With the nights pulling in we will be spending more time with the night sky, but with our busy lives we rarely take the time to look up and appreciate the beauty that’s stretched out above our heads. The Bresser Messier AR-90/900 EXOS1/EQ4 Telescope features a high quality achromatic lens and 90mm aperture allows for 200 times more light to hit your eye, letting you see the stars like never before. The AR-90 has a stable equatorial EXOS-1 mount, 26mm Super Plössl eyepiece 31.7mm (1.25"), diagonal mirror 31.7mm (1.25"), 6x30 optical finder and maximum recommended magnification of 180x.

This combination helps you to view craters, valleys and rims on the moon from nearly 400,000km as well as spot constellations, view the rings of Saturn millions of km away and hunt for the Great Red Spot of Jupiter planets, the discoveries and beauty are endless. It’s a manageable size at 100cm (L) x 100cm (W) x 165cm (H) it has a tube diameter of 91mm and tube length of 900mm, a great set up for beginners it has a good 31.7mm (1.25") rack and pinion focuser, it is suitable for lunar observation, lunar photography, planetary observation, deep sky observation and planetary photography. Its compact size and low weight of 2.5kg means it is suitable for some careful transportation to areas with low light pollution however it doesn’t come with a case or protective bag, there is just the box for safety.

Other features include the bubble level to ensure a stable tripod setup, the 6x30 optical view finder, there is an optimised finder socket for comfortable use. It has a 90mm refractor telescope tube assembly, equatorial EXOS 1 mount with stainless steel tripod, 26mm Super Plössl eyepiece 31.7mm (1.25"), diagonal mirror 31.7mm (1.25"), tube clamps with dovetail rail for GP-Level, astronomy software Stellarium and rotatable star map. The optical specs are the optical design Achromatic Refractor, magnification to a maximum of 180x, objective diameter 90mm, focal length of 900mm, aperture ratio 10, angular resolution of 1.45 arc seconds. The Bresser Messier AR-90/900 EXOS1/EQ4 Telescope is a good choice for beginners looking to get into the world of astronomy, easy to set up and use, it provides clear views of the extra-terrestrial environment. RRP €379

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4 out of 5

Pros

Stable equatorial mount

Aperture: 90mm / Focal length: 900mm / achromatic refractor

Tube clamp GP-Level rail

6x30 finder

PC Software Stellarium

Rotatable starmap

Cons

No bag included for transport