Advantages: Small, lightweight, low cost, ease of use. Disadvantages: Build quality could be a little better (minor)
To understand this telescope, you will need to understand certain terms that astronomers use. I will try and expain things as we go along, but this is a fairly long review. Stay with me, OK ?
*** Background : I have always been into astronomy, and have owned various telescopes over the years, since about the age of 11. A few years ago, I got back into photography as a major hobby, this time, combined with photography.
I started off with the biggest ... ...by Helios on massive mount and tripod. Unfortunately, I am physically disabled, and this combination was just too much for me to handle, so I sold it and looked out for a much smaller lighter scope.
After visitng several local astronomers, I was convinced I had found the right scope in the Skywatcher Startravel 102mm F5 Short Tube. I can use this for astronomy and also for "terrestrial" use, eg : bird watching & wildlife.
OK, so what does all this ...
g8ina 05.05.2004 (16.05.2004)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sky-Watcher Star Travel 102
Advantages: stunning, nuf said Disadvantages: not many really
When I looked in the catalogues they said that everyone (everyone interested in such things atleast) should have this telescope. They were right!!! It restores you faith in humanity to see an honest review in a catalogue. This telescope is Great! It's cheap (for what your getting), it's easy to set up, you get a high quality (and above all: stable) mount, and the views are simply spectacular. I even got non astronomy friends fighting for a look through ... ...optical lense (102mm for you metric ppl, hence the name), weighs in at about 29lb (13kg). Oh yes, and it's black. It comes with plosle (spelling?) 10mm and 25mm eyepieces and a 2x barlow lense. (I've just realised that this op editor could do with a spell checker, my spelling is very bad - but I digress)
If you're a first time buyer you can't go wrong with this telescope. period. ...
cidare 02.04.2001 (04.04.2001)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sky-Watcher Star Travel 102
(+) Large aperture, reasonably portable, good optics, dual axis drive on motorised model (-) Polar alignment scope difficult to use, heavy but necessary counter weights
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