Product Description

Now you can easily identify the rings of Saturn and storms of Jupiter with the Telstar RB-60 Telescope. Great for the beginning astronomer, this exquisitely crafted telescope features a 60mm optical glass objective lens with a smooth single-arm mount, manual slow motion controls and a 700mm focal length.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1843 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Meade
• Model: RB-60 / 70055LF
• Dimensions: 9.60" h x 5.60" w x 32.90" l, 5.00 pounds

Features

•  Aperture 60Mm (2.8)
•  Focal Length, Focal Ratio 700Mm F/11.7
•  Altazimuth Mount With Slow-Motion Controls
• Astronomical Software & Instructional Dvd
• Aluminum Tripod With Accessory Tray

Customer Reviews

It is what it says
I bought this as a Christmas present for my wife and we haven't put it down since. So far we've seen the moon as if we were so close we could touch it and even though it took us some time to get use to the computer generated map of space, and to figure out where leo was so we could find Saturn it was fun looking for it. Now that we've located saturn we hope to see Mars and some more planets as the year goes by. I find it annoying though that some of these people who review these products give them bad ratings because they are either too lazy to actually work toward the desired outcome or they are just plain stupid...anyway, this product is good to go.

Decent For The Price
The item come partially assembled, but it's not difficult to finish setting up. It does take some tweaking in lining up the laser finder and adjusting the acompanying 2 lenses. I can see craters on the moon. The quality is excellent. I still haven't been able to see a planet, but I guess it's because I don't know exactly where to look.

It's not so easy to get the telescope to point to and exact point. That is, after you move it to the point you want, it shifts a little away. So sometimes you have to hold it in place. The manual controls to guide the scope vertically and horizontally aren't smooth enough for ease of use.

I am 5' 7" and I have to sit to use it comfortably, this is because when I'm standing I have to bend over too much to reach the eye-piece, which will be about 4 feet from the ground when the stand is fully extended. The moon look great though!

Meade RB-60 Refractor Telescope
At the price this is an absolute steal. I own several telescopes. The optics in this 60mm "spy glass" telescope are really superb for viewing the moon.

All telescopes in this price range suffer from wimpy tripods and this one is no exception.

This is a great buy.