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With this lightweight and durable telescope, young scientists can explore the natural wonders of Earth or the craters of the moon and beyond. The all-glass optics and magnification from 20x to 80x provide clear, up-close images of birds, animals, distant treetops, as well as celestial objects. PLUS, it's easy to use and perfect for backyard exploring, camping trips, and vacations. Both children and adults will enjoy hours of discovery and observation fun.
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With this lightweight and durable telescope, young scientists can explore the natural wonders of the earth or the craters of the moon and beyond. The all-glass optics and magnification from 20x to 80x provide clear, up-close images of birds, animals, distant exotic plants, as well as celestial objects. PLUS, it's easy to use and perfect for backyard exploring, camping trips, and vacations. Both children and adults will enjoy hours of discovery and observation fun.
Mike
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2023
Works great for kids
Max
Reviewed in Singapore on October 17, 2023
The metal parts came tarnished/rusted. The lenses were also dusty.
Froy
Reviewed in Mexico on January 21, 2022
Es muy fácil de usar y sus lentes muestran una imagen muy clara de lo que enfoques, a pesar de su diseño tan básico creo que es bastante bueno para un principiante
Carmen A
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2021
My little scientist grandson is ver exited with this present
Beau
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2020
the information that came with this telescope was so helpful and informative. we had no clue that the scope would need to be acclimated to the outside weather for 30 min prior to viewing. we followed instructions and had a clear view of the moon.
mehul shah
Reviewed in India on January 28, 2020
Good product
C. Bartlett
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2019
Great value, decent quality starter telescope. My daughter loves it.
Sarah S.
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2016
I would probably give this 3.5 stars if I could. I feel it could be made better, but my children do love it and have used it quite a bit. We received one of these from the company in exchange for our honest review. Out of the package, it was very easy to put together. There are screws holding it all together. It comes with the body of the telescope with a large lens, a tripod, 2 different eyepieces with different magnification power, and a longer extender eyepiece for viewing things on the ground. The tripod is kind of wobbly and it's to short to use the telescope comfortably unless the child is sitting on the ground. We had best luck putting it on the tailgate of a truck to look at the sky outside. I feel that there needs to be a redesign on how the eyepiece part attaches to the body of the telescope. It uses two screws that you tighten up to hold it on. One of our screws will already no longer tighten. I'm not sure if one of the kids tried to over tighten it and it stripped the threads, but since this is designed for children, I feel it should be a little sturdier. Other than that, it looks sleek and it works fine. It was hard to find the moon in it. There is a lot of sky to go through and a very small viewing area. The telescope seems to be super sensitive to any movement. It took my husband helping and moving the telescope with microscopic little taps until he had it focused on the moon. Once he did though, WOW! It was very cool. We could see the craters on the moon like we had never seen them before. The kids loved it. It didn't do as well with stars and I don't think you would be able to see any other planets or anything. But the moon was fun. My kids mainly use it during the day to look around the neighborhood. They are super impressed with how clear they can see things so far away. So I think this is a good toy telescope for kids to get them interested in basic astronomy. I would definitely put it in the toy category though. If you wanted to see planets and stars, I think you would need a higher end telescope. But this is good for my kids at the moment. They are enjoying using it and it is sparking some new interests for them.
Stacy L
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2015
I stepped out on a limb when purchasing this for my grandson for Christmas. It certainly wasn't the cheapest item in this category, but it wasn't the most expensive either. What I was surprised and very happy about is that it gives great views of the sky! It really picks up details I never expected that it could. He loves it and uses it almost every night. This was definitely money well spent!
nicola bertoni
Reviewed in Italy on June 29, 2013
mi piace ma preferivo il cavaletto più alto così non è codo.consiglio poco questo prodotto è troppo un giocattolino
Den
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2012
This product gave the expectation of real, low level astronomical exploration for my son. Unfortunately, it's difficult to focus precisely, and rather fragile. The viewing eyepiece has too few threads to attach it to the telescope and stripped after just three or four removals and re-attachments. The various lenses could never be set up to really view the heavens. The whole thing turned out rather lame.
Mbci
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2012
Not enough power for anything really interesting. You can get the same results from a good pair of binoculars and a lot easier. The tripod isn't very stable and limits how high up you can point the telescope, kind of tough since stars are UP in the sky. ;) It was ok to get the kids interested in looking up at the sky, but I want to get a better one so we can view planets and their moons. Wish I had spent my money on that in the first place.
prek mom
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2010
I bought the Vega as a "first telescope" for my 5 year old. I thought it would be fun to look at the moon and stars together. It was very difficult to find and focus on the moon with the scope. The view was very shaky and there was no hope of finding stars. We had a better view of the moon and stars with our naked eyes. The 3rd day we had it, the outer lens pushed back into the scope while my 9 year old neice was using it (I'm sure a great deal of credit for the mishap goes to her methods) and was irretrievable. Now, all objects are upside down and using the scope promotes motion sickness. I should have gone for a better built more expensive model that would have lasted longer.
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