![]() For a similar price, consider the Zhumell Z130, AWB OneSky 130, and SkyWatcher Heritage 130P, which has the same aperture but with a genuine parabolic mirror. Alt-az mounted Newtonians, such as Dobsonians and Tabletop Dobsonians, can be a substantially better deal. Equatorial mounts are difficult for beginners and these cheap manual EQ mounts have very limited use in photography. However, in this price range, there may be better options entirely. Equatorial mounts will always be finnicky, but the EQ mount here should be relatively sturdy and easier to maintain balance. The mount, identical to an Explore EQ3 Nano Equatorial Mount, is very good for the price. We haven’t reviewed these yet, but Orion’s website specifically says they are parabolic mirror newtonians. The mount is still on the finnicky side, but the optical tube, identical to a Zhumell Z130, has a genuine parabolic mirror, and the telescope comes with good accessories. An improvement in the most important respect. The focusing mechanism isn’t as good, and it has annoying plastic elements on its tube which interfere with balancing. ![]() Its mount is identical except for the color. ![]() The Astromaster includes only two poor quality eyepieces, and a red dot finder instead of a true finderscope. Equally bad in almost every way, except with worse accessories. The Gskyer 130EQ stands in direct competition with a few other similar offerings from Celestron and Orion, which have 130mm f/5 newtonian OTAs and EQ2-class equatorial mounts.
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