Orion 8945 SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope

[Music] hello today we're going to be talking about the Orion XT a classic Dobsonian this little Dobsonian is currently running for about three hundred eighty nine dollars you can occasionally get it on special and it's eight inches of aperture it's the perfect size for taking out to most dark sites it's easy to lift doesn't matter you don't have to be really strong it's not a big deal comes apart into two pieces the really nice thing about these is a lion has made a really good name for itself with customer service and for robust products this product right here is a couple of years old and it's been a really good Dobsonian it has taken several bangs and beat ups and and has not given me any problems that's the good side the bad side to it is they're not quite as well equipped as some of the others such as zoom l for example it has an inch and a quarter single speed rack and pinion foc