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Brand | SVBONY |
Optical Tube Length | 460 Millimeters |
Eye Piece Lens Description | ED |
Objective Lens Diameter | 80 Millimeters |
Telescope Mount Description | Fixed Mount |
Product Dimensions | 20.47"D x 7.87"W x 8.07"H |
Focus Type | Manual Focus |
Power Source | TELESCOPE |
Finderscope | Reflex |
Item Weight | 3.5 Kilograms |
About this item
- Extra-low dispersion glass; SV503 Telescope OTA is designed with ED glass; will give you the crystal clear image; SV503 80ED telescope produces an especially colour true and high contrast image; just right for more discerning observers
- Dual-speed rack and pinion focuser; the gear ratio of the dual speed 2-inch toothed focuser is 1: 10; which makes it easy to achieve accurate focus
- Top-quality material; the appearance of the SV503 OTA is baked with high-end fine-grained paint; with exquisite appearance and delicate feel; all machined by CNC
- All optical surfaces multi-coated; the whole optical lens adopts the technology of ultra-wideband multilayer coating; 80mm aperture; fully multi-coated ED optics deliver outstanding views; day or night
- Areas of application; 80mm F7 astronomy telescope SV503 would be better begin for astronomy amateurs to do astrophotography
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We are SVBONY, a young and passionate team of astronomy and sports optics products. We start from 2014, and our team are working for R&D practical optical products for people who want to get involved in nature and space exploration. Our products include Astronomy Telescope, Astronomy Camera, Astronomy Accessories, Microscope and more.
We sincerely hope that under the influence of SVBONY, more people will fall in love with exploring the starry sky
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Behind the SVBONY products, there is a team in which everyone is creative, collaborative and responsible. We've made a niche category, the reason is that we want people to see more realistic images in the original way, instead of just upgrading the camera on the phone.
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Product Description
For those who want to enjoy outdoor activities in the garden
SV503 80ED telescope’s objective lens features an S FPL-51 extra-low dispersion glass ED element, which virtually eliminates chromatic aberration. This results in the good color correction for an ED doublet lens.
A thoroughly though-out design and high-quality mechanical components. This very special SV503 telescope provides astrophotographers, visual observers or nature watchers with bright, wide field views when observing starry skies or nature watching.
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a larger aperture means a larger amount of light will get a brighter picture
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The top of the tube rings have 1/4x20 threaded holes to attach a guide scope
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The dovetail plate has both 1/4 inch threaded holes to attach to heavy duty tripods
SV503 ED Doublet objective is designed with one S FPL-51 ED Glass and one Lanthanide glass. This extra low-dispersion lens is brighter due to less light absorption, and the multi-layer coating technology minimizes light loss even more.
Specifications
Aperture of objective lens: | 80mm |
Focal length: | 560 mm |
Focal ratio: | F7 |
Lens Coated: | Ultra-wideband coating |
Objective Lens type: | Double separation lens structure |
Limit magnitude: | 11.6 |
Set the light force: | 130.6x |
Resolution: | 1.5 Arcseconds |
Telescope tube material: | Aluminum |
Surface treatment technology | of mirror tube:Fine grain baking paint |
Focuser: | 2 inch Dual speed focuser; the gear ratio 1:10 |
Focuser Type: | Rack Pinion Design |
The packaging includes: | 1x SV503 White 80ED F7 Telescope OTA (for observing and for astrophotography) |
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Value for money | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | — | — |
Light weight | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.8 | — | — |
Easy to use | 4.0 | 4.5 | — | — | 4.3 | — |
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focal length | 560 millimeters | 500 millimeters | 300 millimeters | — | — | — |
focus type | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Auto Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus |
eye piece lens | ED | Achromatic | apo | — | Plossl | — |
objective lens diameter | 80 millimeters | 90 millimeters | 122 millimeters | 50 millimeters | 105 millimeters | 42 millimeters |
telescope mount | Fixed Mount | Altazimuth & Equatorial Mount | Equatorial Mount | — | Equatorial Mount | ✗ |
lens coating | Fully Multi-Coated | — | Fully multicoated | Fully Coated | — | — |
weight | 3.5 kilograms | 3 kilograms | 6.4 kilograms | — | 3 kilograms | 164 grams |
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Product Dimensions | 20.47 x 7.87 x 8.07 inches |
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Item Weight | 7.7 pounds |
ASIN | B085NTQL2C |
Item model number | FF9359B |
Customer Reviews |
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Best Sellers Rank | #444 in Camera & Photo Products (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo Products) #43 in Telescope Refractors |
Date First Available | March 9, 2020 |
Manufacturer | SVBONY |
Country of Origin | China |
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Customers like the size, ease of installation, sturdiness, and value of the telescope. For example, they mention it fits the bill, it's compact for its focal length, and easy to learn and use. They appreciate the quality and focuser. That said, opinions are mixed on color correction and image quality.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the telescope. They mention that it has excellent optics, produces pretty good quality images, and is a superb telescope for astrophotography. The telescope is well built and has sharp optics. The objective lens gives wonderful views, and the images are crisp and clear with only slight fringing.
