Sky-WatcherHeritage 150 Tabletop Dobsonian Telescope - Perfect for Beginners, Easy Setup, Portable, and Fun (S11710)

I absolutely love this thing. I have very little experience with telescopes, only having a Walmart special Celestron someone gave me for free years ago. But I went on a deep dive on what makes a scope "good" and all signs pointed me to this. The view is absolutely stellar compared to the Celestron, and the mount is super easy to point at anything. Silky smooth as well. The compact design was the real selling point since all I have is a sedan with two kid car seats in them, so moving it to remote viewing sites would not be possible with a full sized reflector.I DID have to collimate it when I first got it because the collimating screws were not locked during shipping, but only the primary mirror, which took maybe 2 minutes after watching a 3 minute YouTube video about it. I also used some 3mm EFA foam sheet from Hobby Lobby to create a light shroad that I leave installed permanently. I don't have the greatest light conditions in the suburbs and someone always has a porch/garage light on, so the light shroud cleared up the image a little bit.

The Sky-Watcher Heritage 150 Tabletop Dobsonian is an outstanding telescope for beginners and casual stargazers. After using it for a few weeks, I can confidently say it delivers impressive performance in a compact and portable design.What I Love:✔️ Excellent Optics – The 150mm parabolic primary mirror provides sharp, bright, and contrast-rich views of the Moon, planets, and deep-sky objects. Saturn’s rings, Jupiter’s moons, and even the Orion Nebula look stunning!✔️ Portable & Collapsible Design – The collapsible tube is a game-changer for easy storage and transport. It holds collimation well, so setup is quick every time.✔️ Simple, Stable Mount – The tabletop Dobsonian mount is intuitive to use, even for complete beginners. It moves smoothly and stays stable thanks to its rubber feet that minimize vibrations.✔️ Quick Setup – No complicated assembly! It’s basically ready to go right out of the box. Just attach an eyepiece, and you’re set.✔️ Great Value for the Price – You get high-quality optics in a budget-friendly package, making it one of the best beginner telescopes in its class.Minor Considerations (Not Dealbreakers):Needs a Sturdy Surface – Since it’s a tabletop design, you’ll need a steady table or flat surface to place it on, or consider a tripod/stand.Manual Tracking – Like most Dobsonians, it’s manual, so you’ll need to move it by hand to track objects across the sky. But honestly, it’s part of the fun!Final Thoughts:If you're looking for a beginner-friendly, high-quality, and portable telescope, the Sky-Watcher Heritage 150 is an amazing choice. Easy to use, powerful optics, and great build quality—this is a telescope that makes stargazing fun and accessible! Highly recommended. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fantastic telescope, great entry for 1st time owners. Details are awesome for the price point.

Great telescope for beginners

Really a fantastic product for the moon. Amazing image quality and easy to setup and move around. Might want to go more powerful to see other planets.

Bought this as a portable scope to take on trips. I do miss my EQ mount, but I may invest in a lightweight, better mount. Finder scope is great. It does hold collimation surprisingly well. Can't really judge the optics but it's been fine AFAICT, can only compare with my Meade and maybe the optics on that dob is sliiightly better, but it's tough to sayScope is very very light. Base is a bit heavy, you can swap it out obv. Starter eye pieces are fine, I have others that I use mostly but I do like the 25 mm it comes with

This is a really fun telescope. I have seen some great views of both planets and deep space objects. It has some struggles to overcome with the open tube and focuser. I wish skywatcher made a baffle for the open tube, it would be cheap and make this telescope more amazing. Both the focuser issues and open tube have DIY tutorials online to help my it even better. Overall it is a great value for a fairly low price. Also if you have limited space in your home it packs up small unlike some larger dobs.

This scope is great for beginners, just bear in mind that this is a budget starter scope and does not include quality of life features that are present in premium telescopes. If you accept the limitations that this scope comes with, it will serve you well.