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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Highly recommended and good price to boot. Arrived swiftly.

Bst starguiders come with a barlow 2x lens and a pair of eyepieces. The eyepiece and red dot sighting work well and are easy to set up.

Great views of the lunar landscape as well as jupiter and its four galilean moons. Easily possible to see the planet's north and south equatorial belts. In case of being stuck look it up on you tube in regards of balancing the equatorial mount and pol...  Read More

Easy to set up, easy to align and ultra easy to sue. Only small negative is that when it arrives the box loudly proclaims the contents.

The scope is aimed at beginners and is good value for money. Under £200 this scope cannot be beaten.



Cons

The instructions are not clear, and i have found it hard to focus on anything in the sky, as the telescope is very difficult to adjust. These legs offer none.

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Highlights

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Quality


Great quality of construction and easy to setup once you get familiar with the items


Im new to this fabulous hobby of astronomy after receiving this item like the previous post it comes with eq2 mount not eq32 an...  Read More


Spec received slightly different to the product description


I have seen some people say it isnt good for photography but my daughter of 13 has some excellent quality pics of the moon take...  Read More

Price


Well spent money and worth it good price

Competitiveness


Firstly i bought this just 2 weeks ago before christmas 2013 and paid £167 and nowafter christmas theyve increased the price to £198

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  • This product had a total of 186 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 13 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Now we just gotta figure out how to use it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I shot this video using my d800 to show exactly how you would see the image


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The effect of the atmosphere is clearly visible


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Selected by reading lot of reviews


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Spec received slightly different to the product description


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Red dot finder instead of 6x30 finder and mount is eq2 not eq32


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Other major problem is that here in swansea its raining


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Red dot is fine anyway but am looking at bolting my smartphone on with skyeye app running as finder

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