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75% off quality telescopes at manfrotto
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75% off quality telescopes at manfrotto

Manfrotto2 Jun 17
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abulhasnat
1 Jun 17
Know friends who have ordered these and recommended for quality. A bargain for any stargazers out there :smiley:
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Torchwood to nissan3
2 Jun 17 8 #12
https://i.imgur.com/alWRNeu.jpg
jaydeeuk1
2 Jun 17 6 #18
This.

Even £5000 scopes won't give you colour images to the naked eye, just brighter grey smudges as opposed to dimmer grey smudges. you'll need a proper mount, small refractor, with mono camera, software, guider, lrgb filters, Photoshop, deep pockets and a s**t load of patience to get something Hubble like.

And then you find out the UK gets about 20 nights a year where you get really decent seeing, and of those 20 you'll find youll be on holiday or need to be up for work at tw@ o'clock. So 5 nights a year realistically. Then you find you need to do windows updates before you start, or camera won't talk to sharpcap, or the ascom driver fails, or your polar alignment is crap, plate solving not working....

Quite possibly the most frustrating money pit of a hobby imaginable. I wish I never looked up sometimes :wink:
Lonebod
2 Jun 17 6 #14
Please don't. I am a bit of a star gazer and have 3 telescopes. These are very poor quality. The RRP's are not representative of what you should get the for the money.
JonF992
2 Jun 17 5 #16
Agree with Lonebod. I'm also an astronomer and I would say these are a complete, utter waste of money. It's not true that you need a huge aperture 'scope to look at the night sky, but there is a certain minimum quality these just don't make. About the best starter scope you can get - not too expensive, optically good and dead easy to use - is the Skywatcher Heritage 130p. Buy from a decent supplier such as this lot:

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/beginner-telescopes/skywatcher-heritage-130p-flextube.html

It has enough aperture to let in sufficent light to see some interesting stuff. Just don't expect Hubble like views.
Latest comments (28)
Istanbul_Kop
12 Jun 17 #28
How many friends do you have that have ordered telescopes? Did they all just decide to get into stargazing or something?
ScoobyStoo
10 Jun 17 #27
Awful awful awful scopes.

As others have said, either spend a bit extra for a Celestron or Skywatcher or save your cash. A decent pair of binoculars would probably be a better option fir most casual astronomers.
Bogart
4 Jun 17 1 #26
Surprised so much negative reaction. I have had a pair of Bushnell binoculars for over 20 odd years found them excellent.
Maybe now everything is made in China reflects in the quality.
danielUK84
3 Jun 17 #25
absolutely spot on! been there done that too with a heq5

This listing is complete junk, dont do it.
TangiblePear
3 Jun 17 #24
Even the most expensive one has awful reviews on Amazon. I would stay away from this deal.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bushnell-789946-Voyager-Reflector-Telescope/dp/B004P0JG74
rza89
3 Jun 17 1 #23
well its a shame that the earth is actually flat, and planets are not really light years away, im sorry gents these telescopes aint no ticket to far away galaxies,
JonF992
3 Jun 17 #22
Typo? Celestron 12x70, maybe. The first number is the magnification, the second the aperture. Celestron 12x70 are usually about £75 new. If you want 20x magnification, more common is 20x80. Typical cost is about £120, but you WILL need a tripod for 20x magnification.
Tanweeralqarni
3 Jun 17 #21
https://cdn.meme.am/cache/instances/folder466/64604466.jpg
seanmorris100
2 Jun 17 #20
im pretty sure all the ones in the deal are crappy
pelaquin
2 Jun 17 #17
I just bought some Celestron Cometron 20x70 binoculars from Ebay for £50 odd pound and they're really good. Thats a great place to start if you're new. Or you can jump right in and pick up a Heritage 130p as mentioned for £137.
Chowchilla to pelaquin
2 Jun 17 #19
I cant find 20x70's for less then 800 quid...
jaydeeuk1
2 Jun 17 6 #18
This.

Even £5000 scopes won't give you colour images to the naked eye, just brighter grey smudges as opposed to dimmer grey smudges. you'll need a proper mount, small refractor, with mono camera, software, guider, lrgb filters, Photoshop, deep pockets and a s**t load of patience to get something Hubble like.

And then you find out the UK gets about 20 nights a year where you get really decent seeing, and of those 20 you'll find youll be on holiday or need to be up for work at tw@ o'clock. So 5 nights a year realistically. Then you find you need to do windows updates before you start, or camera won't talk to sharpcap, or the ascom driver fails, or your polar alignment is crap, plate solving not working....

Quite possibly the most frustrating money pit of a hobby imaginable. I wish I never looked up sometimes :wink:
JonF992
2 Jun 17 5 #16
Agree with Lonebod. I'm also an astronomer and I would say these are a complete, utter waste of money. It's not true that you need a huge aperture 'scope to look at the night sky, but there is a certain minimum quality these just don't make. About the best starter scope you can get - not too expensive, optically good and dead easy to use - is the Skywatcher Heritage 130p. Buy from a decent supplier such as this lot:

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/beginner-telescopes/skywatcher-heritage-130p-flextube.html

It has enough aperture to let in sufficent light to see some interesting stuff. Just don't expect Hubble like views.
Lonebod
2 Jun 17 6 #14
Please don't. I am a bit of a star gazer and have 3 telescopes. These are very poor quality. The RRP's are not representative of what you should get the for the money.
negiyk to Lonebod
2 Jun 17 1 #15
Which is the best telescope to buy one? thanks
The_Hoff
2 Jun 17 1 #13
Poor quality.

Get a Celestron or something you can mount a camera to.
nissan3
1 Jun 17 4 #3
will this give me a close look at uranus.
superspeedy to nissan3
1 Jun 17 2 #7
You should see the side where the sun don't shine. :stuck_out_tongue:
Torchwood to nissan3
2 Jun 17 8 #12
https://i.imgur.com/alWRNeu.jpg
confusedx
1 Jun 17 #10
poor customer service from this bunch
spyro123
1 Jun 17 #9
Ok thank you for the information.
malm
1 Jun 17 #8
£52 one is the 789931 model selling on Amazon for £117,now the bad news reviews are poor and these are poor sellers
malm
1 Jun 17 1 #6
still good to go by the looks of it,not surprising really not many stargazers on hukd or anywhere in UK .for that matter,would buy myself as it looks value for money but selling them on would be a long slow slog.
spyro123
1 Jun 17 #4
Is the telescope priced at £49.99 any good? Or have they got inflated rrps?
spyro123 to spyro123
1 Jun 17 #5
Or the one price at £52.
abulhasnat
1 Jun 17 #2
whoops!
Hugh.N
1 Jun 17 #1
Limited period while stocks last.
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