One axis against the turning sky — once it is aligned · review
A 114/1000 Newtonian on an EQ-3 equatorial mount with a rack-and-pinion 1.25 in focuser, sold with an accessory pack and described by the maker as motor-upgradable.
The bottom line A heavier mount than this aperture usually gets, with an upgrade path the maker states plainly.
An EQ-3 under a 114 mm tube is more mount than the class normally provides. That shows up as shorter damping times and steadier high-power views, and it is the specification worth paying for on a telescope of this size.
One and a quarter inches, rack and pinion. That is the modern fitting, and the rack-and-pinion mechanism gives positive, repeatable movement — which is what makes fine focus possible at 150x and above.
Over two million stars is a statement about the sky. Two hundred and thirty times is an eyepiece calculation. Neither describes this telescope, and the two figures that do — 114 mm and 1000 mm — are at the top of this page.
A drive motor, and filters, described as optional. On an equatorial mount a single-axis motor is the highest-value addition there is, and saying so in the listing is more useful than another magnification claim.
German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 150 € to 177 € on the day of the survey.
British Amazon catalogue holds a record for it that nobody is selling.
American Amazon store gave no result whatever, so the buy button there opens a search rather than an empty page.
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 | Absent from this listing |
|---|---|
| Periodic error | Not published by the maker. |
| Drive | Not published by the maker. |
| Control | Not published by the maker. |
| Polar alignment provision | Not published by the maker. |
| Counterweight supply | Not published by the maker. |
| Tripod | EQ-3 equatorial on an aluminium tripod with an eyepiece tray |
| Heaviest single piece | Not published by the maker. |
| Supplied optics | Newtonian reflector, full tube · 114 mm (from the title) · 1000 mm (from the title) · f/8.8, the quotient of the two figures above · 1.25 in rack and pinion |
| Amazon reference | B00649AF0G (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 4250403200071 |
It drives the right ascension axis at sidereal rate, so an aligned mount follows the sky without a hand on the cable. At high magnification that is the difference between studying an object and repeatedly recentring it.
The conventional optical ceiling for a 114 mm is around twice the aperture in millimetres, and the atmosphere is usually lower. The figure is reachable with the supplied eyepieces and will not show more detail.
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