UP12g 12" f/4.5 Premium Ultra Portable GoTo Dobsonian Telescope
UP12g 12" f/4.5 Premium Ultra Portable GoTo Dobsonian Telescope
f/4.5: $3,595
- A premium design that's light, compact, and ultra-portable – it weighs less than 1/3 of traditional GoTo Dobsonian telescopes. Fully assembled, the UP12g GoTo telescope is a mere 45 pounds. When disassembled, it fits snugly into a luggage case for easy storage and transport.
- Outstanding Images - Premium quality, diffraction limited Newtonian optical systems will deliver stunning views of the heavens from dark sky sites
- Enhanced Coating - The 96% Enhanced Coating on both the primary and secondary mirrors.
- Modular and Compact Design: The Hubble UP12g comes in several preassembled modules, allowing for quick and easy assembly in just a few minutes.
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UP12g Specs
- Optical design: Reflector
- Optical diameter: 304.8mm
- Focal length: 1372mm
- Focal ratio: f/4.5
- Eyepiece height at zenith: 1320mm (52")
- Optics type: Parabolic
- Eyepieces: Not included
- Optical quality: Diffraction limited++ (Strehl 0.95+ for the primary mirror, 1/10 lambda or better in PV for the secondary mirror)
- Finder scope: Not included
- Focuser: Light weight, low profile 2" dual-speed linear bearing Crayford
- Secondary mirror obstruction: 60 mm
- Secondary mirror obstruction by diameter: 19.7%
- Secondary mirror obstruction by area: 3.9%
- Mirror coatings/over-coatings: 96% Enhanced coating on both of the primary and secondary mirrors
- Tube material: 6063-T6 Aluminum Alloy tubes with black zinc plated steel knob screws; All aluminum alloy structure.
- Weight, fully assembled: ~45.0 lbs (OTA:~30 lbs, Base:~15 lbs).
- State-of-art GoTo with Built in WiFi and Bluetooth
- Dawes Limit(arcsec): 0.38
- Rayleigh Limit(arcsec): 0.44
- Limiting Mag: 14.9
- Maximum Magnification: 600
- Additional, optional accessories: Red-dot Finder, 8x50 Finder, Shroud, Vinyl foam Cushioned Grips
- Other features: Stainless Steel Cable Sling lateral support and deluxe push-pull brass knob collimation screws.
Features of the UP12g
Ultra Portablity
The UP12g can be fully compacted into airline-approved luggage. It's your ultimate large aperture GoTo travel telescope.
Advanced Thin Solid Mirror
Our thin solid mirror will reach thermal equilibrium much faster than a traditional thick solid mirror. It means the mirror can deliver great views even as the air around the telescope is changing temperature.
Enhanced Optical Coatings
The Hubble UP12g primary and secondary mirrors are both coated with the 96% Enhanced optical coatings to assure it collects as many (while scattering as little) photons as possible to focus it into a bright and contrast-rich image. The optimal 96% enhanced coating has multiple over-coating of precision controlled dielectric layers to maximize the reflectivity and provide excellent chemical and mechanical protection for the mirror coating.
Engineered Mirror Support
The UP12g has an optimized 6-point flotation system that provides more than adequate support for the mirror. The three-point collimation system (with two convenient front access collimation screw!) is completely independent from the sling lateral support. It will totally eliminate the often-found potato chip astigmatism introduced by sling belt when using the simple 3 pivoted bolts collimation system. In a simple pivoted bolts collimation system, the collimation of the primary mirror may cause the sling belt to pull the mirror axially on the mirror edge, bending the mirror to a potato-chip shape, causing annoying astigmatism.
All Aluminum Construction
The UP12 mechanical structures have been extensively modeled via 3D CAD and advanced FEA to provide the optimal structure strength and stability. Machined with Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology and hand fitted to assure proper fit and finish. Super strong double section T6063-T3 aluminum alloy truss tubes, solid CNC aluminum cell and structure. Completed with deluxe and environmentally friendly black powder coating, it is such a pleasure to look at, not to mention the enjoyment to look through.
The GoTo controller supports
- The INDI Drivers to use with CdC, KStars, and Ekos.
- ASCOM drivers with IP and Serial support under the LX200 protocol.
- WiFi 802.11n /g/n connection with built-in website accessible from any browser from any platform and the direct WiFi support for the Sky Safari and Stellarium
- Bluetooth classic 4.2 support to host computer for the ASCOM connection and the direct wireless support to Sky Safari & Stellarium
- iOS App and Android Virtual Handpad Apps to control the scope with initialization, configuration, alignment, and movement (Slewing and GoTo).
- Smart Hand Controller with about 30,000 objects. You can fully control the scope with initialization, configuration, alignment, and movement control (Slewing and GoTo) with this Hand Controller
- The Telescope Encoders for the extra accuracy in pointing and tracking
- Real Time Clock (RTC): The RTC module maintains seconds, minutes, hours, day, date, month, and year information.
