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This Item  Orion SkyScanner 100mm TableTop Reflector Telescope - Compact & Portable Beginner Astronomy Telescope Ideal for Adult and Family Stargazing |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Price | $129.99 | -15% $109.99 List: $129.99 | -19% $129.99 List: $159.99 | $129.99 | $129.99 | $199.99 |
| Delivery | Get it May 20 - 21 | Get it May 20 - 21 | — | Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16 | Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16 | Get it as soon as Thursday, May 16 |
| Customer Ratings | ||||||
| Easy to assemble | ||||||
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| For beginners | ||||||
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| Sold By | Orion Telescopes & Binoculars | Orion Telescopes & Binoculars | Orion Telescopes & Binoculars | DoubleSun | DoubleSun | DoubleSun |
| focus type | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus |
| eye piece lens | Plossl | Barlow | Barlow | — | Barlow | Barlow |
| objective lens diameter | 100 millimeters | 25 millimeters | — | 60 millimeters | 60 millimeters | 70 millimeters |
| telescope mount | Altazimuth Mount | Altazimuth Mount | Tabletop Alt-Az | Altazimuth Mount | — | — |
| lens coating | Lens coating | Aluminum & Silicon Dioxide | Aluminum & Silicon Dioxide | Fully Coated | Fully Multi-Coated | Fully Multi-Coated |
| finderscope | Reflex | Reflex | Reflex | Reflex | Reflex | Reflex |
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Great entry level telescope
Great for beginners with limited space. This Is my first real telescope aside from a cheap refractor I had many moons ago. This telescope is great if you are looking to get into astronomy. I have played around with it for about a month now and have had a great experience so far. The main mirror is not able to be collimated and that was almost a deal breaker for me but I’m glad I went for it. I did buy a collimating eyepiece and the secondary mirror took a tiny bit of adjustment but it was pretty dead on right out of the box. It has performed well many nights now. The red dot finder holds center once adjusted despite being taken off and stored in between viewings. I did purchase a few extras and would recommend at first getting a 2x Barlow then maybe moving on to a 6mm eyepiece as well. The photos I included utilize the Barlow and the 6mm eyepiece. I have pushed it all the way to 200x magnification with a 4mm eyepiece and the Barlow and the image is not to bad but at that level is isn’t super crisp. I live in heavy light pollution but on clear nights have spotted M13, M92, M32, as well as the rings of Saturn. Overall very pleased and would recommend for the absolute beginner. If you have a few more bucks to spend there is plenty out there that are better, but this is a good jumping off point to see if you enjoy the hobby.
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Great for beginners with limited space. This Is my first real telescope aside from a cheap refractor I had many moons ago. This telescope is great if you are looking to get into astronomy. I have played around with it for about a month now and have had a great experience so far. The main mirror is not able to be collimated and that was almost a deal breaker for me but I’m glad I went for it. I did buy a collimating eyepiece and the secondary mirror took a tiny bit of adjustment but it was pretty dead on right out of the box. It has performed well many nights now. The red dot finder holds center once adjusted despite being taken off and stored in between viewings. I did purchase a few extras and would recommend at first getting a 2x Barlow then maybe moving on to a 6mm eyepiece as well. The photos I included utilize the Barlow and the 6mm eyepiece. I have pushed it all the way to 200x magnification with a 4mm eyepiece and the Barlow and the image is not to bad but at that level is isn’t super crisp. I live in heavy light pollution but on clear nights have spotted M13, M92, M32, as well as the rings of Saturn. Overall very pleased and would recommend for the absolute beginner. If you have a few more bucks to spend there is plenty out there that are better, but this is a good jumping off point to see if you enjoy the hobby.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016
The package is double boxed and arrived safe. Tested the collimation and it's only slightly off center after traveling half of the Earth to reach home.
This is the first Newtonian scope I own so I take some time to take it all apart to understand how every part works, adjusted the collimation, made small improvements such as painting the edge of the secondary mirror black to help improving contrast and added setting circles to both axis to help "push to" objects quickly.
I prefer not to use the red dot finder even it fully works because for bright objects, putting in a 25mm eyepiece (from my previous scope) got a magnification of 16X which is already a good "finder scope" range of magnification for me. And for any dimmer objects, red dot won't help much so I better locate it using an Phone app + the setting circles.
The scope and mount is very light weight compared with any other 4 inch telescope setup so I can easily bring it out to any location just packing everything in a single backpack, and carry a photo tripod on my hand. Setup / pack up only take less than 5 minutes so it's very efficient.
This is my second telescope, the first one I owned is Nexstar 4SE with a similar aperture of 102mm but a much longer focal length of 1325mm, and is a Maksutov-Cassegrain.
As I compared the image quality with my old scopes which is also 4 inch, I can say both of their optical performance are similar under the same magnifications. I had viewed the moon which is bright and clear, the stars as pinpoints with slight diffraction spikes for those brighter ones, and even Neptune can be spotted as a dim blue star light dot. The provided eyepiece are OK and very light weight but provide up to 40X magnification only. So later I'm planning to purchase a better quality one with 4.7mm to push up the magnification to 85X so that I can continue my review on Mars / Jupiter / Saturn.
For a 4 inch scope, I can say it's performance is pretty comparable with any other more expensive 4 inch refractors / catadioptrics and I'll recommend it if you know what to be expected for a 4 inch scope.
A cheap, extremely portable, reasonable quality 4 inch scope
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016
I live in urban areas in Hong Kong under heavily light polluted sky and the faintest stars I can see with naked eye is only up to 1.5mag. This is my review based on 4 to 5 nights of usage after receiving the scope for 2 weeks.Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016
The package is double boxed and arrived safe. Tested the collimation and it's only slightly off center after traveling half of the Earth to reach home.
This is the first Newtonian scope I own so I take some time to take it all apart to understand how every part works, adjusted the collimation, made small improvements such as painting the edge of the secondary mirror black to help improving contrast and added setting circles to both axis to help "push to" objects quickly.
I prefer not to use the red dot finder even it fully works because for bright objects, putting in a 25mm eyepiece (from my previous scope) got a magnification of 16X which is already a good "finder scope" range of magnification for me. And for any dimmer objects, red dot won't help much so I better locate it using an Phone app + the setting circles.
The scope and mount is very light weight compared with any other 4 inch telescope setup so I can easily bring it out to any location just packing everything in a single backpack, and carry a photo tripod on my hand. Setup / pack up only take less than 5 minutes so it's very efficient.
This is my second telescope, the first one I owned is Nexstar 4SE with a similar aperture of 102mm but a much longer focal length of 1325mm, and is a Maksutov-Cassegrain.
As I compared the image quality with my old scopes which is also 4 inch, I can say both of their optical performance are similar under the same magnifications. I had viewed the moon which is bright and clear, the stars as pinpoints with slight diffraction spikes for those brighter ones, and even Neptune can be spotted as a dim blue star light dot. The provided eyepiece are OK and very light weight but provide up to 40X magnification only. So later I'm planning to purchase a better quality one with 4.7mm to push up the magnification to 85X so that I can continue my review on Mars / Jupiter / Saturn.
For a 4 inch scope, I can say it's performance is pretty comparable with any other more expensive 4 inch refractors / catadioptrics and I'll recommend it if you know what to be expected for a 4 inch scope.
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