SVBONY SV503 Telescope, 102ED F7 Extra Low Dispersion Achromatic Refractor OTA, Micro-Reduction Rap Focuser, for Astrophotography

I wanted to purchase a travel telescope and was looking for a very good telescope since my main telescope is an Orion ED80 with FPL 53 glass. I love my Orion ED80 and didn’t want to lug it around and cause any damage to it. Enter SVBONY ED80 with FPL51 glass. My jaw dropped when I viewed the moon with a SVBONY 7-21 zoom eyepiece. There was ZERO difference between this scope and my Orion ED 80 with FPL 53 glass. I am not kidding. It amazes me to see how SVBONY can deliver such an amazing scope at this price point. I will go one step further and state that the focuser on the SVBONY is much smoother and easier to reach focus. As and added bonus, it came with the mounting rings too. This telescope amazes me and I highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a workhorse of a telescope with excellent image quality. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Get them while they are still available. I ordered a High quality Binoviewer and just can’t wait for it to arrive to pair it with this telescope for planetary and brighter DSO viewing. Clear Skies.

Envoi du colis Emballage irréprochable : le tube était lové dans une mousse dense, solidement calé. Expédition rapide, suivi précis, message d’envoi soigné ; on sent une véritable attention portée au matériel. Le carton d’extérieur, robuste, est arrivé sans déchirures. Qualité du produit (SVBONY SV503 70ED F6) Un bel instrument, de belle facture : anodisation soignée, pare-buée rétractable, colliers et queue d’aronde impeccables. Le focalisateur RAP, doté d’une micro-réduction précise, offre une mise au point d’une douceur remarquable et tient fermement la position. L’optique ED délivre des étoiles fines, un contraste plaisant et un chromatisme très bien contenu ; la Lune, les amas ouverts et les nébuleuses gagnent en relief. En astrophotographie comme en observation visuelle, la compacité du 70ED F6 en fait un compagnon agile et fiable. En somme, un tube qui conjugue sérieux mécanique et belle performance optique.

Muy buena calidad, me gustó mucho.

I purchased the SVBONY SV503 70ED refractor telescope last summer, but due to weather (two hurricanes!) I was unable to try it out until late November. It performed beautifully! The first few targets were the Pleiades, Andromeda, and the North American Nebula. All came out fantastic. The FPL51 glass in the objective lens approaches the performance of APO scopes that are over twice the price. The dual-speed focuser is super smooth and it's easy to get perfect focus with a Bahtanov mask. The draw tube length of 90mm offers a wide range of distances for achieving focus with various spacers, filters, or the reducer. It also has markings (down to the millimeter) on the side of the draw tube to help get the focus back after making changes to the optical chain. If you have recorded the distance mark from a previous setup, going back to that setup is much easier to get the focus close, so that the time needed when doing that kind of a change is greatly reduced. The extendable dew shield keeps out dew and stray light and stays in place without getting stuck. Overall, the quality of the build is excellent. I also purchased the 0.8x reducer for this scope's bigger brother, the SV503 80ED and it works great with this 70mm f/6 to reduce it down to an f/4.8 focal ratio for a slightly wider field of view. I recommend the reducer with this scope. It is essential if you wish to capture all of M-31 (Andromeda) or M-45 (The Pleiades) in a single frame. As far as optical quality, images are sharp and bright. Even though it's not an APO, I didn't notice any significant blue or purple halo's around bright stars. They weren't completely eliminated, but the very minor ones that did show up were hardly visible or were easily removed via processing. I highly recommend this telescope for astrophotography.

Excelente calidad, excelente producto, super bien protegido para transporte y llegó super mega rápido!!! gracias!!!