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Orion SpaceProbe 3 EQ Reflector Telescope

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Manufacturer: Orion
Brand: Orion
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Buying a first telescope used to be risky business, with more cheap models on the market than affordable quality ones. Our SpaceProbe 3 changes all that. It's not only affordable, but its optical quality will make the night sky's treasures accessible right from your backyard. The 3"-diameter primary mirror gathers enough light to reveal the faint glows of many star clusters and nebulas, as well as Saturn's rings, Jupiter's moons, and the stark, cratered terrain of the Moon. The aluminum Newtonian optical tube features a 1.25" rack-and-pinion focuser and two Explorer II eyepieces - a 25mm (28x) and a 10mm (70x). The included EZ Finder II finder scope helps you locate objects with ease. The SpaceProbe 3 EQ's equatorial mount allows easy manual "tracking" of objects with the turn of a knob (or optional electronic drive for hands-free tracking). Includes aluminum tripod with accessory tray. One-year limited warranty.


DESCRIPTION:

Aperture Modes: under-80mm
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Orion
EAN: 0410000061213
Feature: Great for all-around astronomical observing, this is a great beginner's telescope at a great price!
Label: Orion
Manufacturer: Orion
Maximum Focal Length: 700
Publisher: Orion
Resolution Modes: 0.9
Studio: Orion


FEATURES:

• Great for all-around astronomical observing, this is a great beginner's telescope at a great price!
• 76mm aperture and 700mm focal length for wonderful views of the moon, planets, and even some nebulas
• Includes sturdy tripod and equatorial mount for hands-free celestial tracking
• Includes two eyepieces, finder scope, focuser, collimation cap, and FREE astronomy software
• One-year limited warranty



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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome!
Comment: While Christmas shopping on Amazon I came across this telescope. It only had one review but the review was a good one so decided to purchase this telescope for my husband for Christmas.

I recieved the telescope in perfect condition and excellant shape. It is a beautiful piece. We have yet to use it because it's sitting under the Christmas tree but I am excited to see him open it and be able to use it.

Being amateur star watches I'm sure we will be amazed with what we see through this.This was a great price for a beginner telescope and cannot wait to use it.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Telescope!
Comment: I bought this telescope for my girlfriend for Christmas. She had been wanting a telescope for sometime so I decided this would be the perfect gift. I was looking for a scope that wouldn't break the bank but wouldn't be a piece of junk either. I looked at models from Meade and Celestron but ultimately decided on this one.

I chose this over the refractor telescopes mainly because it seemed that to look into the refractor scopes would require a lot of bending over whereas this one has the eyepiece closer to eye level which makes viewing easier. Also, go for the equatorial mount, it's much easier to track things in the sky using it as we quickly found out.

Ok, so how was it? Well it came in a big box (which made the g/f crazy with this HUGE gift under the tree!) and everything was nicely and neatly packed. Everything appeard to be of high quality and good build; which is typical of Orion products from what I've read. The instruction maunal on assemble was pretty scarce. Anyone who's pretty handy at building things will be able to figure it out; but it's not the easiest thing either. This is mainly because of a lack of pictures to go along with the assembly steps. Well we got it assembled and waited for dark.

It was pretty cold and we just did some viewing of the moon and a couple of stars from the front yard. A hazy night with tons of light from the street didn't provide the best viewing conditions. That being said the moon looked amazing!! The detail was outstanding. We were able to also see the Orion Nebula and looked at other stars. I can't even imagine what it will look like on a good clear night. We're looking foward to bringing it camping with us where there will be some great viewing. The included software is also extremely useful and fun to use. The software alone is easily worth more than half of the price of this scope. Even if you hate the scope; you can learn a lot of great information from the software.

Overall this is a great scope for the amateur astronomer. It's cheap enough that it won't break the bank (good especially if you're not sure if astronomy is for you) but still plenty good enough for some great viewing. The instruction manual could be better but the quality of the software and of the scope itself more than makes up for the poor manual. I would not hesitate to recommend this to anyone looking for a good budget scope!

*Update* We've had this scope for about 16 months now, and it's fantastic!! We have taken it with us several places camping and have gotten to see some really great stuff. It's fairly easy to find the planets and even a galaxy or two. The only downside is that it takes up a lot of room in the car when we camp; but this would be true for any decent telescope. So not so much a problem with this one specifically, but with telescopes in general. Even to this day, we're still amazed just looking at the moon. The details and "awesomeness" of it never get old. Really looking at everything never gets old. I'm so glad we have this scope!

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