Pros & Cons
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.
Highlights
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
Overview
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Helpful InsightsBETA
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
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The effect of the atmosphere is clearly visible
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Selected by reading lot of reviews
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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
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Red dot is fine anyway but am looking at bolting my smartphone on with skyeye app running as finder