (RAQ™) coating providing up to 94% reflectivity with optimal durability and long term performance
- 1.25” Rack & Pinion Focuser
- Star Discovery AZ Go-To Alt-Azimuth Go-To Mount with Dual-Axis Tracking
- Freedom-Find™ Dual Encoder Technology
- Controller: Free SynScan App for iOS and Android mobile device or Synscan Hand Controller (available separately)
- Connectivity: ASCOM platform for Windows PC, Mobile planetarium App for iOS and Android ( SkySafari Plus/Pro, more are coming).
- Power Requirement: 12v DC 1Amp Power Supply (Tip Positive) or 8 x AA Batteries (not supplied)
- Sky-Watcher 7Ah or 17Ah Power Tank Recommended
- 33% more Light Gathering than 130mm
specifications
- SynScan App Database: Total 10,000+ Objects. Deep Sky Objects: 10759, including Messier, NGC, IC, Caldwell Catalogues, Named DSOs, Named Stars: 305, Double Stars: 55, Solar system objects: 7 planets, Sun , Moon. (Unlimited objects when working with a 3rd party planetarium software).
- SynScan App Alignment Method: Brightest Star Alignment, North-Level Alignment
- SynScan App’s Other Features: Tonight’s Best Sky Tour, Point and Go with a mobile device, Identification of Celestial Objects, Remote control over Internet, User defined objects, Pointing Accuracy Enhancement (PAE)
- 45mm Sky-Watcher/Vixen type dovetail saddle
- Interface: SynScan Hand Control Port, DSLR Shutter Release Port (optional cables available separately)
SPECIAl OFFER
Buy ANY Sky-Watcher telescope & get this superb
Sky-Watcher Eyepiece, Filter, Night Vision Torch Set for just £99.00 (SRP £175.00) direct from OVL
Kit Comprises: 7.5mm, 12.5mm, 17mm & 20mm Super Plossl Eyepieces, Four Threaded Light Filters (Amber, Blue, Neutral Grey & Moon Filter) Dual – Beam LED Night Vision Torch, in lockable, foam-padded Aluminium Case
Please note the Astronomical Telescope user guide is no longer supplied with the above set, but can be downloaded here
Terms of Offer
Just send a photocopy of your receipt with a cheque (payable to OVL) and covering note to us at the address below. Order must be placed within FOUR MONTHS of telescope purchase. Please provide a daytime telephone number and an address, for guaranteed acceptance of delivery, between 9am-5pm Mon-Fri as the goods will be delivered by carrier. FREE delivery to any UK address!!
Post to: Accessory Set Offer, Optical Vision Ltd, Unit 3 Woolpit Business Park, Woolpit, Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9UP
(Please note: We reserve the right to discontinue this offer at any time without prior notice)
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What's In Box
- Stainless Steel Tripod with Accessory Tray
- Eyepieces Supplied (1.25″): 10mm & 20mm Photo/Visual
- Synscan™ Wi-Fi Adaptor Module
- Red Dot Finder
- Universal Smartphone Adaptor (will fit smartphones with width between 54-90mm)
Hi – I just wanted to pass on some feedback regarding the SkyWatcher Discovery P150i that I purchased in July 2021.
The instrument has been a delight to own and use. For around six months, I used it exclusively in visual astronomy. The link to SynScan allowed me to home in on ‘hard to find’ objects much more easily than when I had previously tried star-hopping with my 4.5 inch equatorial mounted Tasco.
The real boost however came when I married up the kit with a relatively inexpensive Altair astrocamera (GP 327C) in early 2021 (circa £250).
Although EAA is not easy (I’m definitely still learning) and I wasn’t sure if it would dovetail well with an Alt-Az scope, I have found that the benefits are huge.
The combination of scope and camera has achieved three things:
1. It cuts through light pollution (I have to contend with a powerful street light right on the boundary of my property).
2. It gives me a wonderful permanent record of what I am targeting
3. It allows me to see objects a full six or seven magnitudes fainter than with the scope alone – in practice this can be down to around 18th or 19th magnitude.
The whole process has been incredibly rewarding and I have a attached a few of the images with which I am most pleased.
Thank you for your help in getting me started with such a great piece of kit!
Best regards,
“NA”
Dalton
Thirsk