"...3. Bright, wide images, superb telescope for astrophotography4. Tack sharp over 1.1 degree, even more with a field flattener5...." Read more
"Really love the image quality and sharpness you get out of this!..." Read more
"...The objective lens gives wonderful views...." Read more
"Great scope for Astrophotography beginners. It is well constructed and made solid. It's compact. Easy to breakdown, pack it up and move around...." Read more
Customers like the sturdiness of the telescope. They say it is very well built, has top notch quality, and is a solid scope. They also mention that the mounting system is very sturdy and the weight is easily handled by a light frame.
"...It is light weight, only 6.3 pounds, and will be at home on a tripod as on a telescope mount...." Read more
"...Anyhow, that has nothing to do with the scope itself! Construction is top notch. I definitely recommend this Refractor!" Read more
"...The "mechanics" of the scope are well-made and put together, including the retractable dew/light shield at the lens end and the rotating focuser..." Read more
"...Light weight (OTA, tube rings & mounting plate weigh 6.2 lbs).Nice metal lens cap.Good fit & finish.Cons:..." Read more
Customers like the focuser of the telescope. They say it works smoothly, is buttery smooth, and is sensitive and precise. Some mention that the build quality is solid.
"...5. Focuser rotation is super smoothCons:1. It is listed in the description as a Crawford focuser, but it is Rack and Pinion...." Read more
"...This is my first real refractor telescope and it does not disappoint. I shot the attached images with a ZWO ASI533 Pro color camera...." Read more
"...+ The Focuser is like butter, very nicely made, I like the bottom knurled-screw to loosen or tighten the focuser...." Read more
"...I went further installing the ZWO EAF auto focuser. It works great and perfect match for the scope, easy to install...." Read more
Customers find the telescope to be a good economical refractor for astroimaging. They mention that it has a very good two speed rack and pinion focuser.
"...Pros:1. Incredible price, about half what other 80mm ED telescopes sell for2. Perfect for beginners and advanced amateurs alike3...." Read more
"This is a pretty sweet scope for the price. This is my first real refractor telescope and it does not disappoint...." Read more
"Amazing telescope for the money. Built like a tank all metal parts amazing views. Don't hesitate !!" Read more
"...Pros:Excellent price for an 80mm ED scope.Good ED doublet objective lens.Retractable dew shield...." Read more
Customers like the size of the telescope. They say it's compact for its focal length, a great portable scope, or a nice guide scope for a larger instrument. The fit and finish of this scope is excellent. Some customers mention that it'll work great with a 6in sct and 10 in. dob.
