SKYWATCHER AUSTRALIA
Check out Optic Central SaleOur sale on selected Sky-Watcher products is on now!
Get up to 30% off computerised scopes, computerised mounts, and Dobsonian telescopes, as well as other products. But it’s only for items that we’ve actually got in stock in Mitcham.
The sale includes Sky-Watcher 120/600 refractors (without mounts) for $599.95 – that’s $100 off recommended retail. These are great wide-angle scopes, good for both land viewing and wide-field astronomy and astrophotography.
For a computerised go-to bundle, try the Sky-Watcher 150/750 Star Discovery. This is a Newtonian reflector telescope on a Wi-Fi enabled computerised mount that finds your targets for you. Our January price for the 150/750 Star Discovery is $899, down from a recommended retail price of $999.
For those who want something big – we’ve got the enormous Sky-Watcher EQ8 computerised mount. This is capable of lifting 50kg of load. Our January price for this monster is $4999, down from a recommended retail of $5999. That’s a thousand off!
Be quick though, this is only for items that are actually in stock at our Mitcham store. Either way, the sale ends on 24 January.
Jim Mitzas posted a re-worked version of his image of part of the region of Corona Australis (NGC 6729) to the Sky-Watcher Australia Facebook group. This is a reflection nebula, which shines by reflecting light from nearby stars and is one of the closer stellar nurseries to us in the Milky Way. Also visible in the bottom right of this beautiful image is a tight ball of stars, the globular cluster NGC 62723. While this appears in the same frame as the nebula, it's actually much further away.
The entire image was captured with a Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED APO refrator telescope and a ZWO ASI183MM Pro camera.
Thanks for the share Jim and your comments on processing images in PixInsight.
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Who doesn't love a Big Dob!
@midlandcamerahouse has Sky-Watcher 350P 14" Flextube Collapsible Dobsonian telescopes on sale for $1975.00.
Always great to see pictures like this to get an idea of the size of these beasties. 🔭🤔☺️
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This week's Sky-Watcher Australia's astro image of the week is from Vijay Ladva.
Vijay imaged Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359), an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. An emission nebula shines by emitting light from surrounding gas that's been excited by radiation from nearby stars. That's Helmet is approximately 3,670 parsecs away and 30 light-years in size.
He used a Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED APO refractory mounted on a Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 mount. Total exposure was around 5 hours using a ZWO ASI1600MMC camera.
Thanks for the share Vijay!
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