Bushnell Deep Space 420 x 60mm Refractor Telescope

Bushnell’s 78-9512 Deep Space 420×60mm refractor is the value-priced ticket to the stars for beginner and intermediate astronomers. Fully featured for night after night of fun and excitement exploring deep into space. Features Aluminum optical tube assembly, High quality glass optic objectives. Includes Full length variable height hardwood tripod, metal yoke mount, all-metal accessory tray, Rack and pinion focusing, 5 & 20mm .96” eyepieces, Diagonal Mirror, Barlo
Customer Review: Not all that good
This scope is not really very good for viewing planets but is ok for the moon if you stick with the 20MM eyepiece, the 5MM, giving about 140X, is just to much for this mount as it vibrates very easily and is hard to hold anything in the FOV for very long! I think it would be better for a person to buy a 4.5 inch reflector with a Dobsian mount for just a few bucks more.
Customer Review: Horrible
This scope is NOT a good starter scope for anyone interested in astronomy. Here’s why: 1. The objective is too small, only 60 mm, 2.36 inches, so it is too small to bring in the light necessary for even a beginning look at the universe. I suppose it is adequate for the moon, but that is it. The planets will appear as very small disks. One will be able to see Saturn’s rings, but the image will be very small. Forget it for deep sky objects, clusters, galaxies, etc. 2. The mount is an altazimuth, which will not follow the celestial object in the sky. The earth is rotating, and anyone focusing on a star or moon will quickly find the object drifting out of the field of vision. A better mount is an equatorial mount which makes it much easier to track objects. 3. The mount will vibrate when touched, which will cause the image in the eyepiece to “shiver”, which is very frustrating. Even for the low price, don’t be enticed by this scope; it has too many flaws. Save your money for a larger scope with a better mount. Jim “Konedog” Koenig, astronomy buff

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