A big mirror on a box that costs almost nothing · review
A 130 mm parabolic Newtonian on a manual tabletop Dobsonian base with Teflon bearings, steered by the maker’s smartphone sky-recognition app.
The bottom line Real aperture, a proper mirror and a clever finding system on a base that needs a table to be any use.
A 130 mm parabolic primary on a tabletop rocker box. Removing the tripod removes cost, weight and vibration in one step; it also removes the height, which is why the table matters. Set on something solid at the right level, this is a lot of mirror for the space it occupies.
The maker names Teflon on both the altitude and azimuth bearings. That is the difference between a base that glides to a stop where you push it and one that jerks and overshoots — and at high magnification it is the difference between a usable telescope and a frustrating one.
It attaches by tube rings and a dovetail clamp. That means the optic can move to another mount later, which is unusual on a tabletop instrument and genuinely extends its life.
The StarSense app points the way with on-screen arrows. Every look at the screen costs dark adaptation, so dimming it as far as it will go is part of using this telescope well — particularly on the faint objects the app is happy to suggest.
German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 400 € to 421 € on the day of the survey.
American and British Amazon stores list it in local currency, which the euro range above sets aside.
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.
| Aperture | 130 mm (from the title) |
|---|---|
| Focal length and ratio | The listing does not carry it |
| Base | Manual tabletop Dobsonian, Teflon altitude and azimuth bearings |
| Bearing design | Not published by the maker. |
| Tube construction | Newtonian reflector with parabolic primary, stated by the maker · Tube rings and dovetail clamp, per the maker |
| Heaviest single part | Not published by the maker. |
| Eyepiece height | Not published by the maker. |
| Amazon reference | B0CBQXHXX3 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 0050234224819 |
Anything firm at roughly seated eye height — a garden table, a wall, a purpose-made stool. That requirement is the trade for the compactness, and it is worth solving before the first clear night rather than during it.
It is the reason to choose this model. The telescope works without it, but there is no optical finder described in the listing, so finding by hand would mean adding one.
76 mm aperture · 350 mm focal length
A 76/350 tabletop Dobsonian sold pre-assembled, with two eyepieces, a Barlow and a Moon filter.
Best for: A very compact first telescope for a child or a small flat
≈ £113 / €142
203 mm aperture · 1200 mm focal length
A 203/1200 Newtonian on a Dobsonian base — the largest aperture in this group, sold with an accessory set and a mount with nothing to align.
Best for: The observer who has decided that aperture matters more than portability
≈ €529
130 mm parabolic mirror · 650 mm focal length
A 130/650 parabolic Newtonian on a wooden tabletop Dobsonian base, with a collapsible tube, a red dot finder and two eyepieces.
Best for: Somebody who wants a real 130 mm mirror that stores in a cupboard
≈ £264 / €273
