Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope for Adults Kids Astronomy Beginners, Sarblue Mak60 Catadioptric Compound Telescope 750x60mm, Compact Portable Travel Telescope, with Tabletop Tripod Phone Adapter
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- Sharp Crystal-clear ViewsThis beginner telescope is much more powerful than it looks! Thanks to its Maksutov-Cassegrain design, high-precision fully multi-coated optical glass lens, both spherical and chromatic abberrations are minimized. It not only delivers vivid high-contrast images for daytime viewing such as birds and wildlife, but also enables astronomical exploration including Saturn, Jupiter, craters on the Moon, etc.
- See How It Works InsideThe ingenious design of the detachable lid reveals the internal construction of the telescope and helps you understand how it works. Make it an appealing educational kit for the young minds. But keep in mind not to touch the mirrors with your fingers and avoid making it dusty.
- Compact and PortableMaksutov-Cassegrain mechanism makes this telescope much more compact than a equivalent refractor or Newtonian. With a long focal length of 750mm, the tube length is only 200mm. Easy to pack and go on a adventure anytime.
- Superior EyepieceThe included high-quality 20mm eyepiece brings 37.5X magnification, providing high-power sharp views on distant objects. You can see any targets more than 8 meters away. Accessories also include a phone adapter, a tabletop tripod and an erect-image diagonal.
- SatisfactionThis Mak telescope that combines power and simplicity requires no-tool super easy setup. It's a perfect gift for kids or adults astronomy beginners. You will also receive one-year hassel-free warranty and 24-hour friendly customer service.
Brand: SARBLUE
Model Name: Mak60
Optical Tube Length: 200 Millimeters
Eye Piece Lens Description: Barlow
Objective Lens Diameter: 60 Millimeters
Telescope Mount Description: Tripod Mount
Focus Type: Manual Focus
Power Source: Adapter
Finderscope: Reflex
Compatible Devices: Smartphone
Eye Piece Lens Description: Barlow
Mount: Tripod Mount
Focus Type: Manual Focus
Power Source: Adapter
Finderscope: Reflex
Compatible Devices: Smartphone
Coating: Fully Multi-Coated
Focal Length Description: 750 millimeters
Field Of View: 1.7 Degrees
Zoom Ratio: 37.5 multiplier x
Additional Features: Compact Design, Educational Detachable Lid
Optical-Tube Length: 200 Millimeters
Objective Lens Diameter: 60 Millimeters
Exit Pupil Diameter: 1.6 Millimeters
Brand: SARBLUE
Model Name: Mak60
Age Range Description: Adults
Manufacturer: SARBLUE
UPC: 727380312539 727380312522
Manufacturer Part Number: SBMak01
Model Number: SBMak01
Unit Count: 1.0 Count
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First off, this is NOT a “beginner” or “child’s” telescope. Though it certainly CAN be. Rather it is an astonishingly portable and highly competent instrument. For anyone. The optics are first rate and the ease of use is nearly unparalleled. I have been a mainly visual stargazer for 8 years and own and have owned some high end ED refractors,, including a Tele Vue 85, Takahashi 76, and Stellarvue Access 80, among others. Is this little Sarblue their r equal? No. Of course not. But for 1/8th to 1/20th the cost, it is still a joy to use and the night sky images it serves up are, well, surprisingly sharp and snappy. The PROs: 1. It’s polycarbonate body (OTA…Optical Tube Assembly) is super lightweight yet sturdy. I am impressed with the overall build quality. And the focuser is smooth and precise. No problem achieving sharp focus. 2. The included 20mm eyepiece (a Kellner, I think; possibly an aspheric) is quite good with a nice large eye lens. 3. The smartphone holder is the easiest to use of the 4 I own. 4. The fully multicoated optics are excellent…and not just “for the price”. Excellent, period. I had it out last night for the first time, and had only an hour or so. The seeing was okay, but not great. In that time I enjoyed bright, sharp, contrasty views of 3 double stars (Sigma Orionis, Iota Orionis, and H3945 in Canis Major (two near perfect pinpoints, pale red primary and pale blue secondary). Also, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42) and open clusters Messier 47 in Puppis, NGC 1981 in Orion, NGC (a “bent hour glass core shape) 2244 in Monoceros. And Messier 41, an open cluster 4 degrees south of the super bright Sirius. 5. The price-to-performance ratio. 6. The little tabletop tripod is both lightweight and rock solid. The latter quality surprised me. Would be easy to use at a park picnic table where the seats are a couple of feet lower that the tabletop. 7. The portability. I mean, it’s like carrying around an 8” sandwich. The CONs: 1. Ummmm…..I’m thinking. 2. I’m inclined to say that this is not a wide field instrument, so not suited to lower power wide field observing. But this is NOT a flaw, rather it is just part of the ( folded long focal length) Maksutov design which is best suited for higher power lunar and planetary observing. Still, based on my first light experience, it DOES a decent job on brighter compressed open clusters such as those alluded to above. Ditto double stars, another Mak plus. 3. There is no finder included other than the two little questionably useful pointed “gun sight” bumps on the OTA. But this is easily correctible. Keep reading. 