Beginner Telescope: Svbony refractor SV501P

This video is a review of an entry level / first timer / kids telescope by SVbony. It's a wide angle short tube refractor and offers some decent views. Would make a great first time scope for a kid or adult looking to explore the cosmos on a budget.
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[@BosqueRico]

It's great video. I got the same model, and I had almost same impression. Thank you for release on KZbin.

[@dunringill1747]

Nice review on this beginner refractor

[@running2standstill685]

Thanks for this, i heard svbony is a cost effective beginner telescope. Thanks for clarifying how to calculate magnification on the lenses.

[@running2standstill685]

Just an update, i got me the sv501p 60/400 and as my starter scope i had a lot of fun with it. The tripod taught me patience and with it tracked the moon and saturn. Star hopped my way from open clusters to finding lagoon nebula. Its my lil refractor that could and now i have upgraded to an astromaster 130eq and learning the mount is a whole loads of fun on its own. BTW i was able to use the astrohopper app on the sv501p and a lit of fun, made my search 10 times faster that just using the finder scope to starhop.

[@dankahraman354]

Not bad Aaron....optics look to be of very good quality

[@RostGlukhov]

Hi, Thank you for the review. Is the focuser lockable? I'm thinking of using it as a guidescope... considering the weight... Do you think the image quality would be comparable to celestron/orion st80?

[@chinocracy]

Would you know if this is a bit like the Celestron Travelscope 70?

[@AVAstronomy]

yes I believe it is very similar to it. May even be the same scope

[@dankahraman354]

Excellent as grab 'n go and for children.

[@AVAstronomy]

Absolutely! To be honest, I’ll be using it too. Clear skies!

[@Mike-1000]

@@AVAstronomy Dude dont lie haha

[@AVAstronomy]

@@Mike-1000 lol! Seriously though, have you ever wanted to just get a quick look at the moon without having to heft 125lbs of equipment, set up, calibrate etc...? Will I use this regularly? Of course not but on nights feeling lazy and want a quick view this will fit the bill. 👍

[@Mike-1000]

@@AVAstronomy True but a man with your experience n knowledge wouldn't even glance at this. If you have said it's for the kids then that's cool.

[@AVAstronomy]

@@Mike-1000 I totally get here your coming from but years ago I bought a scope very much like this. It was a Meade and was about the same price and quality. I used it for a good while before saving up to get something better. It has its place for sure. But just be completely transparent, I was giving this scope an honest review. I was not paid to do this review.

[@dankahraman354]

Kid's doing a good job.

[@AVAstronomy]

Hah, thanks, I thought he did great too.

[@dankahraman354]

@@AVAstronomy He is your replacement. LOL

[@AVAstronomy]

@@dankahraman354 lol! Starting him young 😂

[@dankahraman354]

@@AVAstronomy That is what I was thinking...not a bad activity/hobby....it will keep him on his toes & out of trouble..

[@CarlosSanmor]

Have you ever try to do deepsky objects with it??? I think it would be very interesting to see it limits!! I'm thinking about getting one to use it with my star adventurer

[@AVAstronomy]

Due to its small aperture you wouldn’t see much in detail on deeps sky objects.

[@CarlosSanmor]

What about astrophotography with it?

[@AVAstronomy]

@@CarlosSanmor you would be hard pressed to get good results for astrophotography. Poor optics and the focuser isn’t made to handle weight from cameras and accessories.

[@dougrennie4901]

Carlos, Yes, you can indeed get some nice views of brighter (like magnitude 7 or lower, lower being brighter) DSOs.I’ve had mine only a few weeks and had two short sessions with it. I got some good looks at the Open Clusters IC 4665 (just above the bright star Cebalrai in Ophiuchus) and 5 or 6 degrees eastward of NCC 6633. Both had pinpoint stars and good contrast, very sharp “refractor-y” images. I tried different kinds of eyepieces and my Plossls (25mm and 15mm) produced the sharpest images. The next (early) morning I went out to grab the last hour of darkness and enjoyed smashing views of M42, the Orion Nebula, including some nebulosity and was able to fit the entire “sword” of Orion (Open Clusters 1980 and 1981 AND M42 in a single field of view…VERY nice! Also, a great wide field shot of Collinder 69, aka “Orion’s head”. In the time I still had some darkness left, I moved directly east of Orion and swept my way around the vast star fields in Monoceros, including NGC 2244 with its 6-core star “hourglass” configuration. So, even with its 70mm aperture, this little Svbony is a totally adequate “low power wide field sweeper”. Just roam all around the night sky, stopping at anything you come across that looks interesting. Huge bang for the buck here. Doug

[@CarlosSanmor]

@@dougrennie4901 Great!! You should do a video showing us your result images!

[@chaozhang2455]

you can search svbony sv501p on shopee ,and you will get what you want

[@caseynicholson9190]

Seems all scope companies are selling that exact scope as their "travel scope". I had the Celestron 70. Definitely a beginner scope. I ended up using it for my range scope when I would go shoot long guns.

[@AVAstronomy]

I use mine on occasion for bird watching and some lunar.

[@Mrcloc]

Optical elements are glass.

[@AVAstronomy]

It didn’t specify in the box but thanks for mentioning

[@Mrcloc]

@@AVAstronomy www.svbony.com/sv501p-/ Thank you for the review!