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I am satisfied so far.
Review by . Е. on 14.08.2021 14:21:56( 5 / 5 )
If you will use it only for observation, you can watch.
Bright nebulae and closed and open clusters.
The rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter.
Jupiter's cloud bands will be visible, though not in detail. You will also like the moon
Of course an 8 or 10 inch aperture will show more. Alignment is not complicated.
For astrophotography it is possible. But you should use short exposures. I personally photographed galaxies and the image is much better than visual observation with my old 8 inch telescope. Align: The star must be right in the middle. Of course, an equatorial mount will give a much better result. But I'm happy for now with the money I gave. The camera I use is zwo asi 290 mm with focal reducer.
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I am satisfied so far.
Review by . Е. on 14.08.2021 14:16:38( 5 / 5 )
If you will use it only for observation, you can watch.
Bright nebulae and closed and open clusters.
The rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter.
Jupiter's cloud bands will be visible, though not in detail. You will also like the moon
Of course an 8 or 10 inch aperture will show more. Alignment is not complicated.
For astrophotography it is possible. But you should use short exposures. I personally photographed galaxies and the image is much better than visual observation with my old 8 inch telescope. Align precisely at the end of the computer screen. The star must be right in the middle. Of course, an equatorial mount will give a much better result. But I'm happy for now with the money I gave. The camera I use is zwo asi 290 mm with focal reducer.
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Absolute rubbish - Avoid this telescope like the plague
Review by R. S. on 11.02.2022 13:28:56( 1 / 5 )
This is by far the worst "big" purchase I've ever made. 600 Euros is a lot of money, and you should expect to get a very decent product for 600 euros. What you get is a cheap and nasty - plastic toy.
The optical tube is made out of that very cheap material where you cannot tell if its metal or plastic, just to give you an idea, an empty can of beans feels more solid than this tube.
The mount became loose after just one week, the "Freedom Find" feature basically ruins your gears, once you've spent a night of manually slewing this telescope you will find that there's at least an inch of play on the azimuth axis. Again cheap rubbish.
The tripod is a tripod, it didn't fall over, at least they can make something right.
Just so you know, you DO NOT get a handset with this mount, you have to provide your own handset for this 'wonderful' package, even though SkyWatcher give handsets for their 127mm Maksutov package, which is more costly to manufacture, just goes to show how cheap this package is compared.
By the way, using your phone to slew the telescope is in no way a viable means of star gazing, the whole reason you need a handset is so you don't have to take your eye away from the eyepiece in order to see which button you are pressing. You can FEEL the buttons on a handset, on a touch screen phone? its just frustrating. Oh and of course once you are connected to the telescope via wifi you have no means of making calls or even browsing the internet, so you have to choose one or the other - 600 euros???
I had to replace the mount after one week, which Astroshop did for me with no issues, as soon as my replacement mount arrives I'm selling this junk.
This is by no means an attack on Astroshop, they are wonderful to deal with and I recommend buying your telescope from this site, however just avoid this model at all cost, if this is your limiting budget, then go for the SkyWatcher 127MCT, if you can wait a bit more and save a bit more money buy something from a proper brand who care about their build quality such as Celestron or Meade.
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