Bushnell Voyager 470 x 60mm Zoom Refractor Telescope

by Bushnell

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 35 x 11 x 6 inches ; 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000A0AJ1
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,922 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

Take a voyage to see celestial objects that humanking has only dreamed of travelling to. Voyager telescopes offer impressive optical quality and precise mechanical construction resulting in the clearest view of the most distant objects in the sky. Loaded with innovative features - such as a zoom eyepiece, patented Penta mirror technology and our rotary power turret - ruggedly constructed and convenient to use, there is no better choice when it comes to balancing performance with affordable price. Camera adaptable (optional accessories required) Aluminum tripod

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid at all Costs!, August 18, 2005

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kone "kone" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bushnell Voyager 470 x 60mm Zoom Refractor Telescope (Electronics)

This scope is not a good starter scope for anyone interested in astronomy. Here's why:

1. The objective is too small, only 60 mm, 2.36 inches, so it is too small to bring in the light necessary for even a beginning look at the universe. I suppose it is adequate for the moon, but that is it. The planets will appear as very small disks. One will be able to see Saturn's rings, but the image will be very small. Forget it for deep sky objects, clusters, galaxies, etc.

2. The mount is an altazimuth, which will not follow the celestial object in the sky. The earth is rotating, and anyone focusing on a star or moon will quickly find the object drifting out of the field of vision. A better mount is an equatorial mount which makes it much easier to track objects.

3. The mount will vibrate when touched, which will cause the image in the eyepiece to "shiver", which is very frustrating.

Even for the low price, don't be enticed by this scope; it has too many flaws. Save your money for a larger scope with a better mount.

Jim "Konedog" Koenig, astronomy buff

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 470x magnification, December 21, 2005

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M. Clemens "Astronomy Buff" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bushnell Voyager 470 x 60mm Zoom Refractor Telescope (Electronics)

Advertising that this telescope can operate at 470x magnification is misleading, to put it kindly. Common rules of thumb in astronomy would recommend this telescope good for up to about 120x (50x per inch of lens diameter) maximum on a night of stable sky conditions.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, September 15, 2007

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Armando Ismael (Iraq) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bushnell Voyager 470 x 60mm Zoom Refractor Telescope (Electronics)

This telescope is ok, not too good movility but not bad to look at the moon