skywatcher explorer 130

[archway69]

Hi everybody im new here and after a bit of advise, i have a Skywatcher explorer 130 Sky-Watcher Explorer-130 (EQ2) Newtonian Reflector Telescope#

and i wanted to buy a goto mount for it i was wondering if anybody knew if it would fit on Skywatcher SynScan AZ GoTo Mount and Tripod Sky-Watcher Explorer-130 (EQ2) Newtonian Reflector Telescope#

Any help would be very appricated as i dont really want to pay out £200 and it not to fit.

Many Thanks

Jamie

[Tribal-Wolf]

You might be better off selling your scope and buying the 130P goto as it will work out about the same and you get the 130P scope with the parabolic mirror. Just a thought.

[archway69]

Is that a better Telescope than the one that i have?

[Flaxinator]

hi, I have the 130, which doesnt have the parabolic mirror, not sure what the performance difference is between them is but imagine there isnt too much of a difference between the 2.

[glowjet]

I think the advise already given, that if you want to upgrade to a GOTO then changing your scope would be the better option, at present it would be just like mounting a basic scope onto an expensive deluxe drive mechanism. your present scope only has a standard spherical reflecting mirror, to upgrade to parabolic mirror would be a significant improvement, to understand this you would need to look up the technical differences, but basically a parabolic mirror transforms the spherical light waves entering the scope and converges them towards the point of focus, thereby correcting spherical aberrations found in basic spherical reflectors, which is the difference between the SW 130 and the 130P HTH

[archway69]

Thank you for all the advise can anybody recommend a decent scope and goto mount for around £350 to £450 might have a look on eBay they have a sky max 127 going for £300 at the moment, I'm really interested in the planet and nebulars but don't want to go wasting my money on rubbish.

[archway69]

Hi all again, I have been looking online and found the celeston 4se and 127sit they both look pretty similar bit not sure if there is better scopes out there with the goto option for the same money?

[RikM]

First Light Optics - Skywatcher Explorer 130P SynScan AZ GOTO

or

First Light Optics - Skywatcher Skymax 127 SynScan AZ GOTO

Personally, I don't think the Skymax is worth the extra unless you are more interested in the moon and planets.