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Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70

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Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 Overview

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Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 Description

The Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 is inexpensive. It has a maximum useful magnification of 140 x, an optical diameter of 70 millimeters and a red-dot finderscope. It has an altazimuth mount and is unmounted.

Why doesn't the Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 score better?

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The Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 16% performance for vision quality.

Vision Quality

Optical Diameter:

This measurement indicates the size of the telescope's primary lens. A bigger diameter is better, as it will allow the lens to produce more detail by collecting additional light.

The Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 8% performance for optical diameter. However, the current preferences ignore optical diameter in computing the rankings.

Optical Diameter
70 millimeters (wrong info?)

Focal Length:

This measurement indicates the width of an angle the telescope can capture through its eyepiece. A longer focal length will typically allow you to reach higher magnifications.

The Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 7% performance for focal length. However, the current preferences ignore focal length in computing the rankings.

Focal Length
350 millimeters (wrong info?)

Maximum Useful Magnification:

This is the maximum magnification that can be achieved by the telescope that is still considered useful and bright enough to see.

Given that users looking for the best overall telescopes prefer higher values for maximum useful magnification, the Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 16% performance in this category.

Maximum Useful Magnification
140 x (wrong info?)

Finderscope:

This feature assists in locating objects. The right finderscope for you depends on your intended use, as a red-dot finderscope helps to locate things that are visible with the naked eye and an optical finderscope locates things that are not.

The Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 100% performance for finderscope. However, the current preferences ignore finderscope in computing the rankings.

Finderscope
Red-dot (wrong info?)

Vision Quality Rating:

How clear is the image created by the telescope? How well does the telescope focus in on an object?

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Given that users looking for the best overall telescopes prefer lower values for price, the Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 99% performance in this category.

Price
$149.99 (wrong info?)
Model Information
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Product ID 70779574
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The Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 100% performance for construction. However, the current preferences ignore construction in computing the rankings.

Construction

We currently have no data on the Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 for construction details.

Construction Details
Missing data for motorized
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Optical Design:

Optical designs range in both quality and price. Refracting and Newtonian telescopes are both good for visual observing and stargazing, but refracting ones are easier to use and Newtonians are typically less expensive. Catadioptric telescopes are the best design for terrestrial viewing.

The Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 100% performance for optical design. However, the current preferences ignore optical design in computing the rankings.

Optical Design
Refractor (wrong info?)
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Mount Type:

Mount types range in complexity and the best one for you is based on your intended use. These types range from the altazimuth, which is the simplest design recommended for casual use and terrestrial viewing, to the equatorial design, which is more complex and designed for astronomical viewing.

The Orion Telescopes & Binoculars GoScope 70 achieves 100% performance for mount type. However, the current preferences ignore mount type in computing the rankings.

Mount Type
Missing data for equatorial, dobson, dovetail, double fork, skyview, sphinx
Altazimuth, unmounted (wrong info?)
Durability
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Durability Rating:

How durable is the telescope? Can it handle frequent use?

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