Cstar Optics Stratus UB-3700 76mm Reflector Telescope

by Cstar

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 38 x 12 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00025VYO4
• Item model number: UB-3700
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,566 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 16, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Stratus line of telescopes is optically engineered to give a clear image at an affordable price. The design features a seamless aluminum alloy tube, multicoated glass lenses for reduced color aberration, and a pre-assembled, full-size adjustable aluminum tripod. The tripod has a directional handle that makes for easy adjustment during viewing and a yoke mount for added stability and reduced vibration. An attached 5x optical finder-scope lets the user scan the sky for objects on which to focus.

Product Description

This 76mm (3 inch) Glass Mirror Full-Size Newtonian Reflector telescope is perfect for the beggining and novice astronomer to view the night sky or check out nature during the day. This telescope features a 700mm focal length 100% aluminum tube and a high quality optical mirror for a clear image. Key Specifications: Objective/Aperture (Mirror) Size: 76mm (3.0 inches), Focal Length: 700mm, Magnification: (H-20 = 35x (with 4x Barlow = 140x), SR-4 = 175x (with 4x Barlow = 700x), Mount: Yoke Mount add stability to telescope to reduce vibrations during viewing. High Optical Quality Coated Glass Lenses with a durable 100% Aluminum Alloy tube construction. Accessories include: Pre-Assembled Full Size Adjustable aluminum Tripod (No Assembly requried and it comes with an easy to use universal camera mount that can also be used with other camera brands and Spotting Scope brands when not using the Cstar UB-3700 telescope), Directional Handle on Tripod allows easy adjustment of telescope, 2 Eye-Pieces (H-20, SR-4), 4x Barlow (Magnifies Image by 4 times), 1.5x Erect Image Lens (Magnifies the image by 1.5 times and corrects the normally upside down and reversed telescope image to be right side up and correct from left to right just like a high powered spotting scope for land viewing), 5 power Optical Finder-scope for low power scanning.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Junk, August 18, 2005

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kone "kone" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cstar Optics Stratus UB-3700 76mm Reflector Telescope (Electronics)

Way too many flaws for me to mention, too small, cheap mount, frustrating to use. It turns one off to astronomy rather than exite the observer.

Avoid at all costs! Get at least a 90 mm objective lens with an equatorial mount with slow motion controls. You will pay 300 bucks for a good starter scope. The rest are junk and will take up space in your closet.

JIm "Konedog" Koenig, Astronomy Buff

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Zero customer service, June 5, 2011

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I_M_Pete "my_two_cents" (NO CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cstar Optics Stratus UB-3700 76mm Reflector Telescope (Electronics)

I will probably catch flack for writing a review about a different model, but part of what I use to evaluate a decision to spend money on a product is to find out about the customer service of a company. Maybe you do the same. So here goes (potential flack and all).

I purchased a Cstar 12-36 50mm spotting scope a few months back. Mostly for the bundled camera mount to try some digiscope photography. Quality of the scope was marginal, camera mount was ok with modifications. Maybe a three star value. After a few hours usage, the zoom control began to rotate incorrectly as obviously something inside came loose.

Box states "Limited lifetime warranty" with phone number. I figure before messing with problem myself I should send scope into them (along with $10 warranty fee). Look, box even has an 800 number! I have been listening to a very polite voice on an answering machine about a dozen times over the last month informing me that they are sorry they missed my call, but will get right back to me! Left messages with phone, email response requests. Apparently they are too busy to respond. Don't think I'll send my scope and money to folks whose customer service seems unable to "get back with me".

Just my two cents about what Cstar calls "Customer Service".