4. The smartphone holder can be used only with the included 20mm eyepiece, and not standard 1.25” eyepieces whose top diameter is too large. RECOMMENDED UPGRADES: 1. Buy a green laser pointer (all over eBay for 5 bucks) and attach it (riding up next to the 2 gunsight bumps so it is directly aligned) to the OTA with 3M double-sided tape (see photo). 2. Use a photo tripod as a mount which you extend part way or all the way (about 4 feet high) which allows you to use a patio chair or whatever so sit and observe in comfort. Amazon Basics offers an excellent one and it comes with its own carry bag, so like 16” or so long when fully compacted: https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Samsung-Panasonic-eCost-Microfiber/dp/B00J8RM35Q/ref=asc_df_B00J8RM35Q/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198070155062&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15082464307572345082&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032854&hvtargid=pla-385574432337&psc=1 3. Consider getting a zoom eyepiece such as the 1.25” SvBony 7-21mm which will give you a wide range of magnification options. This is especially useful in lunar oBserving where one short barrel twist at a time will bring you closer, closer, and closer still to the Moon’s craters and mountain ranges to the point where you get the feel of looking down at the lunar surface from an orbiting space station. 4. If you plan to do a lot of photography with this telescope, get a 2x Barlow lens which doubles the magnification of any eyepiece. So it turns the included 20mm eyepiece from 37.5x to 75x. To see the effects here, look at the two photos of a distant (about 100 yards) tree branches; the first taken with the 20mm EP, the second of the same area of the tree with the 20mm plugged into a Barlow (which I have attached in the first photo in this review).
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Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022 Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022 by Rainguy
I wish this had been my first telescope. It doesn’t look or perform like a toy and importantly, it is not frustrating to use. The optics are sound and the design is elegant, with a slightly tapered, contoured tube. It is fun to pop the hood and take a look inside. The tripod is easy to use and adequate. The cell phone adapter is easy to use but requires positioning a tripod leg directly beneath the phone to prevent the weight of the phone from pulling the telescope over. I cannot recommend astrophotography with this setup because I feel it could be frustrating and disappointing for some children. Daytime spotting scope views are crisp and using the phone adapter in this setting is fun. I would recommend a shutter release for the phone when attempting to take photos with this telescope. Views of the moon are very good and the correct image diagonal enables the user to easily use a moon map to identify lunar features. Observing the moon between a crescent and a bit after first quarter never fails to wow, as the craters, mountains and ridges are very distinct. A full moon may be too bright, but is worth a look. Jupiter and Saturn are not currently in the evening sky so I can’t yet evaluate how the telescope performs on those planets, but they will not look like the photos from planetary flybys. The same is true for most nebulae and galaxies, as many of us suffer from light polluted skies which make these objects difficult even with much larger telescopes. The box labels this as Planet Mate and the moon and planets are the best objects for this product, along with spotting scope use. I am sometimes asked to recommend a first telescope, and this will be my recommendation going forward for older preteens and involved parents on a budget.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2025 Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2025 by Steve Metz
My wife and I had discussed buying a telescope when the comet in 2020 was visible and binoculars were inadequate. It seemed like Something We Should Own... Our commitment to telescope buying consisted of having one on hand for handy "look at this part of the sky" events. We bought this telescope prior to Saturn and Jupiter being close in the sky in December of 2020, with it's main redeeming feature at this time of being the telescope that would show up before this Once in a Multiple Lifetime Event was over. It turns out there's a *ridiculous* number of people buying and shipping things during COVID. Well, it did show up in time but living in Michigan had postponed our use of this telescope due to cloudiness, snow, etc. Aaaaanddd, this went on for awhile. Late February, on a particularly brisk night, I took it outside and went to look for heavenly bodies. Good luck with that. I was grossly unprepared for how just difficult "looking through a telescope and seeing wonderful things" is. I was convinced it was broken, as delivered. In the instructions, setup was a breeze...and it is. My skill set for viewing, not so much. So, we did what people do now.... We watched some YouTube videos. I looked for this exact model and found an exhausting breakdown by this guy who discussed it for about 45 minutes. Though we fast forwarded through a few parts, we mainly watched the whole thing. I encourage you, the reader, to watch this video and form your own opinion. I learned that it's cleverly engineered. And, we learned, that just plunking down a telescope, pointing to the sky and hoping for the best doesn't work so good. I waited until the next day and looked into the woods, a more realistic target, and voila! Wonderful sights! It works, and it was my skillset that was lacking. So here's what we learned and I'll sum up my breadth of knowledge, such as it is: Pros: 1: Lightweight and transportable. 