Slokey Telescope for Astronomy - Portable and Powerful 16x-120x Travel Scope - Easy to Mount and Use - Ideal for Kids and Beginner Adults - Astronomical Telescope for Moon, Planets and Stargazing

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As an avid amateur astronomer, I have had the pleasure of testing the SloKey Skyways 40070 Telescope, and I must say it is a fantastic instrument that can greatly benefit fellow stargazers. Let’s explore the features of this telescope in detail and discuss how each one can enhance the astronomical experience for amateur astronomers.

Most importantly of all, remember to have fun. After all, what is the point of a hobby if you don’t enjoy it? You can have the best telescope in the world, but it’s usless if you don’t have a good time using it!And I've seen cheap telescopes, and some not cheap, that are a lot worse than even 1/2 wave. Years ago I bought a used 12.5-inch f/6 reflector made by a major manufacturer; it had obvious spherical aberration, and when I had the primary mirror professionally tested, it came out as a smooth, 7/8-wave hyperboloid: well made to the wrong spec.

The point about 0.96" eyepieces. Again, a good Kellner works very well. Sure, smaller field of view but just as sharp in the centre view as any of the Plossls I own. In fact my livery of eyepieces for my 8-inch ARE 0.96's Kellners and Orthoscopics. One is in fact a cannibalized binocular 20mm eyepiece that has a remarkable FoV 65-deg! and performs sharply to about 80% of the Field. Perhaps we need a manufacturer that can design a beginner scope with a sturdy equatorial mount. Decide what it is you actually want to see. If you are happiest looking at the moon in detail, or a few of our closest neighbours, then your requirements for the best telescope will be different than if you want to observe deep space. Some people are put down when they read these sort of things, how awful those tripods are and such, but a starter does not have the bias of how much better high end equipment is, thus cannot say in his mind "this is so bad and unusable", a newbie just goes and use it and tries to make the best out of it. Gives fantastic clear imagery of the moon, Saturn’s rings and Jupiter’s moons, as well as nebulae and star clustersWhile this scope may look pretty good, its equatorial mount, lousy finder, 60-mm aperture, 0.965-inch eyepiece, and 3× Barlow make it a hobby killer.