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Pros & Cons
Pros
Starblast with the 2x barlow and orion zoom give me all the convenience, kid friendliness, and astronomy potential we need. Saw jupiter and its moons as well as a nice view of saturn and its rings!
Laser collinator is a must for the beginner and saves alot of time. Red-dot finder is just right for this scope. Great beginner scope. Ez finder not quite ez to use but it’s not a deal breaker.
Orion is a well-established company in california, with reputable customer support. I hope this clarification helps future buyers. It works well and the pics are amazing.
The included eyepieces are 50 deg, and i found a 70 deg 15 mm for about $50 on another site. Definitely get the shorty barlow lens. Orion eyepiece for better zoom.
Highly recommend. Happy the replacement is as wonderful as the original.
Cons
As soon as i get the moon or venus in view, the telescope just sags away when you take your hands off of it for a static image, and bam! Very poor q.
Highlights
Quality
This points to the quality and stability of the optics
The quality of everything and for the price you paid its worth it
I was very disappointed the first night where i just used the two eyepiece that came with the starblast 17mm and 6mm
But even with the 6mm on the starblast saturns ring was so tiny that my 4 year old couldnt tell its saturn and jupiter was so s... Read More
Price
Its almost as good as my 100mm refractor that costs 10x as much
Shipping
I really loved that the starblast was calibrated from the factory for me it was only a little bit off due to shipping bumps
Packaging/appearance
Third i took it outside and within minutes used the reddot finder to view andromeda polaris capella easy targets to test it o... Read More
All i had to do was affix the reddot sight and select a lens
The focuser rides on this really nasty grease that tends to get on my fingers in the dark i have to remember to avoid touching... Read More
I plan on replacing the reddot with a spare 9x50 finder or a green laser but the mounting holes are not compatible with orions ... Read More
Competitiveness
And once it was all set up i had a 17mm 6mm 4mm to work with having ordered the 6 and 4 mm plus a 2x barlow lens
I found this particular one after a bit of additinal online research myself
The orion reddot finder is a pain to use
Again ill be solving this with a focuser upgrade in the near future
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- This product had a total of 710 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 16 2023.
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First ever experience with a telescope at all
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The picture attached was taken with my cellphone just holding it next to the eye piece
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I know what im talking about
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The 834 takes a good hour to cool down and if the seeing is bad theres no point in bringing the 834 out
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This scope has a theoretical resolution of 1 arcsec so unless stars are tack sharp in this scope at 200x i know the seeing is worse than 1 arcsec and im best off not bothering to pull the 834 out
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There is no setup and cooldown involved its perfect for a grabandgo
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The focuser rides on this really nasty grease that tends to get on my fingers in the dark i have to remember to avoid touching the greasy parts of the focuser
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Ill be replacing the focuser in the near future
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