![]() With this Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, you'll be able to get a close and clear look at Saturn's rings, and thanks to the fantastic tracking accuracy, you'll be able to take awe-inspiring images of deep-sky objects by attaching your camera. While this scope isn't ideal for those new to using telescopes, we think it is one of the best optical systems available. See our full Unistellar eVscope eQuinox review (opens in new tab) for more details Since it’s a reflector telescope it will occasionally need collimating (opens in new tab). Instead, it comes with a Bahtinov mask built into its lens cap that helps get stars really sharp, though it’s a manual process. Its lack of an eyepiece makes sense from a cost-saving perspective – and it adds two hours of battery life – but it does make it more difficult to focus the eQuinox. The eQuinox has slightly less resolving power than the eVscope 2 (which makes it more difficult to split close double stars), a tighter field of view, less detailed images (its natively 1.2-megapixel images are up-rezzed to 4.8 megapixels using software interpolation) and no electronic eyepiece. ![]() This is the budget-priced model in the Unistellar range, which also included the eVscope (opens in new tab) and eVscope 2. It allows up to 10 smartphones and tablets to connect to its own WiFi network to see and download its images. Whether you’ve never used a telescope before or are an experienced astronomy veteran there should be something for you.Īt its core, it’s a 4.5-inch reflector telescope fitted with a Sony IMX224 CMOS image sensor to power its Enhanced Vision (EV) views of galaxies, nebulae, open clusters, and globular clusters. With a camera attached, this enables astrophotographers to take out-of-this-world long exposures of deep space.Ĭomputerized telescopes can be crazily expensive, but here we've sought out some affordable options for beginners working with a modest budget, and also those with a little more cash to spend who are serious about astronomy. Once properly aligned it takes just a few moments to dial in your desired object and, at the touch of a button, your telescope will slew to it and, in most instances, continue to track it. Whether using an in-built hand-held control or an app, computerized telescopes often come with databases filled with tens of thousands of celestial objects for you to discover. However, increasingly they can connect to apps on a smart device for full control and functionality. They can also be aligned using dedicated computer software when hooked up to a laptop. In a bid to reduce vibrations on the instrument itself, they often feature a hand-held control to avoid the physical touching of the telescope. Best smart telescopes (opens in new tab)Ĭomputerized telescopes function by way of a motorized mount that controls the positioning of the telescope as it points toward the night sky.
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