- Advanced 1-9 star alignment; 3 stars alibnment usually gives good results and is less difficult
- Park/Unpark function
- Sideral/Lunar/Solar tracking rates
- Spiral Search
- Manual speed/guide speed rates:0.5x, 1x, 2x, 8x, 20x, 48x, 0.5 Max, Max (2dps)
- Slewing Rates: 48x, Max(default), 2*Max (4dps)
Dual-Speed 2-inch Low Profile
The Hubble UP12g comes with a precision dual-speed, 2-inch diameter low profile, light weight focuser. It's a beautiful piece of precision machining that enhances the viewing experience as well as the overall impression of a premium quality instrument you'll have with this telescope. This focuser is robust! It is a zero-backlash "Crayford-style" design further enhanced with a rock-solid, super smooth focusing experience that can handle the weight of even the heaviest of modern eyepieces. Its tension, the pressure on the drawtube, is preset to a very reasonable level, but adjustable to lock heavy equipment in place if desired. The smaller stainless steel focus control adjusts focus at a rate 10 times finer than the larger focus wheels. This fine adjustment allows for critical focusing during high power visual observing or for imaging applications. The focuser has 50mm of travel distance.
Why would you select a Hubble UP12g?
The UP12g can be fully compacted into airline-approved luggage. It's your ultimate large aperture GoTo travel telescope.
The UP12g is a perfect balance between a telescope with large light-gathering capability and unbeatable portability. It will be the telescope that gets taken out to be used frequently. It will provide stunning views of the heavens and a lifetime of observing enjoyment.
The UP12g collects 44% more light than a 10" optics, allowing you to resolve significantly fainter objects and more subtle details. The UP12g has a parabolic primary with a full 12-inch diameter of optical surface, a generous 12.4” overall diameter; not an 12-inch blank with a beveled and much smaller optical surface like all other 12" telescopes in the market. It translates to about 5% more optical surface and light gathering power than any other 12” scopes in the market.
Hubble UP12g has been designed to be as light and compact as possible, making the task of transport to your favorite dark-sky site as easy as possible.
With the Hubble UP12g, discerning most NGC objects from a dark sky site becomes feasible. While they might not be overtly prominent, they are traceable. This telescope unveils subtle hints of color in bright emission nebulae like the Orion Nebula, and showcases vivid details in brighter planetary nebulae such as The Blue Snowball and The Saturn Nebula. Witness incredible details on Jupiter, and with an H-beta filter, a striking Horsehead nebula. Keep in mind, results might differ based on observing conditions and other variables. Yet, the Hubble UP12g stands as a telescope offering a lifetime of rewarding observational experiences
Happy Customers
Dave Sommerfeld (right) with his UP12. "I can say that the mirror is excellent". On the left is Dave Fuller, the creator of Eyes on the Sky on Youtube
Dave Sommerfeld's UP12 on the Atlantic shore in far North East Maine
Instructions Manual
Click here for the instructions manual PDF - the Guide and Setup Process.
Click here for the GoTo instructions manual PDF
Order and Shipping Info
There's a 50% deposit for the base system, and the full payment for the optional accessories at the order time, the rest including shipping will be paid before the delivery (about 60 days after the deposit) via a Paypal invoice.
Please note that the 60 days delivery is the estimated production lead time which does not include shipping transit time.
We offer very reasonable worldwide shipping costs (at least for most of the countries) for the total system. The Economy shipping is no longer available.
UP12g will be shipped in 2 boxes: the structure and the primary mirror.
| Country | Economy(US$) | Regular(US$) |
|---|---|---|
| US | NA | 491 |
| US(Hawaii) | NA | 541 |
| Austria | NA | 428 |
| Australia | NA | 574 |
| Belgium | NA | 470 |
| Brazil | NA | 1390(*) |
| Canada | NA | 450 |
| Chile | NA | 555 |
| Denmark | NA | 425 |
| France | NA | 440 |
| Germany | NA | 440 |
| Israel | NA | 440 |
| Italy | NA | 440 |
| Japan | NA | 305 |
| Korea, South | NA | 250 |
| Mexico | NA | 475 |
| Netherlands | NA | 430 |
| New Zealand | NA | 395 |
| Norway | NA | 415 |
| Philippines | NA | 295 |
| Poland | NA | 405 |
| Portugal | NA | 456 |
| Romania | NA | 500 |
| Russia | NA | 640 |
| Singapore | NA | 340 |
| South Africa | NA | 550 |
| Spain | NA | 390 |
| Sweden | NA | 410 |
| Switzerland | NA | 410 |
| Taiwan | NA | 295 |
| UK | NA | 400 |
* Shipped via Fedex, the exact cost depends on your specific address.