Gskyer Telescope, 70mm Aperture 400mm AZ Mount Astronomical Refracting

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I purchased the Gskyer Telescope, 70mm Aperture 400mm AZ Mount Astronomical Refracting Telescope, to replace a Meade Polaris 90 mm that after 12 years I gave away because I was tired of seeing it in my living room. The Gskyer 70mm took care of that problem. It is so easy to put together, enjoy, and then put away in its included bag, that I have been using it almost daily. With my old telescope you could not do that, once it was put together, it was put together for good. The Gskyer is perfect to watch the moon, Jupiter with some of its moons, and even Saturn's rings. We have been able to watch a couple of star clusters as well. The Gskyer is also good for land objects. You can see the grass blades from the other side of the pond, as well as, birds in the bird feeder through the window with open shades and bug screen in place. For a kid's very well priced telescope we have been enjoying it a lot.

I ordered the telescope well in advance for the event of super blood wolf moon eclipse early this year. Unfortunately, the weather on the day is cloudy. However, this telescope works well and the quality pretty much exceeded my expectation. I've operated real astronomical optical telescope worth millions of dollars when I did my intern in college years ago. At its very low magnification level, the image quality is comparable to this telescope when observing the moon. The major difference is in the stability of the support that at the maximum magnification with 5mm objective lens, the image of this telescope is a little bit shaking, but not a big dealer me after I put several rubber washers underneath the foot of the tripod to damping the vibration of the ground caused I assume by the furnace nearby. At low magnification with the 25 mm lens, the vibration is not an issue. It is a great tool to teach the kids as it can easily see the moon surface. It is too cold outside during the winter now that I can not stand in the cold for too long to try other planets. For that purpose, I think I might need to get an equatorial mount which may cost as much as this telescope. Again, this is a good demonstration the value of the telescope is well above its price. I am very happy with the choice and expecting the summer to come soon that I can operate all night. Another feature I appreciate very much the accessories comes together including a cellphone mount for showing-off on the social media and a Bluetooth remote shutter which works well with my android phone. It would be better it the DSLR camera adapter can be also included. I think it is great for scientific education and school teaching. For more professional usage, one would still need an equatorial mount.

Gskyer is a super reliable and great brand of telescope to go with. Buy it! You won't regret it!

We got this for our kid's 10th bday. She LOVES it and it is easy to use. Out of the box, we had it together and zoomed in on the moon in less than 10 minutes! We experimented with both the 10mm and 25mm lenses and they look sharp! I was surprised that the phone attachment stretched far enough to hold my iphone 11pro max! The bluetooth camera remote control shutter button paired with my phone and works well. We haven't attached the DSLR adapter yet, (and didn't notice the feature when comparing telescopes on amazon), but after I read it is an option and saw the attachment for it is included, we'll definitely give that a go, too!For reference, when using the 25mm lens, the moon's diameter takes up over 1/3 of the view. The attached photos were taken with the 25mm lens. On the day I took these, I couldn't figure out how to attach the phone attachment to the telescope, so I took this while just holding the phone camera over the telescope. You can see the craters and everything! For a beginner telescope, this is great. The only downfall about this scope, is that when you are zoomed in that far, you have to adjust the telescope every 5 seconds or so to keep the moon in view. However, to get a telescope that tracks with the earth's rotation, you're going to have to spend a lot more-so for what you are paying for, this is a great scope.