กล้องดูดาวสะท้อน GSO 10" Classic Dobsonian Telescope พร้อม Crayford Focuser 2"
หมายเหตุ: GSO รุ่น Classic Dobsonian ถือเป็นรุ่นแนะนำสำหรับมือใหม่ที่งบจำกัด: การออกแบบของกล้อง GSO จะมีสไตร์เรียบๆ แบบ no-frills (ออกแบบเรียบง่าย เน้นใช้งาน) ส่วนวัสดุ งานประกอบ และการควบคุมคุณภาพอยู่ในเกณฑ์ดีมาก คุณภาพของภาพที่ได้ไม่แพ้ Big 3 ในอเมริกาด้วยราคาที่คุ้มค่ากว่า แต่ถ้าสามารถเพิ่มงบอีกสักหน่อย ขอแนะนำรุ่น Pro ขนาด 10" จะเพิ่ม feature ต่างๆอีกหลายอย่างและรองรับอนาคตและอุปกรณ์ต่อพ่วง เช่นกล้องถ่ายรูปได้ละเอียดแข็งแรงกว่า (focuser แบบ 2" ที่ปรับละเอียดได้, พร้อมระบบ tube balancing, ระบบกันฝุ่นเข้า เป็นต้น) สามารถดูตารางเปรียบเทียบได้ที่ด้านล่าง
BBC Sky at Night magazine rating
"..we were impressed with the crisp stars and delightful variations of colour. For simplicity and reliability, this scope ticks all the right boxes.." - BBC Sky at Night magazine
A Dobsonian telescope offers the best optical performance for your money. 90% of the value are concentrated in the optical tube assembly (mirror cell, focuser etc.). So you get much aperture for an affordable price. The GSO Classic Dobsonian reflector telescope combines powerful 250mm-diameter (10") reflecting optics with point-and-view simplicity in one surprisingly portable package. At Thai Excite, a Dobsonian is no dead-end-street. We offer all possible optional equipment like tripods and mounts, dozens of eyepieces, and even equipment for astrophotography.
The GSO Classic Dobsonian houses a big 250mm parabolic mirror with 56% more light grasp than a 8" mirror, for brighter, more detailed views of night sky curiosities. Due to the long focal length, the secondary mirror can be kept small making this telescope for a lunar and planetary specialist. The very high contrast leads to detail visibility near the physical limitations. Of course, deep sky observations are also pleasing. Pinpoint stars over the entire field of view make observing galaxies and nebulae an aesthetic delight. GSO guarantees 1/12 wave difraction limited optics. The streamlined Dobsonian telescope base offers unflinching stability yet easy portability. While the telescope may appear bulky, it is actually quite easily portable, since it can be separated into two main sections: the optical tube, and the Dobsonian base.
Horizontal and vertical adjustment of the GSO Classic Dobsonian telescope is very easy. It has gliding bearings in both axes. The telescope remains stable - just point, release and observe. Vertical adjustment is aided by the "tension control" system (see picture above). Here, you can adjust for the stiffness in this axis and even lock it. The GSO 10" Classic Dobsonian telescope comes equipped with a smooth 2" craford focuser, unlike rack-and-pinion focusers in scopes in this price range. A central part of the telescope is the good 2" Crayford focuser with many advantages:
It has a removable telescope eyepiece rack, a spring tension system to hold scope in position, two Plossl telescope eyepieces , and a nice 8x50 correct-image finder scope. With accessories like these included, you're ready for night after night of family stargazing fun right out of the box!
The GSO Classic Dobsonian also allows you to calibrate your mirrors to obtain the highest quality images that the telescope is capable of. Use any philips-head (cross-head) screw driver to keep both primary and secondary mirrors in alignment. Such screws makes it easy to get the best out of your GSO Classic Dobsonian telescope which has great reputation for its best-in-class mirrors.
Primary Mirror Cooling Fan: Until a mirror is properly cooled down it will create currents of warm air that will deteriorate the image - no matter which mirror substrate is used. Only after the mirror has cooled down this effect stops. The cooling fan reduces the cooling down time.
Instruction Manaul can be found at: https://www.tejraj.com/pdf/GS680-C.pdf
SPECIFICATIONS
REVIEWBBC Sky at Night magazine
Our rating
The GSO is a steel-tubed telescope with a large, sturdy base and an appealing price tag. The telescope tube does not come to pieces or collapse down like the others, so it comes in a pretty large box. Constructing the base is straightforward, especially if you have ever built flat-pack furniture. A small Allen key is provided along with a tiny diagram, so good eyesight plus a screwdriver and 13mm spanner are all that’s required to put it together. The mirror is held in a substantial three-point cell and is well protected from damage and stray light inside the rigid tube. This meant the GSO was well collimated after its journey to us. Adjusting the secondary mirror requires a screwdriver, and although we didn’t like having to hold tools above the primary mirror, collimation was easy to achieve. To aid mirror cooling, a battery-powered fan is thoughtfully provided. The shiny silver tube is a little tricky to grasp and we felt that a simple handle would be a thoughtful addition. The mount turns smoothly, thanks to a large roller bearing in the base section and Teflon pads, which support the plastic altitude bearings on either side of the tube. In use, these worked beautifully, with just the right amount of friction generated by the downwards force from two springs that also keep the scope safely secured.
The tube seemed well balanced even when we tried heavier eyepieces than the supplied 32mm wide-field model. The scope could also be re-mounted onto an equatorial mount if you have suitable tube rings. Like many scopes of this ilk, the GSO comes with an eyepiece and accessory tray. The 2-inch Crayford focuser is very solidly built, with tension and locking screws that functioned very effectively. Brass compression rings are provided in the focuser and the 1.25-inch adaptor to protect your eyepieces. There’s a straight-through 8×50 finderscope held in a spring-loaded holder, which we found easy to adjust. The views through this kind of finderscope are the same way up as the main scope, which you may find convenient.
Beehive beautyOur first view through the 32mm eyepiece was of the Beehive Cluster and we were impressed with the crisp stars and delightful variations of colour. The edge of the field beyond about 70 per cent was less sharp with some signs of coma (distortion of the star shapes), but this did not detract from what was a very enjoyable experience. We turned towards nearby Mars, which exhibited good colour, but we needed to use shorter focal length eyepieces to magnify it to a reasonable size. This tube provided the best shielding from stray light and the contrast was good enough to pick out the spiral structure of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) in a fairly light polluted area. Conclusion Although at times we felt the azimuth bearing was a bit too easy to turn – we knocked the scope off target when changing eyepieces – for simplicity and reliability, this scope ticks all the right boxes.
------------------------------------------------------------------- GSO is a leader in optical telescopes and accessories and their products have been sold for years by the "Big Three" (Meade, Celestron and Orion) under their own brand names. GSO telescopes and accessories are also sold under different names world-wide; Zhumell (USA), Apertura (USA), TPO (USA), Teleskop Service (Germany), Sky Optic (France), Antares (Canada), Astronz (New Zealand), and more than a dozen more brands too many to name. GSO is known for their high consistency in quality control, low defect rate, and their Taiwanese-based manufacturing scores closer to Japan in quality than other telescope manufacturers which mostly manfacture thier scopes in Mainland China. Give these telescopes a try - you will not be disappointed!
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