"...Absolutely incredible scope coming from a beginner that has only used an entry level Newtonian reflector...." Read more
"...Nice metal lens cap.Good fit & finish.Cons:Scope arrived with focuser out of adjustment...." Read more
"...- For negative- the dovetail mount on the telescope is a bit too small...." Read more
"...It works great and perfect match for the scope, easy to install.The ZWO ASI533 mc pro camera is compatible with the scope. Perfect match...." Read more
Customers find the installation of the telescope to be easy. They mention it's great for beginners, easy to learn, and easy to use. Some say the telescope is well-made and put together. Overall, most are happy with the ease of installation.
"...2. Perfect for beginners and advanced amateurs alike3. Bright, wide images, superb telescope for astrophotography4...." Read more
"...The "mechanics" of the scope are well-made and put together, including the retractable dew/light shield at the lens end and the rotating focuser..." Read more
"...It works great and perfect match for the scope, easy to install.The ZWO ASI533 mc pro camera is compatible with the scope. Perfect match...." Read more
"...Easy to learn. Easy to use. And really feature packed for an entry level scope. Probably need a 2X Barlow for visual usage along with a 15mm eyepiece." Read more
Customers are mixed about the color correction of the telescope. Some mention that there is no chromatic aberration visible at focus, while others say that there was a very slight color fringe on the moon's limb. Some customers also report that there are chromaticity aberrations on bright objects, like the moon, and that the stars end up being bleached white.
"...rings that are a perfect circle but at focus there is NO CA, NO FALSE COLOR at all even when looking at the brighter planets and the moon...." Read more
"...Yes, there was a very slight color fringe on the moon's limb, but it was not disturbing. In general the view and moon detail were excellent...." Read more
"Great little grab and go scope. Sharp optic with decent color correction I use this scope mostly as a visual rich field instrument...." Read more
"...Secondly, chromatic aberration is quite apparent with many purple stars everywhere, some with blown out halos around their cores after just minimal..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the image quality of the telescope. Some mention that it's a superb telescope for astrophotography, with a perfect size for taking wide area images of the night sky. However, others say that the edges are blurry and the planet still showed a blurry, round indistinct circle.
"...Focal Reducer DOES improves the edges, without it a bit blurry on the outer edges photography, but optical is good...." Read more
"...2. Perfect for beginners and advanced amateurs alike3. Bright, wide images, superb telescope for astrophotography4...." Read more
"...trying to use this as a stand-alone telescope, I learned that everything is blurry if I just peer through the tube, so I ordered a SVBONY eye piece..." Read more
"Has way to much coma but the center resolution was very good." Read more
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I’ve had this telescope a little over a week now and I’m quite impressed. If you are just starting out this is a telescope you can grow into and not out of. It is light weight, only 6.3 pounds, and will be at home on a tripod as on a telescope mount.
For the more advanced amateur, this telescope is an astrophotographer’s dream! The image below is of the North American Nebula and though you can see some coma near the corners, it has over a degree of tack sharp star images. The image of the Galaxy M101 was taken a few nights later with a HoTech SCA Field Flattener and has over a degree and a half of coma free area. These were taken with a cooled IMX294 camera and is a stack of 70 two minute exposures stacked and processed in PixInsight. It was taken from a light polluted suburb of Dallas during full moon, the North American Nebula was with an Optolong l-eNhance filter and shows what can be done with a good telescope even from a big city. For those just starting out getting an image this good can take some time.
The image of the Moon is a composite made from two images taken with the SvBony SV305 camera then stitched together for the full image. It created some excitement on Facebook as it shows a lot of detail you would not expect from a telescope of this size. The image of Venus was also taken with the SV305 camera. The third image of the solar prominence was taken with a 4x Powermate Barlow, a Daystar Quark Hydrogen-Alpha filter and a QHY174GPS camera. It was a composite of two images, one of the prominence and the other of the sun’s surface. The camera was monochrome so color was added. This telescope is a solar and lunar imaging machine! WARNING: Do not use to view the sun without proper filtering as permanent damage can occur to your eyes or equipment!