2: Can attach a phone for photographs. 3: Clever use of mirrors to achieve a much greater length than is the actual product (this is borne out in the video and also because it has this funky access patch so you can see the inside). 4: Potential for adaptability of other eyepieces (or whatever their called...you can put other things you look in into this spot/adapter/mounting lug/whatever the hell you call it. 5: (from the video) Interior of eyepiece is matted so that light does not reflect inside to detract from what you're viewing. 6: (Extra Important to Us) Able to view objects close by (we can watch birds in the woods or at a feeder). 7: Three (count 'em three!) mounting points for a tripod on the underneath for balance. Cons: 1: Tripod is kind of cheesy and very short (about 1' in height) although a Pro is that you can use the tripod for say, a camera. 2: No electronics to help you with night viewing. You'll need a viewing assistant app with your phone. 3: Can open up and look inside. I'm putting this as a con because I'm not sure I'm the guy that needs to see how the sausage is made. If you want to teach a class or kids on how a telescope works, I guess it's a Pro. For me however, knowing my luck, it'll come off outside someplace and a big bug or a bat will fly inside, flutter around, and jack things up while I'm trying to fix it. That may seem unrealistic but that's how things go. 4: The focal knob has like a billion turns in it before it's where you want it. Ok, maybe not a billion but several million at least. 5: It's our first telescope. It doesn't hum, it's not white or black the way pro telescopes seem to be, it doesn't require a truck, we'd probably be laughed out of any serious event, it doesn't look like one of those 12 inch mortars you see people lugging around. 6: Swivel handle makes precision pointing tricky at first.
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Dificul to work with those legs on a table, easy to assemble
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When I was growing up, Meade and Celestron were the big telescope makers, and I still think they make great products. But honestly now there are less-known bands that are killing it with similar optics at a lower price point. I owned a three-thousand dollar computer-controlled Celestron several years ago and-- while the image quality was amazing-- it was so much work that in two or three years I think I used it twice. It took so much time to haul outside and setup. I'm older now and much more into small, portable telescopes. This is one of two telescopes I recently picked up. One for me (a white refractor for me), and the other (this Maksutov-Cassegrain) for my son. My son is young and he won't fully appreciate this telescope right away, but I think he'll grow into it and the educational value is very high-- especially since you can remove the cover on this one and see inside. Very cool. The kit came very nicely boxed with plenty of protection. Setup was easy. The manual is actually very cool with several pages of illustrations and photos. Excellent for a kid learning about how telescopes work. Seriously, it's kind of weird to get excited about a manual, but this one is pretty cool. If there's an Achilles Heel to this telescope kit, I think it's the basic tripod. It is stable and does it's job, but I'd recommend putting this telescope on a taller and more dedicated tripod-- unless you're going to use this more as a table-top or bench-rest spotting scope with the included mini tripod. The look and feel of the telescope is good. It feels solid, the focus adjustments are smooth, and I actually love the Robin's Egg Blue color. It may not be for everyone, but I like it. The image quality of the telescope is excellent. Certainly good enough for a starter scope. I think this would make an excellent terrestrial scope for bird watching and target shooting, and you could also do some decent star gazing with it-- the moon would be particularly easy to view. The kit comes with an adapter that makes mounting your cell phone to the telescope easy. It's a spring-loaded clamp and so basic mounting/dismounting of the the phone is easy. Lining everything up perfectly is honestly tricky, but that is no fault of the kit-- it's just a matter of precision and everything has to be just right. Frankly, the fact that they include this mount at no extra cost is a real bonus. For my test shot here shown in the images, I photographed a neighbor's chimney on a sunny day at 93 yards or 85 meters away. This could give you some idea of what the sharpness looks like. This is a great little telescope and I'd highly recommend it for either kids or adults who just want a portable scope. I'm very happy with it.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021 Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021 by Willie V. Hughes
