Sky-Watcher, on its own published figures
Sky-Watcher is the brand most often recommended to beginners by people who already own telescopes, and its cheapest printed instrument is a tabletop dobsonian at $305.00. It is also the brand that shows most clearly why this index reads the price and the specification off one page: the page that prints the price prints no aperture at all.
Verified facts on Sky-Watcher
| What | Figure | The brand's own words | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest printed telescope price | $305/unit | "Heritage 130 Tabletop Dobsonian Free Shipping $305.00" | Sky-Watcher USA product page, Heritage 130 Tabletop Dobsonian checked September 2026 |
| Aperture of that instrument | No price printed on the page; dealer or quote only (checked September 2026) | Sky-Watcher USA Heritage 130 product page checked September 2026 | |
| Focal length of that instrument | No price printed on the page; dealer or quote only (checked September 2026) | Sky-Watcher USA Heritage 130 product page checked September 2026 |
Sky-Watcher categories, evidenced
Sky-Watcher keeps its own page for the 3 categories this index tracks; each is linked below and answered 200 when the index was built.
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Why there is no aperture in the row
The instrument is called the Heritage 130, and by the trade's convention that 130 is 130mm of aperture. Every experienced observer reading this knows that. The page still does not say it, and an index that fills in a figure from a model name is an index that has started guessing, so the cell reads as the absence it is.
This is not a complaint about Sky-Watcher, whose instruments are excellent and whose prices are printed plainly. It is a statement about what this index is willing to publish, and the rule has to bite on a brand people like or it is not a rule.