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A truly great first telescope - Review by Alex
I received this telescope for my 21st birthday, and it turned out to be a lot better than I had expected it would be. After reading the manual, I was sure getting it ready to use for the first time would be a chore, trying to get the thing properly collimated etc. But the first time I set it up, pointed It at some street lights a few K's away and aligned the finderscope, I could already see the picture was crisp and just perfect.
We then pointed it at Jupiter and what we saw was amazing: you could clearly see the clouds of Jupiter, and 4 of its moons, it was beautiful!
I've yet to take it out for a proper nights stargazing, but I'm sure when we do, we'll be just as impressed as we were this first time.
The only minor problem I had was that the bearings needed to be a lot tighter than I understood the instructions said they should be to stop it from dropping the front while aligning it. It would be nice if it were more balanced, I'm not sure how well this thing will cope when I try attaching my SLR to it.
If you're looking for a first time telescope and you can afford this one, go for it, you will not regret it. (Posted on 13/11/10)
We then pointed it at Jupiter and what we saw was amazing: you could clearly see the clouds of Jupiter, and 4 of its moons, it was beautiful!
I've yet to take it out for a proper nights stargazing, but I'm sure when we do, we'll be just as impressed as we were this first time.
The only minor problem I had was that the bearings needed to be a lot tighter than I understood the instructions said they should be to stop it from dropping the front while aligning it. It would be nice if it were more balanced, I'm not sure how well this thing will cope when I try attaching my SLR to it.
If you're looking for a first time telescope and you can afford this one, go for it, you will not regret it. (Posted on 13/11/10)












