Bresser Skylux: eyepieces

Bresser Skylux include tre Kellner eyepieces: 4, 12 and 20 mmso you can reach 35x, 58x and 175x
There are not the best eyepieces but there aren't so bad for a newbie. In fact often with the some other economic refractor you could find the Huygens ones, worse than the eyepieces they give you with the Skylux.
I fonud only a defect: the inside of the keg is not painting black so you could have some relfection for example seeing the moon (that's very bright).
But it's not a so terrible problem because you've only to colour inside the eyepiece using a permanent black pen.



Generally i found this three Kellner eyepieces good for this kind of telescope.
Only the 4 mm is too much powerful for the Skylux. I think that a 6 mm should be a better choice.

Bresser Skylux: finderscope

The finderscope included with the Meade-Bresser Skylux is a 6x30 mm.
I think it's a very good starfinder(also because it's mounted on a 70/700 refractor) better than the classic 5x24 that you could find in a lot of others economic scope. So it works very well.
It's enough luminous and easily to regoulate with the screws.



I found only a small problem: the plastic support but, as I have already said, it's a economic scope so it's acceptable.

Bresser Skylux: The mount

This is the better thing of this instrument. We could really say that the Bresser Skylux could be acquired also for his mount.
It's an german equatorial mount that could be considered equivalent (if not advanced) to many EQ2 commercialized from famous manufacturers. The cost of this mount if acquired singularly in store exceeds the same price of the complete Skylux. Sincerely I have not found defects. The equatorial head can also be motorized in right ascension. The movements are fluid and precise, without perceptible problems. The two things I don't like are the objects taker and the support of optical tube that seems not so solid as the rest of scope. I have measured the time of stabilization and it is around on 3-4 second with the minimal extension of legs and approximately 5-6 sec with average extension. Very good for an economic telescope mount. I remember that last year I tried the small konus refractor 60mm AZ mounted and it was very unstable. A breath was enough to move it.



Valutation:
Quality: 8
Particulars: 6.5

Bresser Skylux: optical tube

While the weather is so cloudy itry to describe as well as i can the structure and the accessories of this refractor scope.
It's an achromathic telescope with air spaced lens.
The Bresser product are made in China, as most of other scope brand, and built for Meade, famous american company.
So let me see how this brand build his scope for the new amateur astronomers.
It has a 700 mm focal lenght and 70 mm of principal lens. Not so bad for a small refractor, perhaps a very economic one.
For it price you could find 60 or 50 mm scope with AZ mount.
The tube seems to be solid, but the focuser is made in plastic so we couldn't use it to see the sun in projection or it could reach very hight temperature.
Also if made in pvc the focuser is quite precise and make is work well.


In front of the lens there are a good light protection that do it work very well.

Inside the tube we could see 2 diaframs, so also the internal tube is built sufficiently good also because we have always to remember that this telescope is very very economic.

So, finally, i found this optical tube very good considering it price. It has also well one particulars.


Valutation:
Particulars 7
Aspect 7.5
Construction: 8

Now I have Bresser Skylux 70/700 f10

Finally, after a lot of time spent searching the web and waiting for it, i've bought my first telescope, a Bresser Skylux, achromatic refractor with a 70 mm lens and 700 mm focal.
I was very lucky when I found it for only 65 €, while in the shop it cost more or less 100-120 €.. Very good..

The scope

I know it isn't the best but my money are not so much so I hope I will buy aSkywatcher 130 eq2 for my birthday ( 12 June... ).
Now I've to use this also 'cos my mum was not so happy to see a telescope in my room, so think about what she'd say if I had a newtonian 130mm with a 1 meter tube..
Step by step the big scope will arrive and with a bit of time mum will accept the idea.
In the next posts i'd like to publish all my opinions about this and some other instruments I have, because in the net there are few articles about this interesting scope, very appreciated in Germany ( where they call it Lidlscope 'cos sometimes Lidl disconts sell it).

So.. i hope that this blog, post by post could become a point of reference for this scope and for all the amateur astronomers that move the first step in the world of astronomy as me.

For information or if you want to say me something contact me at: davidemarzotto@gmail.com