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With the Celestron Travel Scope 70, you have 2 options, either the basic model or the Travel Scope Bundle:
The difference is £20, £89 vs £69, at today’s discount prices, which gets you an extra Planisphere (star map) and Moon Filter. The basic set up weighs 1.5 kg and includes 1 x Celestron Travelscope 70 1x Preassembled Aluminium Tripod 1 x Custom backpack 1 x 4mm Eyepiece 1 x 10mm Eyepiece 1 x 20mm Eyepiece 1 x 3x Barlow Lens (increases magnification by 3 times).
Also from Celestron, the Celestron 21038 Travel Scope 50 Refractor Telescope comes with 1 x Telescope optical tube 1 x Tripod 1 x Erect image diagonal (turns the image the right way up) 1 x 20mm eyepiece1 x 10mm eyepiece 1 x 5x24 Finderscope with bracket (for aligning the scope on the target), 1 x CD-ROM 1 x Travel backpack weighs in at under £50.00
Finally we have the Sky-Watcher Infinity-76P Telescope with Parabolic Mirror 76 mm / 3 Inches f/4 Blue, this little starter scope costs under £45, it is for a beginner, we all have to start somewhere, however it is good enough to view the moon and larger planets as well as the brighter stars and is light and small enough to fit in your lap.
There are a large variety of telescopes to buy, the series of articles to follow will break down all the components, their function and relative cost and their general use.
Bye for now.
Try some of the following shops:
http://grovers.biz/optics/ Our local shop in Northallerton.
http://www.harrisontelescopes.co.uk/