I have wanted a telescope for a while now, and I came across this little guy. It was a reasonable price to start out, and looked cute, so I thought I would give it a try. This little telescope did what was promised: light weight, easy to use, clear, upright images both day and night. The little tripod it came with is sturdy, but I didn't have a table near a window to put it on, so I grabbed an older, taller photo tripod I have with the 1/4" bold and was able to attach the scope to it just fine. Viewing through the scope was easy. During the day I used this little scope to see across the valley were I live, with your naked eye you can't see much detail, but with this telescope I clearly saw freeway traffic, including being able to make out individual cars and trucks, and about 12 miles away, the magnification and clarity were fantastic. I also could see the aerial tram tower, cables, and restaurant building on top of Hidden Peak at the Snowbird ski resort nearly nearly 20 miles away and 6,200 feet higher in elevation. The cell phone attachment is easy to use. You may have to set a timer on your phone's camera to allow the tripod movement to settle down. If you do that you can get some very nice distance pics, I was able to capture some great pictures of Lone Peak using this technique. So during the day I would rate this telescope as very impressive! At night I took it out to look at Orion as that is the brightest constellation in our light polluted sky this time of year. The only challenge I had was figuring out how the focuser works from terrestrial to celestial viewing - at first I struggled, but then I realized you have to turn the focusing nob many times, like 30 half turns or more to get to the right focus for the stars. Just a learning curve issue with my new toy:) Once I had stars in pretty good focus in the viewfinder it was easy enough to fine tune the focus every so slightly to bring out pin point stars, not bad for an inexpensive telescope. I was able to see the nebulous glow of the Great Orion Nebula, and the Pleiades star cluster. You don't get Hubble like views, but you can see enough to stimulate your imagination of the universe! The moon is approaching new in a few days, and I don't wake up early, so it will be a few nights before I can view the moon through this little scope. And there not much in the way of planets to view right now, just Mars, but It was just too cold outside to spend time tracking down Mars. I can't wait to see the craters of the moon, other planets, and the moons of Jupiter through this little guy. Since I can see the moons of Jupiter with my 8X magnification binoculars, that the 37x+ magnification on this telescope will make seeing Jupiter's moons much more impressive than the freeway, aerial tram, Orion nebula, or Pleiades star cluster. The telescope says for kids 13+, and this pentagenarian "kid" enjoyed his first telescope as much as any 13 year old would!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2021 by Blanket User
I had a disappointing experience with this telescope. Everything I try to view through it looks like a donut, no matter how much I adjust the focus. I spent a lot of time trying to fix the issue, but nothing worked. The clarity is severely lacking, and it’s impossible to get a clear view of anything. For example, I tried to observe Jupiter at 4am, which was very bright and clear to the naked eye, but it was impossible to see it through this telescope. I expected much better quality based on the other reviews and photos, but I think it’s just misleading propaganda. I’m very unsatisfied with this purchase.”
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Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024 Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024 by Esmirna
I have been actively involved in astronomy for about 3 years now. I have two other reflector style telescopes. One of the things I find quite often is that I am visiting some place with a great sky and wished I had my telescopes with me. They are not convenient to take down and pack up. As soon as I saw a review for the Mak60, I knew this would be a great and affordable option to put in the car and have available any time. The day I got the Mak60, I was able to have it out of the box and set up on a tripod I already owned within minutes. As is typical, once you get set up, your clear skies disappear and the clouds move in. I had enough clear sky to sight in on Sirius and get a good clear view. Looking forward to checking out the Orion Nebula, Pleiades and the Moon when I get clear skies again. Don't let the small size and plastic housing deter you from considering this telescope. The size is a result and benefit of the Maksutov-Cassegrain design. The most important component of a telescope are the optics and these seem to be of good quality for something in this price range. I believe it would make a great starter scope for kids (with appropriate supervision and guidance) and a suitable secondary option for travel and portability for adults.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2021 by Douglas Bible