DWARF 3 Smart Telescope

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Anybody ordered one of these?

Pre Ordered mine yesterday and it seems very good for the price. Fancied doing some DSO Photography for a long time but was put off with the high cost. Love how portable this is and it will be great to take in the Campervan. I’m hoping it will be a step from the S50, can’t wait.

Dwarf 3
 
First time I heard of this. Are you able to look through the lens at the object?
Can you see it with your own eyes?
 
The Asgard said:
Anybody ordered one of these?

Pre Ordered mine yesterday and it seems very good for the price. Fancied doing some DSO Photography for a long time but was put off with the high cost. Love how portable this is and it will be great to take in the Campervan. I’m hoping it will be a step from the S50, can’t wait.

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I’d get your money back while you still can - there is no way that will do anything. While not the same company or product, here’s a similar scammy item:

 
Yes, but what I am saying is the larger the aperture the more light it can capture, so there would be more detail.
 
Penfold101 said:
I’d get your money back while you still can - there is no way that will do anything. While not the same company or product, here’s a similar scammy item:

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Good ol' Thunder foot. Whine about something that's basic common sense for half an hour and then suck himself off like he's saved us all from the evil overlords.

His self righteous attitude really irks me. You're a youtuber ffs.
 
I was looking at a telescope that looked like a sentry from portal 2 a while ago. Think it was about EUR3K.

That doesn’t look like it will be any good at all.

EDIT: Vaonis Stellina would seem to be what I was looking at.
 
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Penfold101 said:
I’d get your money back while you still can - there is no way that will do anything. While not the same company or product, here’s a similar scammy item:

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Seems the evscope isn't worth the money but the others are still capable of getting okay images, although the image quality still sucks but I guess that's the sacrifice for being able to carry it relatively easily than hulking around a large telescope, tripod and DSLR/mirrorless camera and laptop and batteries to run it all for long enough periods
 
I love my Seestar S50. I borrowed an eVscope 2, so expensive and the novelty of looking through the eyepiece at the OLED screen soon wears off, but it's limiting magnitude is better. I used the Dwarf 2 but it wasn't for me. The Vaonis Vespera is decent and the software is excellent, seen them go for £700 second hand in my astro group, the Vaonis accessories are a total rip off IMO.
 
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Not much more to add to the thread but I do want to say that once I move to a more rural area, one of my first priorities is to get a decent telescope to take advantage of the lack of light pollution.

I remember a telescope being set up on a campsite in Australia when I was backpacking and the sense of wonder we got from observing Jupiter really hit me in the feels.
 
If we muster up enough interest on here, could the Dons set up an Astro section? I have always been interested e.g. eclipses, the ISS, planetary status, asteroid landings, the future Mars mission and so on. I used to own a telescope, no equipment as of now, but will be following the Dwarf 3 and any alternatives with interest. As a kid, I read every astronomy book in the school library and the village library. A lot of it is irrelevant now :D
 
Narj said:
the sense of wonder we got from observing Jupiter really hit me in the feels.
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When I saw Jupiter for the first time through my mak127 I was quite taken aback how shocked/stunned I was. It’s quite something to look through the eyepiece and bring a planet millions of miles away into focus, even with the ‘haze’ of local light impairing the clarity. Still gives me a buzz, though I don’t go out nearly often enough despite living not far from a perfect observation point.
 
Minusorange said:

Seems the evscope isn't worth the money but the others are still capable of getting okay images, although the image quality still sucks but I guess that's the sacrifice for being able to carry it relatively easily than hulking around a large telescope, tripod and DSLR/mirrorless camera and laptop and batteries to run it all for long enough periods
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The Dwarf Lab guys have adding new functionality to the Dwarf 2 which have improved the picture quality quite bit since that video. Most of the picture pop is down to the post processing. Having something portable that takes minutes to setup and cost so little is pretty amazing.
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
If we muster up enough interest on here, could the Dons set up an Astro section? I have always been interested e.g. eclipses, the ISS, planetary status, asteroid landings, the future Mars mission and so on. I used to own a telescope, no equipment as of now, but will be following the Dwarf 3 and any alternatives with interest. As a kid, I read every astronomy book in the school library and the village library. A lot of it is irrelevant now :D
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There's already a photography section
 
Rannoch said:
I love my Seestar S50. I borrowed an eVscope 2, so expensive and the novelty of looking through the eyepiece at the OLED screen soon wears off, but its limiting magnitude is better. I used the Dwarf 2 but it wasn't for me. The Vaonis Vespera is decent and the software is excellent, seen them go for £700 second hand in my astro group, the Vaonis accessories are a total rip off IMO.
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There is supposed to be an updated S50 coming out soon. The narrow FOV is what puts me off, if it had a mosaic mode then it would be an instant buy. You can bet this will be on the next release along with EQ mode.
 
Looks more like a very expensive specialised camera than a telescope.

I can't imagine it really captures good astro images par the moon and some other easily viewed stuff in appropriately low light pollution areas.
 
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Gray2233 said:
Looks more like a very expensive specialised camera than a telescope.

I can't imagine it really captures good astro images par the moon and some other easily viewed stuff in appropriately low light pollution areas.
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Here’s some real pics from a Dwarf 2 pics

Some of the S50 pics are stunning. Anybody can get good pics without that much knowledge in a small package. You can just press a button and let it do its thing. I’m sure @Rannoch got some great pics.
 
The Asgard said:
Love how portable this is and it will be great to take in the Campervan.
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If you've got a whole campervan to fit stuff in then why not get a proper telescope?

I can see how it might be fun but realistically there are obvious constraints here because of its size, it seems a bit gimmicky.
 
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