Orion SpaceProbe 3 Equatorial Reflector Telescope
by Orion
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Customer Review: Great Buy
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this telescope for my 9 yr old daughter as a Christmas/Birthday present. I had no idea what to get but the reviews of this seemed like a good buy. It came in a huge box with directions for set-up that looked darn right scary! I am not mechanical and the directions are limited - no step by step pictures and some key pieces aren't labeled at all. With that being said I still managed to get it together without incident! It took me at least 1 1/2 hrs - as I said I'm mechanically challenged. I did make 1 call to the help desk - the tripod required installation of a piece that wasn't actually listed at all in the diagram - once I found that it made more sense. The telescope is so NEAT - it looks amazing and the view is spectacular. For the money it can't be beat.Customer Review: Awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
While Christmas shopping on Amazon I came across this telescope. It only had one review but the review was a good one so decided to purchase this telescope for my husband for Christmas.
I recieved the telescope in perfect condition and excellant shape. It is a beautiful piece. We have yet to use it because it's sitting under the Christmas tree but I am excited to see him open it and be able to use it.
Being amateur star watches I'm sure we will be amazed with what we see through this.This was a great price for a beginner telescope and cannot wait to use it.
Customer Review: Great telescope
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my first telescope. My wife bought it for me for my birthday and the first thing I did after setting it up was took it outside and saw Jupiter! Using the 25mm and 10mm eyepieces that came with it, I was able to see the dark bands around Jupiter (better on the 10mm) and the 4 Galilean moons! I just got 2 more eyepieces for Christmas and am looking forward to trying them out. I haven't gotten any filters yet, but that's next on my wish list.Customer Review: A good scope for the price
Summary: 4 Stars
I was worried when I read the other reviews on this product but decided it was the best scope in the price range and went ahead. I think the other reviews do this product a disadvantage. This is a really nice telescope.
One review said it was hard to put together with little instruction. This is not the case. I has step by step instructions that are easily followed. You must pay attention to what you are doing though. Each image in the directions is clear as to which part goes up and the axis for each knob, etc. It takes time to assemble. I did it with my ten year old sister and let her try to figure each direction out and do it and it took us 1.5 hours to assemble. If an adult was doing it probably 45 min. would be about accurate.
Once it is put together it is great. I could easily find things in the sky to look at. I did have trouble aligning the red dot pointer but once on a good object and aligned it is hard to get out of alignment. Constellations are very nice to look at in the scope and the moon and some close planets are spectacular in detail. I was pleased in purchasing this as a gift for a ten year old. Also she was quick to catch on how to use it and it didn't take more than a half hour for her to be finding and adjusting the knobs to get things in focus. I would recommend this for a low-medium priced scope.