Meade Instruments Polaris 127 EQ reflector telescoop, Polaris 127 EQ reflectortelescoop, blauw, Eén maat

I'm 28 years old. Ever since I was a kid I always wanted a telescope, even a cheap garbage one, but never was able to make it happen. I finally said enough is enough and decided I would get one. I spent literally weeks researching what to get, and after all was said and done, I kept coming back to the Meade Polaris line of scopes, because of the price vs. quality. Then I debated which model to get, and eventually settled on the Meade Polaris 114mm. All I can say is that I am overall incredibly happy with this model. It's not perfect, and I'll break down the specifics, but despite the limited "cons", I still find myself checking the forecast every single night for cloud cover and getting excited for any chance I get to go out at 2am and see what's in the sky. I've had the scope for 3 weeks now and used it almost every other night, so this review comes from having used it several times and also having adjusted to the learning curve of being a completely new telescope user.*Photos*First night outMoon at 2am at 18mmMoon at twilight at 6mmPros:- Easy setup. I've seen a few reviews on here that mentioned how bad the instructions are and how hard it is to set up. I say that's absolute nonsense. The first section of the instructions shows the parts involved for both Refracting and Reflecting telescopes (for the 114mm, it is a Reflecting). Know which model you chose (it says so on the box, so it's easy to figure out) and take 5 minutes to look at each numbered part, and see what the part is called. It's not hard, you just have to take a couple minutes to familiarize yourself with the terminology. After that point, the instructions are very clear with each step and every single part mentioned is referred to with its part number in the diagram, so it's very easy to find where the piece goes if you forgot the name of it. I set mine up 2 times and then never needed the instructions again, there's really not that much setup involved!- Relatively lightweight. I've seen several people complain of the weight. The optic tube itself is quite light, most of the weight comes from the counterweight and the EQ mount. All wrapped up in a bag, I'd say it weighs maybe 40-45lbs. Now, I'm not going to go hike 10 miles up a mountain with that kind of weight, but most of us have the option to drive out of the city and find a farm or flat area that we can set up in, requiring very little walking. After having this scope and using it right out of my window in the heart of a city, I'm amazed at how much you can see even with a large amount of light pollution. If you are an avid backpacker/mountaineer looking to bring a telescope up, this is not for you, but for the rest of us weight really shouldn't be an issue.- German Equatorial Mount: I was initially turned off from getting an EQ mount because a lot of people claimed it was very difficult and time-consuming to use one, because for proper viewing, the first thing you should do is "polar-align" the mount. That sounded intimidating to me! Want to know how easy it is to polar align your EQ mount? First, you take any old compass, and set your azimuth angle (clearly defined in the instructions!) to True North. Second, you go on Google Maps and search the location you will be viewing from, and take only the latitude number. I'm in Upstate NY, so for me it is 43 degrees North, so you set you Altitude Degree (clearly defined in the instructions!) to 43. This will get you very close (within sight of the provided 26mm eyepiece) to Polaris, or the North Star. Once you see Polaris in your scope, you use only those two adjustments to center the star in your scope, and Boom! You're done. Lock down the azimuth and latitude adjustment knobs and you are polar aligned (if that sentence sounded intimidating, don't worry, those 5 minutes of learning the terminology will answer it for you!) . Now that I've done it a couple of times, I can do it in less than 3 minutes and I'm now aligned for an entire night of viewing across the sky.- Quality parts: The German EQ Mount is especially well-crafted, being one of the heaviest pieces of the setup and moving extremely smooth without any kind of lubricant/aid. The tripod has aluminum legs; the higher you extend the legs, the more wobble you will get out of adjustments and also wind. I usually extend my tripod legs only 3-5" if at all, keeping the weight of the scope closer to the ground. I'm 6'2", and even extended at 5", I reach the top of my viewing height for some scope configurations, so you really won't need to extend the legs much farther under normal circumstances. I will say that the red-dot sight feels cheap at first, being mostly plastic, but the dot itself holds true once you sight it in and I don't see the sight being a problem. As an avid target-shooter, I use a similar "cheap" plastic red-dot for my .22LR and I've never had a problem. Obviously telescopes don't have any recoil so it's even less likely to move on you!