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★★★☆☆ Unistellar eQuinox 2 Review

• Smart phone control App control via a direct Wi-Fi connection lets you guide and control the telescope.

✔ Complete astrophotography setup. ✔ Wi-Fi app connection. ✔ 6.2MP sensor

❌ Expensive, but not top of the range. ❌ Takes time to master. ❌ Can be wobbly

You want automated images of the night sky You should buy if

You shouldn't buy if If you’re interested in astronomy or astrophotography, but don’t want to spend long, cold nights standing in the middle of a field.

While it’s a capable system, it’s no match for a full (and much more expensive) astrophotography rig, and even other Unistellar products outclass it.

There’s no debate that the Unistellar eQuinox 2 is inferior to the Evscope 2. It’s a fine scope if you’re learning about the night sky, want an easy – if not necessarily quick – way to access the wonders of deep-sky objects, the planets, and the surface of the Moon, and don’t mind making a large investment in it. Compared to other astrophotography setups – a large refractor with a cooled, specialised camera on an equatorial go-to mount, perhaps – it might even be considered cheap. Ian Evenden Read more