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The Sky-Watcher AO70500-OTA is a sleek, black achromatic refractor telescope featuring a 70mm aperture and 500mm focal length (f/7). Designed for precision manual focusing with a 31.8mm focuser and equipped with a 5x24 finder scope, it offers a portable 2kg setup ideal for amateur astronomers seeking crisp, clear views. Compatible with standard CG5/EQ5 mounts, this telescope is a ready-to-go gateway to exploring the cosmos.
| Package Dimensions L x W x H | 74.5 x 26 x 15.5 centimetres |
| Package Weight | 2.02 Kilograms |
| Item Weight | 2 Kilograms |
| Brand | Sky-Watcher |
| Colour | Black |
| Lens Fixed Focal Length | 500 Angstrom |
| Max Focal Length | 500 Millimetres |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 70 Millimetres |
| Part number | AO70500-OTA |
| Telescope Mount Description | Equatorial Mount |
| Focus type | Manual Focus |
| Aperture Modes | F7 |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
D**T
Absolute Quality.
This is an excellent small scope and is very handy as a grab and go. The doublet optics are crystal clear and the focuser is butter smooth. The attached pictures were taken using this telescope and a Svbony205 electronic eyepiece camera mounted on a Sky-Watcher AZ3 tripod and mount. The telescope is solidly built as is usual with Sky-watcher and I can't recommend it highly enough. It didn't come with any eyepieces nor an erecting prism but as I had these already and the telescope itself was greatly reduced in price it wasn't an issue.EDIT:Noted the 'poor scope' reviews. It's very simple to achieve focus with a short extension tube in between the draw tube and an erecting prism. The moonshots I have posted above are testament to that. I have since found that this scope makes a perfect finder scope for my Sky-watcher Explorer 200P go to. So it has been re-assigned as such . A couple of fairly decent eyepieces such as Achromat Plossl's make this a very usable scope.
S**B
Excellent portable scope.
Great portable scope with mounting rings. Can also function as a guide scope.
C**R
Poor telescope
Unable to achieve focus at all with any eyepieceWill be sending back not impressed with the quality of the product
M**R
Sky Watcher
If you already have a mount and are looking for a telescope at this price point you will be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the optics and how smoothly the focuser allow you to focus, the focuser also has a very sturdy construction which makes using some kind of photographic equipment alot easier.
J**R
Great scope especially for the money
Crystal clear view of moon stars Orion...BUT you must get the correct diagonal for these scopes so it focuses properly. Dielectric prism the best £40.
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