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Starter telescopes for astronomy are difficult things to get right. They are a balance between price (low enough to attract beginners to the hobby) and performance (high enough to deliver impressive views). Box-shifters, photo shops and the like usually focus on price and care only that the telescope sells. They do this because they often only stock cheap telescopes, have no real astronomy knowledge and no upgrade path so have only one opportunity to sell a telescope. Unfortunately this often results in the customer buying a poor quality telescope that is used only once then ends up in the loft, under the bed or sold at a car-boot sale. The disillusioned customer abandons what should have been a highly rewarding hobby. Specialist astronomy retailers find this situation intensely frustrating! 

With this in mind we are genuinely excited about the new Skywatcher Heritage 100p because it has a near-perfect balance of low price and high performance. Seriously, check the specification! It has a useful 4" aperture, a Skywatcher f4 parabolic mirror-set, a proper 4-vane secondary support, red-dot finder and a sturdy Dobsonian base that includes a 3/8" thread so can be used with a suitable field tripod. All for under £100! 

Anyone buying this telescope will achieve impressive views of the lunar surface. Saturn's rings will be clearly visible. They will see weather bands on Jupiter and several of it's moons. Star clusters and the brighter nebulae and galaxies are also within reach of this telescope. 

We like it  :grin:

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At F4,  will it not be quite harsh on beginner ep's? Nice and compact with decent mount though.

It would benefit from better, more expensive eyepieces but the same is true is true of all the Skywatcher Newtonians, particularly the hugely popular Skywatcher 1145p with it's f4.4 mirror. 

I am going to take one home to see how far we can push the optics. I will also try a solar filter, my eldest son is taking an interest so it will be fun to show him sunspots. 

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At last a decent alternative to suggesting binoculars to those with a sub-£100 budget !  :smiley:

It will probably do well with decent plossls or orthos but I'd probably avoid mixing low cost wide field eyepieces with it.

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I am seriously thinking about getting this for my holidays and for those quick 10 minute sessions out in the back garden instead of bins. For hols it should pack up nicely into a large well protected suitcase.

Pick it up, plonk in on patio table and away you go. 

Waiting a review in anticipation and i am hoping it will push out to 200x !

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That is a cracking scope for a beginner. 

At last a decent alternative to suggesting binoculars to those with a sub-£100 budget !  :smiley:

It will probably do well with decent plossls or orthos but I'd probably avoid mixing low cost wide field eyepieces with it.

I never recommend binoculars unless the person actually says they are more interested in the stars than seeing the Moon and Planets. 

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I have run it by the mrs and i think i will get one but want to see steve's (FLO) report b4 i commit. Link this thread in steve so we pick it up.

My thinking is recently the run of viewing has been more minutes than hours (30 mins here, 20 mins there etc) where i live. So something I can chuck outside with minimal cooling, no effort or setup and capable of hopefully 150x or maybe more, then this might be the way to go.  :rolleyes: When I say way to go, the saying is your best scope is the one you use the most, well as it stands something like this would fit the bill perfectly.

ps, As i type this I am sat next to a somewhat redundant looking SW  300p goto  :huh:

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Looks like Skywatcher's version of the Orion Skyscanner 100. That's always been a touch tricky to find over here, hopefully Skywatcher's version will be more widely available.

I wouldn't mind seeing a size comparison vs the 76.

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Excellent, the more options the better I think. what a grab and go travel scope this could be!? I also wondered why they don't do a 6" f/5 heritage type scope so I've been building one :D

I've just thought Steve, did you clock whether it has collimation screws for the primary or is it fixed in like the 76mm version?

Chris

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