Who should get this telescope? Those in astrophotography who need something with a wider field of view, people wanting to view the sun (be sure to use an approved solar filter) and the moon. You can also see star clusters, nebula and some larger, brighter galaxies. You can certainly view the planets through this telescope, but the short focal length makes it better for wide field objects. If you are a beginner and are looking for a good telescope that you can use later for astrophotography then this is a great scope to start as you will not outgrow it.
You should note that the telescope only comes as an Optical Tube Assembly, you do not receive a star diagonal, eyepiece or finder. That is typical of high end astrophotography telescopes. If you are just beginning you will need a SVBONY 2 inches 90 Deg Dielectric Mirror Diagonal, a set of eyepieces, a red dot finder and base, and a large tripod or telescope mount (iOptron SkyGuider pro, iOptron CEM40 or Celestron VX mount for example). I would recommend also buying a 2” extension tube such as the Orion 5124 2-Inch Telescope Eyepiece Extension Tube or the Explore Scientific Rack and Pinion Focuser 2" Extension Tube - ESRPEXT2 if you want to do astrophotography.
I found only one minor complaint and that is the focuser. Unlike the description, it is not a Crawford style, but a rack and pinion, the latter being the standard for most telescopes. That isn’t a big deal, but for astrophotography a Crawford is preferred. The focus is a bit spongy, but still quite usable. I was able to add a motorized focuser and, while there was some image shift while focusing (as is usual with all rack and pinion focusers), it was still easy to reach a good focus. The image of the North American Nebula was focused by hand. Like almost all astrophotography refractors, an extension tube (mentioned earlier) is needed when using a camera. Not a big deal, but it would have been nice to have it included.
I was able to compare this telescope to another 80mm ED f/6 scope from another company that costs twice as much. The SV503 was as good if not better in almost every respect. The image in the SV503 was brighter, even though it is an f/7 and the other scope was an f/6. The only reason might be that the other scope has three lens elements while the SV503 has two and that resulted in more light being absorbed. Still, it was surprising. Both telescopes had about 1.1 degrees of coma free field of view. The SV503 was lighter than the other but was a bit longer. Both telescopes had a way to rotate the focuser to allow for better framing with a camera, but the SV503 was much smoother and had a better locking mechanism than the other telescope. Both had rack and pinion focusers and both had similar focusing characteristics. Between the two the SV503 was the clear winner even without the cost differential.
Pros:
1. Incredible price, about half what other 80mm ED telescopes sell for
2. Perfect for beginners and advanced amateurs alike
3. Bright, wide images, superb telescope for astrophotography
4. Tack sharp over 1.1 degree, even more with a field flattener
5. Focuser rotation is super smooth
Cons:
1. It is listed in the description as a Crawford focuser, but it is Rack and Pinion. It still works quite well.
2. Focus extension tube not included. Not a big problem.
Should you buy this telescope? Definitely! In fact, the friend I had help with the image of the North American Nebula and M101 likes it so much he buying one for himself.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2020
I’ve had this telescope a little over a week now and I’m quite impressed. If you are just starting out this is a telescope you can grow into and not out of. It is light weight, only 6.3 pounds, and will be at home on a tripod as on a telescope mount.
For the more advanced amateur, this telescope is an astrophotographer’s dream! The image below is of the North American Nebula and though you can see some coma near the corners, it has over a degree of tack sharp star images. The image of the Galaxy M101 was taken a few nights later with a HoTech SCA Field Flattener and has over a degree and a half of coma free area. These were taken with a cooled IMX294 camera and is a stack of 70 two minute exposures stacked and processed in PixInsight. It was taken from a light polluted suburb of Dallas during full moon, the North American Nebula was with an Optolong l-eNhance filter and shows what can be done with a good telescope even from a big city. For those just starting out getting an image this good can take some time.
The image of the Moon is a composite made from two images taken with the SvBony SV305 camera then stitched together for the full image. It created some excitement on Facebook as it shows a lot of detail you would not expect from a telescope of this size. The image of Venus was also taken with the SV305 camera. The third image of the solar prominence was taken with a 4x Powermate Barlow, a Daystar Quark Hydrogen-Alpha filter and a QHY174GPS camera. It was a composite of two images, one of the prominence and the other of the sun’s surface. The camera was monochrome so color was added. This telescope is a solar and lunar imaging machine! WARNING: Do not use to view the sun without proper filtering as permanent damage can occur to your eyes or equipment!
