The Heritage-150p is easy to use and has the same Parabolic Primary Mirror as the highly acclaimed Explorer-150P, so provides wonderful views of the Moon, planets and the brighter Deep-Sky Objects.
Sky-Watcher's patented retractable FlexTube system makes it easy to transport and store.
The new Sky-Watcher Heritage-150P Flextube features the same tried & trusted collimateable parabolic primary mirror as the highly-renowned Explorer-150P.
A capable all-rounder that will provide wonderful views of both the Moon, planets and many deep-sky targets.
Sky-Watchers retractable FlexTube system makes it easy to transport and store.
The manually operated Dobsonian alt-azimuth mount is quick to set up and easy to use.
The telescope & mount arrives fully assembled, straight out of the box.
Includes presentation gift box.
Average Rating (11 Reviews): | |
Terrible, extremely disappointed. 01 October 2024 | Matthew
Service from FLO was spot on as always, but this product is far from it.
Corners have been cut in all area with the most notable being the awful focuser!
It detracts 100% from the usability of the Telescope. It has just one use, and that is an icebreaker.
The finder bracket is located is a stupid place, and makes extension of the front end a faff.
Ever single thing about the Telescope has been designed to stop you reusing it, and forcing you to purchase another scope if you want to move on.
From the wobbly front end, to the extremely short dove tail.
Mounting it on anything except an AltAz mount is out of the question as it doesn't balance correctly with heavier eyepieces.
I've tried to love this scope, I really have, as the views when collimation does hold are very good.
I've tried to using it for imaging too, and again the optics are great, but as soon as the position of the scope changes the plastic nasty front end flexes, and collimation is lost.
Over all a cheap nasty little scope. Don't buy it, you'll be stuck with it, with no way out.
I have multiple skywatcher products, and this is by a country mile, is the worst.
Response:
Thank you for your kind comments regarding our service 🙂
We are sorry to hear you are disappointed with your Sky-Watcher Heritage-150P Flextube Tabletop Dobsonian.
Sky-Watcher designed their Heritage 150p for new astronomers who want an affordable, compact, easy-to-use telescope for visual astronomy. They have succeeded in this. It will not perform as well as your other telescope (costing nearly four times as much), and it is not designed for astrophotography.
You will be pleased to hear our 30-day return policy covers your Heritage-150p, so you can return it in good condition for a full refund.
HTH
Speediest delivery, quality telescope 24 November 2023 | Adam
The telescope arrived 22 hours after I'd ordered it. Amazing stuff. I'm a complete novice but I'm thoroughly enjoying this telescope and my confidence with it grows each night I get out. The red dot finder is a godsend. The eyepieces supplied provide quality viewing of the moon. I can't wait to get a couple of decent deep-sky eyepieces and see the maximum this telescope has to offer. Thanks to FLO for answering a couple of questions I had prior to purchase.
30 May 2023 | Alla
I've had this telescope for almost a year, and I couldn't be happier with it. It's light and versatile. It can be used on its dob base or on a tripod. It can be packed away for traveling. With a 6-inch aperture, it provides decent optics, and considering the price, this telescope is very good.
30 April 2023 | Martin
Enjoying the speed and simplicity of this scope which is so easy to set up. Great views too. I had previously owned a scope which was 4 times more expensive but it was heavy and took ages to align. By the time it was all sorted either the clouds had come or the lens was picking up dew! This is just so much more enjoyable.
everything I had hoped for 05 January 2023 | Andrew
Service (delivery) was excellent. Delivered within 24 hours even though Royal Mail Christmas strikes was making this an even more difficult "ask" of the seller and it's couriers.
The item itself was well packaged and seems to do just as I had hoped - complete beginner so not sure if I'm the best person to make comments on the true quality of the telescope - But I'm happy with the results.
01 March 2022 | Krishan
Excellent service
17 June 2021 | Robert
Quick delivery after matching price, and having answered my pre-sale questions. Great bit of kit - though only one clear sky night since it arrived and the moon a tiny dot in the West - but even on lowest magnification showed up some fine details. Looking forward to longer darker nights after the solstice. Best thing is it tucks away under my desk rather than being on a tripod and taking up half the conservatory, and light to carry to optimum position for viewing.
23 February 2021 | Andrew
I had no experience of astronomy at all. So, I did a lot of research as my son is space and rocket mad - bought this for Christmas thinking that it wouldn't arrive in time, but it did (great - thanks FLO!)
This is a superb 'scope and I've found myself getting into this hobby as a result - I've just completed an EQ platform that works well with this. Being a flextube it packs down nicely, so doesn't take up loads of space - it is carried out in one piece and set up within seconds.
Plenty of views of the Moon, Orion Nebula, clusters, Andromeda, lots of stars etc, although winter weather and clouds have limited our time out! Waiting for the other planets to come around to view in the spring/summer.
The included 25mm eyepiece is good, but the 10mm I find is not so good. I bought a set of BST Starguiders and it has made a lot of difference over the included eyepieces. I have also been experimenting with afocal photography using my phone mounted against the eyepiece, with some good results.
The only thing I don't like about it is the helical focuser.. it's ok once you get used to it, but it's not the best.
Excellent first telescope 30 December 2020 | Isaac
I’d recommend this as a first telescope. Easy to set up and start viewing quickly. Didn’t need collimating out of the box. Eyepieces are good quality. Well made and feels sturdy.
30 December 2020 | Steph
Bought for my husband for Christmas and he’s thrilled with it. So easy to set up, literally just plonk it somewhere and go. We’ve only used a couple of times as the weather has been awful, but have seen loads of detail on surface of moon, constellations, Mars and looking forward to trying to find Saturn and Jupiter. Would recommend
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