Unistellar eVscope 2
Unistellar's flagship smart telescope, with a Nikon-designed electronic eyepiece so you can still put your eye to the scope. The eVscope 2 blends automated deep-sky imaging with a premium, shareable experience, at a premium price.
$750 above 90-day low
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The eVscope 2 is a "smart telescope," an automated tube with a camera instead of an eyepiece, run from your phone. It points itself, tracks, and stacks short exposures live so faint targets brighten into detailed, colourful galaxies in a minute or two (electronically-assisted astronomy), cutting through city light. What sets it apart from the eQuinox is a built-in OLED electronic eyepiece you look into, so it feels like looking through a telescope even though you see the processed image. Point-and-see results in any sky, no optics to upgrade.
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Unistellar eQuinox 2
Same 114 mm smart telescope and Unistellar app, about $1,800 less, it drops the OLED electronic eyepiece and is controlled from your phone.
ZWO Seestar S50
A fraction of the price to try smart astrophotography, with a smaller 50 mm aperture and lighter build.
Its premium build and electronic eyepiece keep it enjoyable for outreach and quick looks for years, but serious deep-sky users typically graduate to a larger or more open system rather than leaning on the sealed 114 mm optic long term.