Sky-Watcher 8 DOB - Join the Ranks of Serious Observers Corresponding to the escalating aperture fever that has gripped amateur astronomy for several decades, an 8 diameter is now generally regarded as the minimum entry-level aperture for serious observing. The low cost, large diameter, and fast focal ratio of the 8 Sky-Watcher Dobsonian make it an ideal dedicated telescope for wide-field, deep-space observation of faint galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. The low-power dramatically captures wide swaths of sky in a single view. Galaxies and nebula appear to pop out of the heavens as bright, expansive masses of stars, gas, and dust. Observing with the 8 Sky-Watcher Dobsonian If you have never before observed through a high-quality, wide-field Dobsonian, like the SW 8 DOB, you are in for one of the sweetest experiences in amateur astronomy. Imagine the exhilaration of opening a clam and discovering a pearl. The sky is full of pearls, astronomical pearls. While they won"t make you rich in the financial sense, for amateur astronomers at least, observing the fabled pearls of deep-space is a rich and even exhilarating pastime. A catharsis for the soul that renders the mundane insignificant, and reconnects us with the inner child who revels in awe and wonderment. A night observing with the SW 8 Dob can leave you with a lingering sense of contentment long after the evening"s viewing is over. Some of amateur astronomy"s most revered and enthusiastically observed extra solar-system objects are now within your reach. This instrumentation provides entry into ...