One axis against the turning sky — once it is aligned · review
Omegon's N 114/900 EQ-1: a 114/900 Newtonian on an EQ-1 equatorial mount with fine adjustment on both axes, a 1.25 in focuser, a finder with crosshairs and 25 mm and 10 mm eyepieces.
A 114 mm mirror at 900 mm is f/7.9, a ratio that is easy on eyepieces and on collimation. Omegon calls it a design proven over three decades, and it is: the 114/900 Newtonian is the standard first reflector.
The EQ-1 is a light equatorial mount with fine adjustment in both declination and right ascension. Once aligned on the pole, one knob follows a planet. Omegon adds that it can be refitted with an electronic tracking motor, which turns manual tracking into automatic tracking.
It is also the lightest mount that will carry a 900 mm tube. Expect the image to shake for a moment after focusing at high power.
A 1.25-inch focuser with a focus wheel, a finder with crosshairs, and 25 mm (36x) and 10 mm (90x) eyepieces.
Omegon’s description is realistic: Saturn’s rings, Jupiter’s moons, surface features on Mars at opposition, and globular clusters such as M15 partly resolved at the edges.
On November 7, 2026 the only Amazon.com offer was a third-party one at about $387. That is high for a 114/900 on an EQ-1; compare with the reflector telescopes shelf before buying.
On November 7, 2026, Amazon.com listed it at about $387 from a third-party seller.
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 November 7, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
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| Payload rating | Not published by the maker. |
|---|---|
| Periodic error | Not published by the maker · manual mount |
| Drive | None as sold · stated refittable with an electronic tracking motor |
| Control | Fine adjustment in declination and right ascension, stated |
| Polar alignment provision | Not published by the maker. |
| Counterweight supply | Not published by the maker. |
| Tripod | Not published by the maker. |
| Heaviest single piece | Not published · Amazon's item data gives 12 kg (26.5 lb) for the shipment |
| Supplied optics | Newtonian reflector, 114 mm (4.49 in) mirror, 900 mm (35.4 in) focal length, f/7.9 · 1.25 in focuser with focus wheel · finder with crosshairs · 25 mm eyepiece (36x) and 10 mm eyepiece (90x) |
| Amazon reference | B0017GXJE0 |
| EAN | 4049467112662 |
36x with the 25 mm eyepiece and 90x with the 10 mm (900 / eyepiece). A 6 mm eyepiece would add 150x for Saturn and Jupiter on steady nights.
Once its polar axis points north, a single slow-motion knob follows an object as the sky turns. It takes a few minutes to learn, and it is the mount type that a tracking motor can later be added to, as Omegon says this one can.
Omegon names Saturn's rings, Jupiter's moons and surface features on Mars at opposition, and globular clusters such as M15 partly resolved into stars.
7.8/ 10
A soundly proportioned beginner's Newtonian on the lightest equatorial mount that will carry it, at a high price on Amazon.com.
This model is listed on Amazon.com, at ≈ $387 at the last reading. Listed is not the same as in stock: availability changes daily, and the buy box shows the live price.
Details checked on November 7, 2026.
A first equatorial telescope for the Moon and planets
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for telescopes and observing optics and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
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