Travel Scope 70 pros & cons

[RichardFY3]

I recently purchased the Travel Scope 70 to use for casual observation and can transport easily.

The word casual is the Key here, If you are looking for a scope that can be carried around and assembled very quickly this is perfect

especially if you are new to Astrological observation its a great first scope. with a 70mm aperture and 2 optical lenses included 10mm & 20mm

plus the tripod you cant go too wrong and with a low price tag of £60 depending were purchased from it is a fantastic to start off with.

However as I said it is only really good for Casual observation of the stars and planets, failing to provide great detail as you would get with more powerful scopes.

If you want a simple scope and easy to move around this is a great scope, however if you really want to see celestial objects in detail you should look at something more powerful.

 

[John]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Thanks for your thoughts on the Travel Scope 70.  I'm sure you meant astronomical observation rather than astrological

Have you compared it and how it performs with any other scopes as a matter of interest ?

 

[Paul73]

Welcome to SGL.

I’ve got a Celestron Travel 70 on top of my 16” Dob. Paired with TV Plossls, I was pleasantly surprised by what could be seen. I haven’t used it for high power, but that isn’t its thing. For wizzing around, enjoying some wide fields or locating the brighter Messiers, at about £50, it makes me smile. ?. Sometimes it serves as a spotting scope the admire the birds in the garden. You can’t do that with a little Dob.

Paul

 

[Alan64]

You can get a lot more out of it with a proper star-diagonal...

https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/antares-90-star-diagonal-125.html

The port of a star-diagonal is much larger than that of the Amici-diagonal that came with your kit...

Let the light shine through...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf3dY239JoQ

A 32mm Plossl would allow for the lowest and binocular-like power of 12.5x...

https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/antares-plossl-eyepieces-125.html

...the included 20mm modified-achromat: 20x.

As always, those are merely suggestions.