The BRESSER Messier 8'' Dobsonian is simply a breakthrough. Despite its low price, this telescope offers versatility and quality, rivaling a lot more expensive telescopes. The optical diameter of 203mm (8'') does not restrict your observations on solar system objects like the moon or the planets - you can reach farther into the sky and explore globular and open clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. With that telescope, those objects are beginning to show structures: globular clusters are no longer only fuzzy blobs but are resolved into masses of individual stars. Nebulae, which can only be barely detected in smaller scopes, reveal structures within. The telescope is setting a new standard in versatility: the excellent Hexafoc focuser boosts a free diameter of 65mm (2,5'') so that you do not have vignetting in big widefield eyepieces that is caused by smaller focuser barrels. The big altitude wheels handle those big, heavy eyepieces without problems - and when you intend to load even more (like a binocular viewer with two eyepieces) then you can move the tube in its tube rings and achieve balance within seconds. The excellent rigidity of the focuser makes focusing a snap - even for astrophotography. This is another virtue of this highly versatile telescope system: you can remove the altitude wheels from the tube rings, attach a dovetail, and use the optical tube on an equatorial mount for astrophotography - in minutes. The focuser is handling even heavy cameras tilt and shifting-free. Are you extremely demanding in your image sharpness? No problem - with the optional 10:1 gear reduction sharp images are easy. If you consider, that the focuser is that part of the telescope that is used most often, you will recognize the quantum leap this Hexafoc represents in a telescope of this price range. With the included standard accessories (6x30 finder and 25mm SPL-eyepiece) the telescope is ready for observation.
 
If you need to transport or store the telescope as compact as possible, you will like this: the rocker box of the 8'' BRESSER Messier assembles and disassembles extremely easily and quickly due to the use of standard metal furniture fasteners. So you can transform the bulky rocker box into a handy flat package of boards. This telescope is setting a new standard in usability, versatility, and performance in its price class.