Posts by Ron666

Stargazing with the Beaverlab Finder TW2

80mm is big enough

With an 80mm refractor and an eyepiece you should be easily able to see Saturn's rings - normally. However, they are currently only slightly inclined to our point of view and so less obvious.

Planets and the Moon should work well - even in Trafalgar Square - as they are so bright.

But dimmer stuff ideally needs tracking. I have seen no mention of that in the review. Also, is it goto or do you have to point the thing (something 95% of the population will fail on - even for the planets)?

Might have been better to draft in someone who had used a telescope more often to evaluate it.

And BTW the Seestar and Dwarf II smart telescopes may be a better bet and similarly priced.

The second you see "500x magnification" and "AI Infused" and a complete lack of mention of a drive on the system, you know you have a problem.

Typical rule of thumb for telescopes say never use more than 40x magnification per inch of aperture with a telescope - 95% of the time you're just magnifying blur.

AI Infused in imaging means the accuracy of the representation presented to you will be suspect. You might just as well Google an image.

But, most importantly without a drive its only good for the brighter planets, the Moon and the Sun (filtered).

This system is way behind the curve of the Seestar50 and the Dwarf II.