Marketplace
This post contains affiliate links. OzBargain might earn commissions when you click through and make purchases. Please see this page for more information.
Seems like a good deal but just not something for me. Maybe good for others.
80mm Aperture 500mm Focal Length Astronomy Professional Refractor Telescope $109.99 (Was $259.99) Shipped @ HETEKAN-EU Amazon AU
422
Korban Dallas on 03/01/2024 - 20:57 amazon.com.au (2314 clicks)
Last edited 05/01/2024 - 22:23 by 2 other users
Last edited 05/01/2024 - 22:23 by 2 other users
Price History at 
CamelCamelCamel.
CamelCamelCamel.Related Stores
closed Comments
Anyone has this and can give their reviews?
Télescope soigneusement emballé après avoir dissimulé la casse !!!
Les systèmes de fixation cassés remis en sous plastique séparément pour pousser le vis de l’incompétence.
Cadeau de noël complètement raté
Telescope carefully packaged after hiding the breakage!!!
The broken fixing systems put back in plastic separately to push the screw of incompetence.
Completely failed Christmas present
'screw of incompetence' title of your ahem screw tape?
C'est tres interestéau !
Also, how dare vous bring my L'incompetance into this !
How to use coupon?
Tick the box that says "Apply $70 coupon".
Thanks. Bought one. Think later 🤣
Grace, come here. There's a sinister looking kid I want you to see.
"Wow, the universe is so BORING!"
Actually, funnily enough, one of my all time favourite Simpsons quotes is super obscure and from that episode 'Bart of Darkness'.
"Kippers for breakfast, Aunt Helga? Is it Saint Swithin's Day already?
'Tis, replied Aunt Helga"And true Simpsons fans will see my username checks out.
I want one. Nice bargain
Thanks.
How'd you get it for $242?
Yeah that was nuts. Showed me last time….Right place right time.
You bought 2? Smart!
I got a skywatcher virtuoso 150p. Saturn and jupiter looks 👌 through it.@I Smell Pennies: The planets are always visible in light polluted cities like Sydney where I am. It's the deep sky stuff that you need to be in less than bortle 5 skies to see properly.
@I Smell Pennies: Right now jupiter is high up in the sky following Saturn. Now I work night shifts and don't have much time to use my telescope on weekdays as I'm too buggered when I get home.
@Lionchu: Thank you for that! Pretty cool how we can actually see planets with these. I'll take mine out when I have the time.
@I Smell Pennies: Yeh we can see Saturn's rings and Jupiter's colourful bands and it's bright moons pretty easily actually. They're relatively close to us so it doesn't matter if we're viewing from light polluted cities.
@Lionchu: Sorry to rein in on your parade but the dob 8" scope I sold last year which had been in the family for ~20 years wasn't crash hot at looking at planets. You could see em, rings, moons, etc but not with any great detail. Jup and Sat u could see colors but moons were just dots. And this is 30m out from Perth, in less light polluted skies. Moon was the best thing to look at, and maybe some magellanic clouds, and globular clusters. Bigger scopes, say 12" with decent eye pieces see a heck of a lot more.
Best thing u could do is when u take a trip to country way or outback, take your scope. You gonna see a lot more ;)
OMG!! I am looking at all those bargains. Just Wow. Your bank account must hurt though… When was that and I missed it?
@I Smell Pennies: how did you manage to find all these deals? did you have something monitoring price drops?
If you ever need to offload the 2nd one, DIBS!
Tick the box that says "Apply $1400 coupon". JK :)
howd you get it for that price :)
It was just a regular deal, nothing special or magic :)
What mount and tripod did you get, got the same telescope still in the box
I haven't bought any accessories for it yet, haven't had the time to look into it :(
Haven’t had time to look into it…No pun intended 😆
This is good as a kids toy as that's what it is - a cheap toy - unless they are showing a keen interest in astronomy and might be future budding astrophysicist in which case a Celestron NexStar 6SE would make a good amateur telescope the whole family can enjoy and marvel at the sky.
My favourite part of telescope deals is when someone shits on the quality of it and says how useless it will be, and recommends an alternative "amateur telescope" that costs 10x the price.
(I do not own any telescopes)
yeah agreed- if i can see the moon and maybe jupiter and saturn rings on a good day that would be enough but meh worth it
It's still a valid point, this thing is junk. It's using a camera tripod!
No way I'd be putting a camera on that p.o.s. tripod.
It’s true though.
It’s like saying I saw a PC case with RGB lighting but a 2nd gen i3 advertised as Professional Gaming Setup” for $200 then complaining when somebody scoffs and says you will need to pay $1000 to play AAA games.This item is landfill.
For the money you spend, you might be able to pick up a second hand 6in or 8in reflector, which will be a bit better, but will require a lot of study and practice to get much good viewing.Somebody who does astronomy as a hobby will spend at least several thousand - and pretending that isn’t necessary is like turning up at a surfing contest with an air bed - it isn’t a suitable alternative.
I own a couple of telescopes, all cheap and secondhand, and they can be coaxed into seeing some stuff, like the moon.
I wouldn’t waste money on this item under any circumstances.Exactly….
The problem is it leads people into thinking they're spending money on something which won't meet expectations (e.g. hubble quality images). Something that is just that bit more expensive will give some pretty mind blowing views and be marketed realistically.
The first thing that will happen is they'll point it up, attach the 3x barlow with the higest power eyepiece, and be disappointed they're looking at fuzz. It will then stay in the wardrobe with the view that telescopes are all disappointing.
I didn't as you so nicely put it 'shits on the quality', I merely said (and I quote) -' THIS IS GOOD AS A KIDS TOY'… Last time I checked good != shit..
