Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS

This page is a summary of all my blog posts about the Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS telescope or related topics.

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Technical Specs

Aperture	130mm
Focal Length	650mm
Focal Ratio	f/5
Focuser	2″ Crayford, Dual Speed
Weight	3.66kg

star-watcher on IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula: “Hi Ron Oh, then I was wrong… in the video you’ve watched the blue channel has the lowest median value.…” Jan 29, 18:51

Ron on IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula: “Hello Karol, I was watching this video: https://www.star-watcher.ch/image-processing/remove-cls-ccd-tint-in-pixinsight/ Thank you for pointing me to the new workflow! Cheers, Ron” Jan 27, 04:18

star-watcher on IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula: “Hi Ron. I assume you refer to my processing workflow video. Yes, in the video the red channel has the…” Jan 27, 00:06

Ron on IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula: “Thank you! I followed your procedure on my first image from Nikon D750 / Sky-Watcher 100ED of the SH2-171 nebula…” Jan 26, 23:24

star-watcher on Ghost Reflections: “Hello Michael, many thanks for the clarification. What I didn’t take into account is that my 130PDS has a bigger…” Nov 15, 19:01

Michael on Ghost Reflections: “Hello, the reason for the “ghost spike” is the secondary spider! What you normally see as bright spikes on stars…” Nov 15, 11:47

star-watcher on 130PDS Improvements: “Thanks for your message 🙂 With the dew shield I use, flats are possible! It’s stiff enough to keep the…” Jul 29, 16:41

Kristof Vandebeek on 130PDS Improvements: “Great tips – thanks for this! I recently got myself a 130 PDS with the Baader MPCC. The dew shield…” Jul 28, 20:22

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