Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS – star-watcher.ch

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

Blog Postings

Overview

Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS _{Apr. 11, 2022}

Improvements

Primary Mirror Ring _{Apr. 14, 2022}
130PDS Improvements _{May 1, 2022}
Reproducible Collimation _{May 10, 2022}

Technical Specs

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

star-watcher on Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS: “Control everything from a shed sounds very comfortable to me! Some day I’ll also use a laptop to control everything…” Apr 28, 23:16

Kristof Vandebeek on Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS: “Ah, I read in one of your articles that you had a problem with freezes during guiding but I haven’t…” Apr 28, 20:30

star-watcher on Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS: “Really appreciate your message 🙂 Do you also encounter freezes on your GEM28 (autoguiding stops work, hand controller no reaction…)?…” Apr 28, 19:29

Kristof Vandebeek on Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS: “Wonderful to read this! I’ve been on your site many times before and it’s actually this site that convinced me…” Apr 28, 15:19

star-watcher on M 101 – First Light 130PDS: “Hallo Matthias Danke für den Tipp. Den Blendenring hab ich gleich mit dem Teleskop mitbestellt, aber noch nicht eingebaut. Und…” Apr 11, 21:48

Matthias on M 101 – First Light 130PDS: “Hallo Karol, um die Strahlen am Stern zu vermeiden, brauchst du einen Blendenring am Hauptspiegel und musst den OAZ etwas…” Apr 11, 21:17

star-watcher on Review – iOptron GEM28: “Hi Tim Thanks. Difficult question… I like the GEM28 for it’s portability and payload capability. But the freezes are very…” Mar 7, 17:16

Timothy on Review – iOptron GEM28: “Hi, nice site, I’m Tim, I live in Ticino, and I also like AP, I was looking for a portable…” Mar 6, 18:09

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