Up-down, left-right, and nothing to align · review
A compact 76/700 telescope on an AZ-1 alt-azimuth mount, supplied with three eyepieces, a 2x Barlow and a red dot finder.
The bottom line A light, forgiving little telescope whose own advertisement cannot decide which kind it is.
The title designates it N — the maker’s notation for a Newtonian reflector. The second bullet describes a lens objective with two high-quality elements, which is a refractor. Those are different instruments, and the difference decides whether it ever needs collimating. This page reports both and settles neither.
Seventy-six millimetres of aperture, seven hundred of focal length, f/9.2. A long ratio on a small aperture is forgiving in every direction: eyepieces behave, alignment errors are mild, and the image is contrasty on the Moon.
A red dot on a small, light telescope beats a 5x24 optical finder. There is nothing to focus and nothing to align beyond the first evening, and the wide low-power field of the 20 mm eyepiece catches whatever the dot points at.
Weight, payload and any dimension. For a telescope sold on being compact and easy to carry, none of those figures appears.
German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 139 € to 153 € on the day of the survey.
American and British Amazon catalogues hold a record for it that nobody is selling.
Figures as Keepa reported them on the day this page was last updated. Stock and pricing shift without warning.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 17 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Payload rating | Not published by the maker. |
|---|---|
| Slow-motion control | Not published by the maker. |
| Clutch | Not published by the maker. |
| Tension | Not published by the maker. |
| Dovetail fitting | Not published by the maker. |
| Tripod construction | AZ-1 alt-azimuth |
| Setup time | Not published by the maker. |
| Supplied optics | The title says N — a Newtonian reflector; the maker’s second bullet describes a two-element lens objective. Both are reproduced here · 76 mm (maker’s bullet) · 700 mm (maker’s bullet) · f/9.2, the quotient of the two figures above · 20 mm, 12.5 mm and 4 mm, with a 2x Barlow · Red dot |
| Amazon reference | B001NE0K9I (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 4049467137603 |
The title says N, which denotes a Newtonian reflector, and the model naming in this maker’s range is consistent with that. The second bullet describes a lens objective with two elements. The contradiction is in the listing; the tube itself will settle it.
On paper it gives 175x. On a 76 mm aperture that is beyond the resolving limit, and with the Barlow it goes further still. The 20 mm is where this telescope performs.
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Best for: A family telescope where nobody wants to learn polar alignment
≈ £150 / €142
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Best for: The Moon, double stars and planetary glimpses from a balcony
≈ £89 / €122
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Best for: Long hand-held sessions where weight is the deciding factor
≈ €50
