Gskyer Telescope, 80mm Aperture 400mm AZ, Astronomy Refractor Telescope with Smartphone Adapter and Bluetooth Camera Remote

I’ll start of this review by firmly stating that I am not a star gazer and have absolutely no experience of or knowledge of astronomy, I just thought it would be interesting to give it a go and I didn’t want to shell out huge amounts of money to do so. The reviews on the Gskyer AZ80400 seemed pretty decent all round so I thought I would give it a try.The build of the telescope was pretty simple, nice clear diagrams showing the process in a step by step manner. As other reviewers have noted I do think it would benefit from a guide or something to accompany it, however, a quick search online gives you all sorts of information so that’s definitely not essential.It has a pretty robust feel to it and comes with a variety of lenses so that you can view whatever you are looking at with different magnifications.I took it out into my back garden and unfortunately my first night was a little cloudy so it was a bit of a struggle to find something worth looking at, however, setting up the sighting scope against a neighbour’s satellite dish did the trick and eventually I was able to get a clear view of a couple of stars and once I found them, focussing was pretty simple. My next step will be trying to find something specific (a planet or something) and not just pointing at random lights in the sky!Overall I am pretty pleased with the purchase and fully intend to keep using it regularly and hopefully, I'll remember to post updates as I get more accomplished in it’s use.

This is my first telescope so I'm just a begginner amateur type. I wanted something to observe the moon closer and better because until now I had been using a small ×24 hand telescope. In most cases if you want some quality you need to be ready to spend some money so I was looking for a mid of the range one and I went for this telescope. It didn't dissapoint, quite the opposite. It comes in a branded box all nicely and safely wrapped with all bits and pieces. The main body is big, bigger than it appears on the picture, about 60 to 70cm. This is serious stuff. The tripod is the proffesional type, solid stainless steel big diameter legs, all metal holder and scope body, heavy and robust, very stable not the usual plastic light ones you would find on the cheap scopes. The images of the moon are amazing. It just feels so great to be able to see so close. It comes with an A4 paper with photocolour step by step english instructions on how to assemble the whole thing, very straightforward. I love it. I am now looking forward to many nights of moon watching.

Instructions are not very clear also it doesn’t come with carry bag

This telescope might be the most “high-end” product I had ever purchased from Amazon. My parents have loved astrology. Therefore, I had spent some unforgettable summers with them and learnt some basic concepts of astrology. Many years later, as I am now living far away from my hometown, I decided to own a telescope myself. This telescope is really like I dreamed one. The heavier weight shows its good quality and the size is wonderful to storage at my flat. It's fairly easy to set up and powerful enough to give excellent clear views of the major planets such as The Moon, Venus, and Mars at the first several times trials. I am definitely far from an astrological expert, but I am willing to learn more about it. After spent several days on the telescope and adjust different eyepieces for multiple sessions, I had found Mars’ s ice cap, Jupiter with its big red spot, and Saturn and its rings. I really enjoy the time using this telescope and have lots of fun to explore the starry sky. Very happy with this telescope and highly recommend!

I have received a table instead of a telescope! I now have to send it back and find out whether this was just a mistake or the telescope doesn't actually exist!

This is a Chinese-made refractor telescope with an 80mm aperture and a 400mm focal length. As a refractor it is relatively compact and light weight. It comes packed in a robust box with basic assembly instructions with associated photos. You get three lenses with the product – a 25mm, 10mm and 5mm – and a Barlow lens which will increase the magnification by three times. The unit comes with a reasonably robust tripod and a simple Altazimuth mount which allows the telescope to be positioned fairly straightforwardly. There’s also a spotter scope to aid in pointing the telescope at areas of the sky of interest. The tube comes with a year’s guarantee.This is not a high-quality telescope. The list price is largely fictional and should be subject to at least a 30 per cent discount. Nor, despite the ‘German Technology’ label in the product title, does it have any connection with Germany apart from the generic development of telescopes by astronomers in that country! Further, the instructions will show you how to assemble the telescope. They do not show you how to use it. If you’re new to astronomy you’ll need to get hold of a book both describing how to use the scope and what to point it at. For example, to find pretty much anything in the sky you’ll need to set the spotting scope up so that it assists you in pointing the scope to the correct bit of sky – without this you’ll struggle to find anything much beyond a full moon. In daylight you should chose a relatively distant object – a TV aerial perhaps on a house 500 metres away. View the aerial through the telescope using the 25mm lens only and then adjust the spotter scope so that you can also see the aerial through that. Both the telescope and the spotter scope should have the aerial, or part of it, in the centre of the field of view. You can use lenses of a higher magnification to fine tune the spotter scope and telescope field of view. When trying to view an object – let’s say Mars, Saturn or Jupiter which, at time of writing, are all is a similar sector of the sky fairly close to the moon – you should use the spotter scope to view Mars, for example, and then switch to the telescope where, hopefully, the planet will be in the centre of the telescope view.This sort of telescope is limited by the aperture size, and the associated light it collects, to modest levels of magnification. I don’t find the 5mm lens of much use therefore whilst the 25mm and 10mm are better, and the former works well with the Barlow lens. For moon observation, or planets, it’s not bad. As I’ve noted now is a good time to be looking at planets and Mars appears as an orange disc with a hint of some features. Saturn is pretty fuzzy and if you’re very lucky, have a dark sky and good eyesight, you might just be able to see some of Jupiter’s moons. For deep space objects the unit is pretty useless.Overall this telescope is probably worth thinking of buying although I’d be tempted to go with one of the more established telescope manufacturers – Celestron for example. The advantage of paying a little more for one of their telescopes is that it can be added to in many instances – so seeing objects in the sky can be found by computer automatically. Gskyer‘s website appears not to function, and I have seen reports that the manufacturer is no longer trading. If this is the case you’ll get no support in using this telescope, although you may get it very cheaply. If so it’s OK as an introductory telescope for viewing planets. Three stars.