The Celestron StarSense Explorer 8-inch Dobsonian telescope is big. All Dobsonians are, relative to other designs of telescope mounts, but at least its 8-inch aperture limits it to about 10kg each ...

Skywatching Kit Best telescope mounts in 2025. Skywatching Kit Best telescopes for astrophotography in 2025. ... The Dobsonian telescope design was developed by John Dobson in the 1960s, ...

The Dobsonian, John Dobson’s sidewalk telescope mount design more commonly referred to as a Dob, has evolved significantly since its first commercial introduction in the 1980s.

When I set out to build a portable telescope, known as a Dobsonian telescope, the first step had me stymied—where do you find 6 ft of 8-in.-dia cardboard tubing?. I'm a physicist by training, an ...

Dobsonian mounts A specialized type of Alt/Az telescope mount, which turns on a lazy Susan-style pivot point. They are large and not especially portable, ...

Newtonian reflectors coupled to alt-az Dobsonian mounts (see “Telescope mounts” later in this article) dramatically reduce the prices (and weights) of large telescopes from what they would be ...

Simply put, a Dobsonian telescope is a type of large aperture Newtonian telescope design popularised by John Dobson back in the mid 1960s, ... commonplace materials for the mount ...

At 43.4 lbs/19.68kg for the mount and the telescope tube combined the Celestron StarSense Explorer 8-inch Dobsonian isn't a particularly lightweight telescope to move around your garden, but it ...