- Clarity. Now, clarity is subject to the focuser and the eyepiece, and of course your vision. I've been a photographer my whole life, and also have 20/10 vision, so I know a whole lot about focusing and its relation to clarity. I will say, and this will be partially repeated in the "cons" section, that the 3 eyepieces this scope comes with could be better. The 26mm is great. Not the absolute best, but a truly great eyepiece for the price you're getting it for. The 9mm is ok; you'll see detail in Jupiter's surface including the 2 horizontal bands (if there's low moonlight) and the Rings of Saturn. The 6mm leaves a lot to be desired; you'll see details like Saturn's Rings and the Galilean Moons around Jupiter, but they will not be in clear focus. I took 2 stars away from the "Easy to Use" category, and this is one of those stars.- If you're a first-time telescope buyer like I was, you simply won't be disappointed. I've always had an interest in space and the night sky and all that, but finally getting a scope has really honed in my interest. I've probably looked up at the late-night sky and seen Jupiter a hundred times, but never knew what it was. And now I've seen the 4 major moons that revolve around it, that led to the revelation that we are not the center of the universe! In just a few weeks I can look up and recognize constellations and clusters and map my way across the sky, all thanks to the scope that finally lets me see beyond my own eye.Cons:- Provided eyepieces could be better. The scope itself provides excellent image quality, but without better optics to view it, you wouldn't know. Provided 26mm is great, 9mm is good, 6mm is better-than-nothing and the 2X Barlow is basically a paperwight. I bought a set of Meade Plossl eyepieces (6,9,13,18,26,32mm + 2X Barlow) plus 7 color filters and it added an immeasurable amount of quality to the viewing experience.- Focuser: it's a test of your eyesight. Unfortunately the focuser is on a plastic base. You'll even hear the faint "cracking" as you adjust it. The problem I run into most is that when you grab the focuser dial, you're going to move the scope quite a bit, and with the shaking image that occurs it can be hard to focus. Higher magnifications become very difficult to focus, so the steady hand and the patient eye come into effect here.- Right Ascension / Declination Adjustments: This is an honest comment that Meade probably won't love to hear... Once you've Polar Aligned your telescope base, the only adjustments you can make w/o compromising that alignment is with the RA/DA. They tell you to loosen both adjustment knobs to scout out whatever object you're looking for, but the problem is that once you move the red-dot into the correct area, you'll notice a 1-2 degree movement on the axis when you tighten the knobs down. This may not seem like a lot, but trust me, when you're trying to find small, low-mag objects like Neptune or Pluto and your scope moves a whole degree when you tighten it, that's a whole lot of sky! So you have to learn to "lead" your object when you're sighting it in. This was the other "star" I removed under "ease of use".- No case. Please, please buy the carrying case for it. It holds the optic tube, tripod, EQ mount and counter-weight, and comes with a bag for the rest. Personally I keep the "rest" in a backpack for easier carry, but not having the carrying case would be a huge pain. Don't spend this much money on a scope just to not keep it protected.My straight-up honest review is that this scope is a 4.7/5 star, and you can easily get the remaining .3 stars with the accessories I mentioned. Enjoy, learn the sky, enjoy the universe, and be thankful for this incredibly low-percentage Goldilocks-zone rock that we all live on!!

It has a very good optics. Moon caters are neatly visible and can see Jupiter's 4 moons even on City light pollution. Still exploring but is a good investment for a first telescope.

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Outil impressionnant pour 200 euros, mais la qualité n'est pas top.Arrivé avec le miroir secondaire désaxé, les 3 vis de collimation sous la peinture, complètement collées. Impossible de les bouger sans les casser.Retour, en attendant quelque chose de mieux. Zhumell Z8?

Leichter bis mittelschwere Aufbau. Da schon Teile vormontiert waren gings leichter.Von den mitgelieferten Okularen fand ich nur 2 brauchbar , aber das war mir schon klar da muss man sich selber seine Okulare nach Bedarf kaufen.Das fertige Teleskop wiegt 12 kg ist also für lange Transportwege nicht geeignet aber vom Vorraum in den Garten kein Problem für mich. Leider spielt das Wetter nicht immer so mit....dennoch konnte ich schon die Mondoberfläche samt Krater bewundern. Zum Anfangen ein tolles Gerät.Von mir Kaufempfehlung ganz klar.