A big mirror on a box that costs almost nothing · review
Sky-Watcher's Heritage 130: a 130 mm parabolic Newtonian with a collapsible tube on a tabletop Dobsonian base, delivered assembled with 10 mm and 25 mm eyepieces and a red-dot finder.
The Heritage 130 puts a 130 mm (5.12 in) mirror on a tabletop Dobsonian base. On November 7, 2026 it cost $269 on Amazon.com, the least expensive 130 mm on this shelf. For the money, aperture is the specification that decides most of what a telescope shows.
Sky-Watcher specifies a parabolic primary, with borosilicate mirrors coated in aluminum and quartz for 94% reflectivity. A parabolic mirror focuses sharply where a cheaper spherical one would blur, which shows on planets at high power.
The tube collapses for storage, and base and tube are one package, fully assembled out of the box. Pull the tube out, lock it, put it on a table and observe. Amazon’s item data gives 8.7 kg (19.2 lb) for the shipment.
Two 1.25-inch eyepieces, 10 mm and 25 mm, and a red-dot (StarPointer) finder. A Barlow or a 6 mm eyepiece would add a planetary power later.
A tabletop base needs a sturdy table or wall outdoors. An open collapsible tube admits stray light, so a light shroud helps under streetlights. And every Newtonian needs an occasional collimation check.
The listing gives no focal length; the earlier European Heritage 130P is a 650 mm tube, but this page does not assume it for the US model.
On November 7, 2026, Amazon.com sold it directly at $269.00. Sky-Watcher states a 2-year warranty.
Figures as Keepa reported them on the day this page was last updated. Stock and pricing shift without warning.
Prices quoted in this text were read on November 7, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
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| Aperture | 130 mm (5.12 in) parabolic primary mirror, stated |
|---|---|
| Focal length and ratio | Not published in the Amazon.com listing. |
| Base | Tabletop Dobsonian base combined with the tube in one package, fully assembled |
| Bearing design | Not published by the maker. |
| Tube construction | Collapsible design · borosilicate primary and secondary mirrors with aluminum and quartz coatings (Radiant Aluminum Quartz), 94% reflectivity, stated |
| Heaviest single part | Not published · Amazon's item data gives 8.7 kg (19.2 lb) for the shipment |
| Eyepiece height | Not published by the maker · tabletop use |
| Amazon reference | B082HFBCZC |
| EAN | 0050234117050 |
A spherical mirror cannot bring all the light to one point at fast focal ratios, which blurs the image. A parabolic primary, as Sky-Watcher specifies here, focuses sharply, so high-power views of planets hold up.
The upper tube slides down for storage, so the whole telescope fits in a closet or a car trunk. It is pulled out and locked before observing.
From time to time, like every Newtonian. A collimation cap or laser collimator makes it a two-minute job; [when the image is soft](/guides/when-the-image-is-soft/) explains how to check.
7.2/ 10
The most aperture for the money on this shelf, in a collapsible tube that stores in a closet, as long as there is a table to stand it on.
This model is listed on Amazon.com, at ≈ $269 at the last reading. Listed is not the same as in stock: availability changes daily, and the buy box shows the live price.
Details checked on November 7, 2026.
A real 130 mm parabolic mirror that stores in a closet and needs no assembly
Listed because the eyepiece or part names this scope.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for telescopes and observing optics and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
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