Meade Polaris 130mm 德式赤道儀反射望遠鏡 - 216006

Setting up the German equatorial mount took a little patience, but once I got the hang of the slow-motion controls tracking Jupiter was a breeze. The views of the moon are incredibly sharp and clear even at medium magnification.

The 130mm aperture pulls in enough light that I could actually make out the bands on Jupiter and the rings around Saturn on my first clear night, which was thrilling. The German equatorial mount feels sturdy and tracks smoothly once you get the polar alignment roughly dialed in.

The equatorial mount took some initial fiddling but once I dialed in the alignment, tracking objects across the sky becomes incredibly smooth. I was able to clearly make out Jupiter's cloud bands and a couple of its moons on the first clear night. For the price, that 130mm mirror delivers crisp view