Levenhuk New Skyline PRO MAK 102/1300 SQ2 Telescope
A compact catadioptric telescope for near and deep space. It works well for observations from a city balcony and fits easily into a backpack.
| Product ID | 86213 |
| Brand | Levenhuk, Inc., USA |
| Warranty | lifetime |
| EAN | 5905555027067 |
| Package size (LxWxH) | 39x16.9x9.4 in |
| Shipping Weight | 24.7 lb |
The Levenhuk New Skyline PRO MAK 102/1300 SQ2 is built on the Maksutov-Cassegrain design. This design is valued for its compact, travel-friendly size, sealed optics, and complete absence of chromatic aberration. Maksutov-Cassegrain telescopes rarely need collimation thanks to their sealed tube and rigidly mounted optics — but, if needed, adjustment screws let you fine-tune the mirror alignment in the rare cases when it shifts after years of use or rough transport.
The night sky in the palm of your hand
The kit includes two SUPER eyepieces with different focal lengths: 25mm and 10mm. They provide magnifications of 52x and 130x. What you see and how much detail you get depends on the magnification you choose.
With the 25mm eyepiece, the whole Moon appears at once. It looks like a map from an astronomy atlas. The wide field of view is also enough to find the Pleiades cluster. Bright blue stars on a black background impress even experienced observers. The Orion Nebula looks like a grayish cloud with four tiny stars in the center: the famous Trapezium.
However, the real magic starts with the 10mm eyepiece. On the Moon, you see seas, craters inside craters, and shadow details along the terminator. On Jupiter’s disk, the main cloud belts and the Great Red Spot appear. Saturn shows its rings and the moon Titan floating nearby. The globular cluster M13 in Hercules looks like a bright fuzzy ball, and double stars like Albireo, Mizar, and Alcor resolve into individual stars.
Manual mount and accessories
The optical tube sits on an SQ2 equatorial mount with manual control. It comes with slow-motion knobs that make aiming comfortable even by touch. The mount’s main advantage is compensating for Earth’s daily rotation. You don’t have to worry about the object drifting out of view. Just turn one knob, and it comes back into view.
The box also includes a red dot finder. With it, the night sky turns into a catalog of targets. You can catch each one in the eyepiece in less than a minute. A sturdy steel tripod with an accessory tray serves as the base. It keeps the optical tube steady and the image stable.
Key features:
- Study the Moon in full detail: craters, mountains, basalt seas, rilles, and details along the light-shadow boundary
- Observe thousands of near and deep-sky objects: planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters
- Use the accessory tray to keep eyepieces, a Barlow lens, filters, and small tools within reach
- Ready-to-go kit for observing the same evening — no need to buy extra accessories
- The optical design delivers a clear and high-contrast image. Bright objects stand out against a black sky without color halos.
- Sealed Maksutov-Cassegrain design rarely needs collimation; adjustment screws are provided for the rare cases when it does.
The kit includes:
- Telescope optical tube
- Equatorial mount SQ2
- SUPER eyepiece 10mm, 1.25"
- SUPER eyepiece 25mm, 1.25"
- 90° diagonal mirror
- Red dot finder
- Slow-motion controls
- Counterweight
- Counterweight bar
- Steel tripod
- Accessory tray
- User manual and warranty card
| Product ID | 86213 |
| Brand | Levenhuk, Inc., USA |
| Warranty | lifetime |
| EAN | 5905555027067 |
| Package size (LxWxH) | 39x16.9x9.4 in |
| Shipping Weight | 24.7 lb |
| Optical design | catadioptric |
| Optical scheme | Maksutov-Cassegrain |
| Optics material | optical glass |
| Objective lens diameter (aperture), in | 4 |
| Focal length, in | 51.2 |
| Highest practical power, x | 204 |
| Aperture ratio | f/12.7 |
| Resolution threshold, arcseconds | 1.14 |
| Limiting stellar magnitude | 11.8 |
| Eyepieces | SUPER 10mm (130x), SUPER 25mm (52x) |
| Eyepiece barrel diameter, in | 1.25 |
| Barlow lens | no |
| Finderscope | Red Dot |
| Tripod | steel |
| Tripod height (adjustable), in | 26.77–45.28 |
| Accessory tray | ✓ |
| Telescope control | manual |
| Mount | equatorial |
| Slow-motion controls | 2 slow-motion control knobs |
| Counterweights | yes |
| Additional | collimation screws for mirror alignment |
| Dovetail mount | ✓ |
| User level | experienced users, professionals |
| Assembly and installation difficulty level | easy |
| Observed object | planets of the Solar System and deep-sky objects, terrestrial objects |
| Extended kit | ✓ |
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