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Bushnell Northstar 300 x 90mm Motorized Telescope w/ Real Voice Output
RatingCustomer rating is 2 of 5
BrandBushnell
List Price$549.99
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Features
  • Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope with powerful imaging in compact body
  • Built-in database of 20,000 celestial objects
  • Remote hand-held control with computerized tracking
  • Real voice output for fun, interactive night viewing
  • 4mm and 20mm eyepieces
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Description
Computer-driven 90 mm Maksutov GoTo NorthStar Telescope together with remote automatically locates planets and extra. SAVE BIG BUCKS! Explore deep space not including guesswork! Amateur astronomers can now locate hundreds of deep-space celestial bodies up-shut and personal together with neat push-button control. Great Scope has on-board computer-assist tracking together with warp speed and precision. Along together with a built-in data base of 20,000 celestial objects, you just call up your "target" on the hand-held controller. Enter an simple "Go To" command. And presto, the NorthStar computer does all the rest, hassle free. Look, there's Jupiter's moons. How concerning a glance of Saturn's rings? One time locked on, tracking an object for prolonged viewing is automatic. It's the next generation of cutting-edge viewing! In addition, you can focus on saving, thanks to my exclusive overstock buy! Details: Real Voice Output offers a fun, interactive way to explore the sky; 1,250 mm focal length; Consists of 4 mm and 20 mm eyepieces; Erect picture diagonal mirror for land viewing; 1X wide-angle red dot LED finderscope; Remote, hand-held controller has red backlit buttons and a red LCD read-out for simple viewing at night; Full size, fast-open tripod; GoTo computerized tracking uses a 9V battery (not integrated); Kinematic mount; Accessory tray; Weights: Body: 3 3/4 lbs., Remote: 1 1/2 lbs. and Tripod: 8 1/2 lbs. Space, the final frontier. Discover the fun, now made simple as pie. Order Today! NorthStar 90 mm Maksutov GoTo Telescope

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Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Better than department store quality   2009-07-20
By Daniel C. Houser (Glenmoore, Pa United States)
This is a decent telescope for the money and is a great instrument for a beginner or an amateur who needs a light weight portable scope that can perform reasonably well. Its a cut above those department store, Tasco specials. The 25 mm eyepiece that comes with scope is nice but the 4 mm is a joke because with the focal length of this telescope, it would magnify at 300x, which is way beyond its capabilities. I suspect they included that so they could advertise 300x for the uninformed. The 1.25 inch eyepiece adapter means you can upgrade to better eyepieces, if you so desire. I use a 12 mm eyepiece which I bought from Orion that gives me 100x and can really do the job on the moon, planets and the brighter Messier objects.

The red dot finder needs to be aligned at first, of course, and works well on brighter objects up to magnitude 2. Its a bit tricky on fainter objects since they cannot be seen through the plastic lens of the finder. You need to align to an area rather than the object and use your 25 mm lens to scan.

The biggest beef I have is with the GoTo unit. It often is inaccurate and takes you to an area close to the target and you end up scanning anyway. The worst thing is the red backlit LCD display with black letters. The red is so dark you can't see the letters in the dark so you end up using a white flashlight to read it which defeats the purpose. The voice narration is also annoying, after a while. The GoTo, is however, good for tracking objects as the drift across the sky.
Customer rating is 1 of 5  Save up for a much better telescope   2007-12-30
By F. Campbell (East Coast)
This had the potential to be a nice way for my daughter and I to explore the night sky. But I cannot recommend this scope for several reasons. First, it is almost impossible to align the tracking scope with a centered object in the main scope making the next steps impossible. Second, the backlight LED display for the handheld computer is a very dark red and impossible to see - even in my very dark backyard. I fail to understand Bushnell's point in using a display you cannot see.

Save your pennies and purchase a wider aperature telescope if you really want to see celestial bodies.
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Satisfactory optics...completely lacking documentation...   2007-03-21
By Amerature Astonomer (Upstate New York)
All in all a great backyard scope for those getting interested in Astronomy. The optics are good for planet viewing and star gazing. Deep sky objects will be faint so don't expect Hubble clarity. Moon gazing is unbeatable and Saturn is quite clear even without any filters. A good filter/lens kit really makes this scope go a long way. Once set up the "Go To" software works pretty good. Sometimes it says we are there and it requires a little hunting and pecking to find as it is just out of the field of view. For the money (Sam's club had these for as little as $200 on sale) this scope is a great starter. The cons are the complete lack of documentation included for set up and alignment procedures as well as total lack of any kind of support on Bushnell's web site. Even the astronomy links on the site are bad (as in do not work). Shame on you Bushnell for not properly supporting what is an otherwise very good product for the money. Value 10/10 Construction 10/10 Ease of use 7/10
Portability 10/10 Optics 9/10 Included accessories 6/10 Documentation 2/10
Website 0/10. Hope this helps. I really like it and would recommend it for the 200 - 300 price range but no more.


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