{"id":15759,"date":"2025-07-11T18:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/?post_type=product&p=15759"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:47:35","slug":"sky-watcher-skymax-127-az-go2-goto","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.telescoop.nl\/en\/sky-watcher-skymax-127-az-go2-goto\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky-Watcher Skymax-127 AZ-Go2 GoTo Maksutov-Cassegrain 127\/1500"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Skymax-127 AZ-Go2 is a Maksutov-Cassegrain with a 127 mm aperture and a focal brandlength of 1500 mm (f\/11.8), folded into a 33 cm closed tube. It mounts on the AZ-Go2, an alt-azimuthal GoTo mount with motors on both axes and its own Wi-Fi network: in the free SynScan app for iOS and Android, you choose an object from among over 10,000, the telescope rotates towards it and continues tracking. The entire system is mounted on a stainless steel tripod with an accessory platform. In the Skymax line from Sky-Watcher, 127 mm is the middle size between 102 and 150 mm; all versions are listed on the category page. Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

What do you see through the Skymax-127?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Moons, planets, double stars and globular clusters are the core of this telescope. Moon: craters, mountain chains and the shadow line at 75x with the 20 mm eyepiece; at 150x with the 10 mm eyepiece the small craters at the bottom of the large ones and the ridges along the crater rims. Jupiter: the two dark cloud bands with color differences, the four large moons and at quiet nights the Great Red Spot and the shadow of a moon on the planet. Saturn: the ring apart from the planet, the moon Titan and at 150x the Cassini separation as a thin dark line in the ring. Mars: around an opposition the polar cap and dark spots on a small disk. Double stars: Albireo in orange and blue, the double star in the Pleiades at 150x separated into four stars. Globular clusters like M13 show a grainy ball that breaks apart at the edge into loose stars; the Ring Nebula is a small ring of smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n

The field of view with the 20 mm eyepiece is approximately 0.7 degrees, slightly more than the full moon. The Pleiades, the Andromedan nebula, and the entire Orion nebula do not fit into that; for those extended objects a wide field of view is required. Dobson<\/a> Of the same merk with short brandfocal length, Newton is the better choice. Nebulae and galaxies are seen with gray-scale vision, not in color. From a city or village with street lighting, the moon, planets, double stars, and star clusters are visible, making this telescope also suitable for a balcony. The highest meaningful magnification is approximately 254x; due to the air above the Netherlands and Belgium, 150 to 200x is the practical limit, and because the mount is attached, a planet at that magnification remains visible. What you can expect per object is stated in What do you see through a telescope?<\/a>, Jupiter through a telescope<\/a>, Saturn through a telescope<\/a> and The Moon through a telescope<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

How does the Skymax-127 AZ-Go2 differ from other 127 mm Maksutovs?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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