Who should get this telescope? Those in astrophotography who need something with a wider field of view, people wanting to view the sun (be sure to use an approved solar filter) and the moon. You can also see star clusters, nebula and some larger, brighter galaxies. You can certainly view the planets through this telescope, but the short focal length makes it better for wide field objects. If you are a beginner and are looking for a good telescope that you can use later for astrophotography then this is a great scope to start as you will not outgrow it.
You should note that the telescope only comes as an Optical Tube Assembly, you do not receive a star diagonal, eyepiece or finder. That is typical of high end astrophotography telescopes. If you are just beginning you will need a SVBONY 2 inches 90 Deg Dielectric Mirror Diagonal, a set of eyepieces, a red dot finder and base, and a large tripod or telescope mount (iOptron SkyGuider pro, iOptron CEM40 or Celestron VX mount for example). I would recommend also buying a 2” extension tube such as the Orion 5124 2-Inch Telescope Eyepiece Extension Tube or the Explore Scientific Rack and Pinion Focuser 2" Extension Tube - ESRPEXT2 if you want to do astrophotography.
I found only one minor complaint and that is the focuser. Unlike the description, it is not a Crawford style, but a rack and pinion, the latter being the standard for most telescopes. That isn’t a big deal, but for astrophotography a Crawford is preferred. The focus is a bit spongy, but still quite usable. I was able to add a motorized focuser and, while there was some image shift while focusing (as is usual with all rack and pinion focusers), it was still easy to reach a good focus. The image of the North American Nebula was focused by hand. Like almost all astrophotography refractors, an extension tube (mentioned earlier) is needed when using a camera. Not a big deal, but it would have been nice to have it included.
I was able to compare this telescope to another 80mm ED f/6 scope from another company that costs twice as much. The SV503 was as good if not better in almost every respect. The image in the SV503 was brighter, even though it is an f/7 and the other scope was an f/6. The only reason might be that the other scope has three lens elements while the SV503 has two and that resulted in more light being absorbed. Still, it was surprising. Both telescopes had about 1.1 degrees of coma free field of view. The SV503 was lighter than the other but was a bit longer. Both telescopes had a way to rotate the focuser to allow for better framing with a camera, but the SV503 was much smoother and had a better locking mechanism than the other telescope. Both had rack and pinion focusers and both had similar focusing characteristics. Between the two the SV503 was the clear winner even without the cost differential.
Pros:
1. Incredible price, about half what other 80mm ED telescopes sell for
2. Perfect for beginners and advanced amateurs alike
3. Bright, wide images, superb telescope for astrophotography
4. Tack sharp over 1.1 degree, even more with a field flattener
5. Focuser rotation is super smooth
Cons:
1. It is listed in the description as a Crawford focuser, but it is Rack and Pinion. It still works quite well.
2. Focus extension tube not included. Not a big problem.
Should you buy this telescope? Definitely! In fact, the friend I had help with the image of the North American Nebula and M101 likes it so much he buying one for himself.
Anyhow, that has nothing to do with the scope itself! Construction is top notch. I definitely recommend this Refractor!
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
Anyhow, that has nothing to do with the scope itself! Construction is top notch. I definitely recommend this Refractor!
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
The objective lens gives wonderful views. The "mechanics" of the scope are well-made and put together, including the retractable dew/light shield at the lens end and the rotating focuser assembly at the eyepiece end.
Two small quibbles:
The main focuser is a bit tight to turn, but another owner tells me it will loosen as I use the fouser. (The fine-focuser worked very well right out of the box!)
There was no user manual or documentation include with the telescope. But I found some pages of information and directions, particularly about the focuser, at a Svbony page online.
I plan to use this refractor purely for observing, not astro-imaging.
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