Sky Tour 76mm Reflector Telescope
I just received the Bushnell Voyager 700x76mm as a
recognition gift from my company. My excitement about what was a very
nice gift was quickly diminished. I have had it for two days now and
cannot seem to get it to work "at all". I am fairly intelligent and I am
not new to telescopes, but this thing will amke you feel stupid
The
instructions are some of the most ambiguous and incomplete I have ever
seen. The three eyepieces and the two lens holders seem to serve no
useful purpose, and there are no instructions on how to use them or what
results you are to expect.
This Red Dot Finderscope is a joke,
as it does not work. I was able to see a vague red dot for about a few
minutes during my attempt to setup this thing and have not been able to
see one since. One of set screws that support the Red Dot Finderscope is
loose inside the main telescope housing and I can't tighen it.
The
"vague, or lack of" instructions continue with no explanation about the
battery placement in the Altitude Dial. After you have done all the
setup, you will notice an extra battery lying around, and if you are
lucky, or smart, you will figure out it goes in the Altitude Dial.
The
"focusing the telescope" and "aligning the finderscope" procedure does
not work. One precedes the other, but it really should be the other way
around. The telescope does not focus and you leave the alignment to
chance - hoping you have done it correctly. Based on the instructions,
you're to simply look down the barrel of the telescope - go figure.
This is not a beginner's telescope for sure, at least, not based on the poorly written instructions.
Sky Tour 76mm Reflector Telescope
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I have this telescope and completely recommend buying something different (I also have other telescopes, fortunately).
The
telescope itself is about average for a low end refractor. The lens
isn't up to astronomical standards, and the included eyepieces are just
OK. It is the mount that is completely useless.
Let me describe the points:
The
Telescope is an f11 telescope, which isn't bad, but I don't believe
there are any coatings on the main lens to reduce chromatic aberration,
so bright objects will have colorful halos.
The eyepieces are
1.25 inch diameter and that's good. If you wanted, or already have
them, you can use really good eyepieces with the telescope. With the
uncoated objective lens, that might be a waste of effort.
Those are the good points.
The
mount (the head on the top of the tripod) is poorly designed. There
are detents in the vertical axis (called altitude) that prevent you from
pointing at certain angles easily. The telescope will prefer to click
up or down to the next detent. That is unacceptable. The problem
doesn't exist in the horizontal axis (azimuth).
The tripod is cheaply made and may not be stable enough to use, but it was hard to tell with the limits imposed by the mount.
The
telescope comes with an audio tour guide. Setting the time and date
should allow you to hear a "tour" of the objects currently visible.
Setting the time and date are really painful and the descriptions, while
moderately interesting weren't really very informative. That might not
be a problem for a raw beginner, but the raw beginner is going to have
so many other issue with this telescope that this doesn't help. For
anyone more than a raw beginner, the sky tour doesn't offer much.
Bushnell Voyager Bushnell Voyager Sky Tour 70mm Reflector Telescope
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800mm x 70mm refractor telescope LCD handset Illuminated smart mount LED
red dot finderscope for fast positioning Sturdy preassembled
construction Fully adjustable, quick-release tripod Two 1.25" eyepieces
(8mm & 12.5mm)
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Voyager Sky Tour 700Mm X 3" Reflector TelescopeFeatures:700Mm X 3"
Reflector Telescope Lcd Handset Illuminated Smart Mount Led Red Dot
Finderscope For Fast Positioning Sturdy Preassembled Construction Fully
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Bushnell Astronomical Voyager with Sky Tour 800mm x 70mm
Bushnell Astronomical Voyager with Sky Tour 800mm x 70mm
Bushnell Voyager Bushnell Astronomical Voyager with Sky Tour 800mm x 70mm Refractor Telescope
- Amateur telescope with 800mm focal length and 70mm refractor
- Illuminated Smart Mount points the way to constellations and planets
- Talking handset keeps you engaged with facts and mythology tidbits
- LED red dot finderscope for fast positioning; sturdy preassembled construction
- Two 1.25-inch eyepieces (8mm, and 12.5mm); quick-release tripod
- 800mm x 70mm refractor telescope
- LCD handset
- The telescope while very nice is difficult to use. First the manual is
not very good and fails to tell you how to align the spotting scope. It
has a very nice vernier movement for the horizontal, but for vertical
adjustments you have to do this by hand. it makes it very hard to
center on and view small objects.
The sky talk feature is also
not very good, and with poor instructions. We could not get it to go
past the first or second object it identified. I did help us to
identify Jupiter, and we were able to see three of the moons very
clearly with the telescope. It took a couple nights of work to get that
into view.
Bushnell Astronomical Voyager with Sky Tour 800mm x 70mm
