Hubble Optics Dobson Telescope N 305/1372 UP12 Premium Ultra Portable DOB

This Premium Dobsonian telescope is a large-aperture telescope, optimized in a very lightweight and compact design to ensure it is extremely easy to transport.

The UP12 can be completely folded into a suitcase or a dedicated backpack. With a Hubble UP12, you are free to travel to all your favorite dark-sky destinations around the world by any means you choose: car, bus, train, plane, or even on foot. Finally, a true 12-inch travel telescope!

The UP12 is the perfect middle ground between a telescope with high light-gathering power and unbeatable portability. It will be the telescope that gets taken out for frequent use. It will provide stunning views of the sky, and observing will be a true joy.

The UP12 gathers 44% more light than 10" optics, allowing you to resolve much fainter objects and finer details. With the Hubble UP12, most NGC objects can be found from a location with dark skies - they might not be very obvious, but you will be able to track them down. The Hubble UP12 will reveal hints of color in bright emission nebulae like the Orion Nebula and some of the brighter Planetary Nebulae (Snowball Nebula, Saturn Nebula, and others), incredible details on Jupiter, and, using an H-beta filter, a very distinct Horsehead Nebula. Results vary depending on observing conditions and other factors. The Hubble UP12 is a telescope that will give you a lifetime of satisfying observing experiences!

Special features:

• Exclusive Sandwich Mirror Technology: Hubble Optics' Sandwich Mirror technology has been used to produce scientific-grade optical elements, and after over six years of successful applications in research facilities such as NASA, California State Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo, for the U.S. military, and in amateur astronomy worldwide, it has proven its success. The collapsible telescope design, with an open body and closed back, not only allows air to circulate at the mirror level but also provides maximum strength, allowing for a simpler mirror cell design. But why is thermal equilibrium so crucial? The main problem is "mirror seeing," the turbulence seen through the telescope eyepiece when the air above the mirror is at a different temperature than the mirror itself. Because a sandwich mirror cools much faster than a solid mirror of the same thickness, this significant source of distortion is quickly eliminated, providing sharp and stable viewing conditions.
• Semi-Enhanced Optical Coating: The 92% enhanced optical coating ensures that the primary mirror gathers as many photons as possible (scattering as few as possible) to produce a bright, high-contrast image. Its optimized 92% enhanced coating is finished with a precisely controlled dielectric layer to maximize reflectivity and provide excellent chemical and mechanical protection for the mirror coating. A 96% enhanced coating is applied to the secondary mirror.
• Engineered Mirror Support: The Dobsonian telescope features a widely stabilized and optimized floating system that supports the sandwich mirror more than adequately. The three-point collimation system is completely independent of the lateral sling support. It will completely eliminate that all-too-common astigmatism introduced by sling straps when using a sem

Key features

Hubble Optics quality for a reliable and fulfilling observing experience.

• Type: Reflector
• Aperture (mm): 305
• Focal length (mm): 1372
• Aperture ratio (f/): 4.5
• Mount type: Dobsonian
• Manufacturing technique: Newtonian

Main technical specifications