![]() The unit even comes with a small toolkit to adjust the mirror alignment (if it’s even needed) and the tripod.īut the really interesting use for the eQuinox is its potential to use the telescope to do real science. Ironically, much like a rich field refractor, the wide-field (about the size of a Full Moon), doesn’t deliver amazing planetary views: instead, the eQuinox really shines when it comes to deep-sky astronomy.įine-focusing of the unit’s optics is a snap, and is accomplished using the large knob on the back of the tube assembly and the Bahtinov aperture mask. Four views of the Unistellar control app. The app gives the user suggested targets currently above the horizon, or you can custom enter the Right Ascension/Declination coordinates (great for comet hunting). We found it was able to easily able to accurately align even under partly cloudy skies, just 30 minutes after sunset. Unlike other star-pattern alignment units, the eQuinox is also very forgiving. For example, we managed to nab faint +11 th magnitude comet T2 Palomar with the ‘scope, a target we’d never bother to go after from downtown. ![]() Suddenly, with the eQuinox telescope, deep-sky targets are again in grasp, even from our downtown parking garage rooftop perch. I can say that Unistellar’s eQuinox works as advertised, right out of the box: simply secure the unit to the tripod, turn it on, connect it to your phone’s wifi, put it through a quick sky alignment (the unit uses plate-solving and GPS to know where it is and what it’s pointed at) and you’re off and running. ![]() I’ve owned many telescopes of all types over the years, going back to some of the very first ‘goto’ units in the 80s… most of which, needed a little astronomical know-how to successfully get to a target on the first night out.
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