Never had a chance to use it to watch the stars, so needs to go. A telescope like the AR-127 is optimized for different classes of deep sky objects than a larger telescope with greater light-gathering but a narrower field of view. I would like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about this Telescope. Generally… Large clusters, large nebula, large dark nebula, multiple deep sky object in the same field etc. This was my first night out with my new Explore Scientific 127mm ED Essential Refractor telescope. Celestron PowerSeeker 127 Telescope $150.00. or Best Offer. Was: $839.99. Refractor Telescope: OPTICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Optical design: Achromatic Refractor: Maximum recommended magnification: 250: Mirror/Lens diam. No tripod included, just OTA, no finderscope or star diagonal. With and Without the ES 3" Field Flattener/0.7x Focal Reducer. Above: My Phenix 127mm (5") f10 Astronomical Refractor - A very nice bit of kit that cost me £90 second hand. Free shipping. Beautiful images of stars and great detail on the planets too. 20 watching. This telescope was just about the best refractor I've ever used. Explore Scientific FirstLight 127mm f/9.4 Alt-Az Refractor Telescope, White. ... ED Refractor telescope: OPTICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Optical design: Apochomatic Refractor: Magnification from: 25: Maximum recommended magnification: 260: ED glass Mirror/Lens diam. or Best Offer. Highly corrected 127mm air-spaced triplet apochromat (with three lenses) and aluminium tube and a 2.5" high-precision HEXAFOC focuser. Free shipping. Local Pickup. of a Newtonian reflector or refractor telescope of similar aperture and focal length. (Bargains are out there once you know what you're looking for). That's the beauty of its Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope optical design - it's so wonderfully portable. It took 1 hours worth of exposure time on each target. Enter the Orion Apex 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope. Celestron Nexstar 127Slt Computerized Telescope Compact Portable 127Mm Aperture. I am looking for comments about the Explore Scientific FCD100 Series 127mm f/7.5 Aluminum Air-Spaced Triplet ED APO Refractor with 2.5" HEX Focuser. and weight (8.6 lbs.) I tried it on a number of deep sky objects including Ha on the PacMan nebula and my CLS filter on the Fireworks Galaxy, the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), and the Pleiades Star Cluster (M45). Condition is "Used". $699.99. Phoenix Starski 5" 127mm Refractor Telescope. $725.00. Focuser needs a bit of attention, cause sometimes it is skipping and not retracting, I think one of the grub screws is missing. are what you want to concentrate on with a wide field refractor, and they are best used under a very dark sky. Please note this is for the tube only. You also need this for the 2.5" HEX Focuser ES Adapter for FFFR507X-00 to 2.5" Hex Focuser - 510366, Another $80 Bucks.. It boasts big 127mm (5")-diameter optics but in a telescope tube that's a fraction of the length (just 14.5" long!)