Review on Meade Instruments – Infinity 70mm Aperture, Portable Refracting Telescope for Kids & Beginners – Multiple Eyepieces & Accessories Included - Adjustable AZ Manual Mount for Astronomy by Kenny Hrdlicka

Meade Infinity 102mm Refractor Telescope Review: UPDATE 12 June 2016: I have since upgraded this Meade Infinity 102mm Refractor Telescope and now own it and have my 90mm Refractor Telescope Mead sold. Any mixed up reviews for different series of Meade Infinity is not good especially when I bought 2 different telescopes and have to use the same review to either rewrite or add to it, it's close to me and I think it's not like it should be. Anyhow, I received this Meade 102mm Telescope on Tuesday 7th June 2016 and it was well packaged with all parts intact and I am completely satisfied with what I received. It took me less than 10 minutes to set it up and get it ready for first light. I also inserted a red dot finder into the telescope and made my adjustments by focusing the telescope on an object a few miles away from me. It took me about 5 minutes or less to perfectly align the red dot viewfinder. I then looked at Saturn to make sure the red dot finder was perfectly aligned and everything was fine. I then took out my 90mm Meade telescope to compare the image difference, using the same eyepieces on both. I chose 26mm eyepieces because I now have 2 identical eyepieces from both telescopes. I placed both telescopes side by side and placed them on Saturn. I chose Saturn as it is the smallest and most visible planet at the moment so I can really see how well both will represent Saturn. Looking at Saturn through both telescopes, I saw a significant difference. Let's look at 90mm; If you look at Saturn you can definitely see it but much smaller and you can see the ring around Saturn but not the Cassini band and only in your head with a 26mm eyepiece. Looking at Saturn through a 102mm eyepiece with the same 26mm eyepiece, the planet is a little closer to your eyes and has a sharper, brighter image, and you have a slightly wider field of view, but not by much by one make a fair comparison 90mm. I have not seen the Cassini streak through a 26mm eyepiece on a 102mm telescope. The next day I took them out and decided to look at the TV tower a few miles off the horizon and looking through the same 26mm eyepieces you definitely get a much closer and more detailed view of the top of the tower with a 102mm telescope. . While you have a sharp image at 90mm, you see the tower a bit further away and don't see too much detail, just barely. In summary, I would say that the Meade 102mm is much brighter and more pleasing to look at than the Meade. 90mm. Overall I still love both telescopes but a friend of mine came and saw the 90mm and asked me to buy it and I sold it. So now I only have a Meade 102mm, which I really enjoy. Meade Infinity 90mm Refractor Review: This is the first telescope I have ever owned and also the very first time I have looked through a telescope. Installation only took about ten minutes or less. I received a small tool kit, 1 Phillips screwdriver, 1 triangular slotted screwdriver and 2 different size wrenches. I didn't have to use any tools to set up the entire device. I love the red dot finder and found it very easy to pair with a telescope. I aligned it with the telescope using a distant object on the horizon, centered the eyepiece with the telescope, and then aligned the finderscope with the red dot to align with the red dot. I did all this late at night. I then used it at night and looked at the distant star through the red dot finder and then looked at the star again through the telescope and it was perfectly aligned. Amen. The tripod was packed in its own box while the telescope was packed in its own box, all the elements were put in one big box so it looks like all of a piece. As advertised on Revain, I received everything as described and was not disappointed. As described, with a telescope you see everything completely vertically, as if you were looking through binoculars with one eye. For ground use, it's perfect for me. So up is up, down is down, left is left and right is right. The moon and its breathtaking view of lunar craters with so much detail. UPDATE MARCH 19, 2016: I woke up around 1:30 this morning and couldn't get back to sleep and decided to go to the backyard and that I saw Saturn and Mars with the moon at about 30 degrees (i.e. from the horizon to the moon ) in the West. I decided to take my telescope and look at these planets. I was really amazed, this is the first time I've seen Saturn and its rings with all the different eyepieces. I also had a good long view of Mars and was very excited for my short night experiences. I also watched Jupiter a few nights ago and was amazed at so much detail when I saw the stripes on Jupiter and the 4 moons of Jupiter. Back to the viewfinder with the red dot; I made some very fine adjustments and now it's in place. Once you find the object with the red dot, look directly at the target through the telescope.