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Sky-Watcher SkyMax-102 AZ-Go2: Finding Planets on Autopilot<\/h2>\n

This version of the Sky-Watcher SkyMax-102 (102\/1300 mm Maksutov-Cassegrain, f\/12.7) is on the AZ-Go2 GoTo mount with hand controller: automatically locate and track thousands of objects. The control is adjustable in multiple languages. For those who want the sharpness of a Maksutov without having to know their way around the sky.<\/p>\n

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What do you see through the SkyMax-102?<\/h2>\n

The Moon is a landscape at this focal length: craters, rilles, and mountain ranges along the terminator. Jupiter shows cloud bands, Saturn its rings with the Cassini Division under good seeing, Mars its polar caps. Double stars and bright star clusters complete the program. This type of telescope is not designed for wide nebulae.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

AZ-Go2: Search and Track from Hand<\/h2>\n

After a quick alignment on two bright stars, the hand controller points the way: select an object from the database, and the mount will slew to it and track it. Especially at the high magnifications of this optic, that automatic tracking is worth its weight in gold: the object simply stays where you're looking.<\/p>\n

This is how to get the most out of this telescope<\/h2>\n