I categorise it as a cheap toy, because the title is ''80mm Aperture and 500mm Focal Length Astronomy Professional Refractor Telescope'. I could be wrong, but professional optics for $100? There is going to be nothing professional about it.
Now, I have bought a cheap telescope in the past unlike your good self kind sir/madam, so I know what cheap telescopes are like. I've also spent $1000's on my camera lenses which are professional, so I can appreciate professional grade optics.
My alternative suggestion was for those who are budding astrophysics. I don't think that would be an unrealistic recommendation for someone who is serious about astronomy and star gazing and appreciates quality.
Quality doesn't come cheap and ozbargain isn't necessarily about the cheapest stuff you can get but quality at a good discounted price.
I am merely suggesting this is a TOY and should be seen as one regardless of the title.
I mean, I agree that the NexStar 6SE recommendation was kinda silly, but the telescope in this deal is, I promise you, absolutely a piece of junk that will actively hinder the enthusiasm of an otherwise budding astronomer.
Will you see the moon? Sure, but you could achieve the same result in a much less cumbersome manner with any half-decent set of binoculars. Asking any more of it than that is asking for disappointment, and you'll probably end up never touching any form of astronomy ever again, or shelling out for the scope you should've bought in the first place, likely some form of small, collapsible Dobsonian.
You're looking at stuff that is literally hundreds of millions of kilometres away, and even halfway decent optics are expensive. You cheap out in this hobby, you get junk. It's not elitism, it's just reality.
Fully agree. This will end up used a couple of times then left to gather dust.
Thanks for your neg! You may have saved some people from an unnecessary disappointment!
The problem is that they actually are garbage. If you only have $100 to spend you can get ok binoculars for that price and that would be a much better deal.
With these telescopes you're paying to learn why they aren't a great scope and why you need to spend more money. This isn't a particularly cheap deal either. You can learn that with a $50 toy scope. That said, Galileo would probably have killed for something like this…but we've come a long way since then.
No doubt, like I said I don't own any. I just enjoy the comparisons.
Your comparison to a pair of similarily priced binoculars seems fair and helpful to someone who would be considering this deal and their first first into telescopes.
I just got one to check out Uranus.
This'll be junk tbh but ok for kids
Yea I wouldn't call this a professional telescope.
If you want something half decent on a budget, get an 8 or 10" dobsonian. Sky-watcher, Saxon, Bintel. At least you'll get half decent views for your money.
None of those come close to this price.
Literally 2-3x more expensive for “half decent views “Exactly, you are confirming how this is complete junk. Half decent views begin at three times this price.
I didn't say it came cheap mate. Well it does if you really look into astronomy and what you can spend. All I'm trying to do is save you the disappointment of spending money on what is really just a kid's toy.
Would this be enough to view jupiter/saturn rings etc
Possibly. Not having used it, it's hard to say.
Theoretically, yes. Jupiter and Saturn aren't actually very hard to see
Red flags on this one, this is not a great deal!
This is on a camera tripod, so you have to keep unlocking and moving the telescope. That will be fun as the night sky constantly moves. An AZ mount with slow movement controls is the bare minimum.
I picked up this for next to nothing on market place, and for the extra $80 ($340) will give you a useable mount with slow motion controls, greater focal length/magnification for planets and 90mm of aperature from a well known bang for buck brand.
https://www.ryda.com.au/skywatcher-90-900-land-sea-refractor…
A pair of eyes and a neck is the bare minimum. You can easily look up through binoculars with no mount. You can also loosen the camera tripod and keep pivoting it. For the price, you aren't going to get something fancy. Also it's $109.99, so your Skywatcher will be ~$230 more
The one for the deal is resold under a couple of brands. I picked a 'similar' one while back from anaconda on clearance for less, and after using ita fine for the moon but that's about it Not good enough for planets outside city lights, and the tripod is tricky to adjust.
At this price point, who cares if it's amazing or not. It's at cheaper binoculars pricing, or even cheap spotting scope pricing.
You won't get a light bucket like a dobsonian, but you are also paying pennies.
It would be a decent entry level thing that's probably as good as many things at Australian Geographic (do they still exist??). It would be good to start a kid off with their Astronomy journey.
FWIW I have a 10" dob and a Dwarf II, and my nephews go "cool" then get quickly bored when they realise they have to stand out in the dark to see stuff. It's either cold and miserable or hot and mosquitoey. Either way they would prefer to sit inside and play minecraft
These little scopes are over powered and unsteady, so can’t be used to see anything besides the moon. And binoculars are better for that, especially for kids.
Going to frustrate and disappoint everyone.
I’m looking for something that can looking into a neighbour’s home. Asking for a friend. Any ideas?
dont have zoom on your mobile phone ?
Colonoscopy camera
OOS
Ogle On Space?
Owhhh , it say’s Professional
It must be good .Cause a Professional once looked at it and went
EwwwThis will be absolute trash. Nothing spoils an interest in Astronomy quite as quickly as terrible equipment.
And uranus…
As an amateur astronomer, if you're considering a first scope please avoid cheap refractors like this, you're only paying for a frustrating experience.
For the $100 range, consider instead binoculars. Some you can attach to camera tripods and will produce superior viewing experience than this for viewing the Moon, Jupiter's moons, Orion nebula, star fields. I have a Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 and they're honestly way more enjoyable to quickly use than setting up a whole telescope.
If you're adamant about getting decent and enjoyable views from a telescope, for a few hundred more a dobsonian telescope are regarded the best bang for buck. You can often find killer deals on the second hand market too. Plenty of friendly astronomy communities/forums (iceinspace, cloudy nights, etc) you can reach out to for help that'll happily take care of you!
Thanks picked one up, have been interested in trying out a telescope.