REVIEW: Skywatcher 70mm F900mm Refractor SKYWATCHER 70mm, 900mm focal length refractor on AZ3 mount
I bought this telescope while I was out looking for an EQ2 mount, since I commandeered the mount that came with my 4.5" Newtonian to build a binocular mount. This scope was on the showroom floor mounted on the EQ2, and came with a diagonal, 2 eyepieces, small finderscope, and a barlow at a bargain price. It is shown on an AZ3 mount in this photo, as I routinely switch my smaller scopes between mounts. The plastic focusser only accepte 1.25" eyepieces.

This telescope is very light and portable. It's small 70mm objective lense is useless for any real deep sky observing, but it's long focal ratio (almost 13:1) makes it fantastic for high powered views of the Moon, as well as observing the brighter planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus. If you have ever looked at the Moon or Venus in a short focal ratio achromatic refractor (5:1)without any filters, you will have seen the purple aura that surrounds brighter objects in such a scope.

The EQ2 isn't really a solid mount for high power viewing. It can wobble during focussing like all inexpensive mounts, and the add-on motor attachment available to track objects is less than ideal in my opinion. This scope and mount is great if you want something you can just pick up with one hand, grab a few eyepieces in the other, and set up for some quick viewing- not bad for something I never really intended on buying.

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