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The Junior 60mm telescope is now only £71.49 including UK delivery!.

Classic 60mm The Junior 60 is one of our best selling Bresser astronomical telescopes and identical to the Arcturus except for the child friendly colours. Classical design and affordable pricing make this telescope the ideal entry level instrument for a child. The alt-azimuth mount allows the observer to point the optical tube simply and without fuss.

The whole telescope,tripod and accessories pack away into hard plastic case which is ideal for storage and to transport the instrument. The Arcturus 60x700 is supplied complete with full-sized aluminium tripod, 1.5x erecting lens, optical finder, three eyepieces; SR-4mm, H-12.5mm and H-20mm, accessory tray and hard storage case.

Specification

Refracting telescope

Focal Length: 700mm

Aperture: 60mm (Primary lens diameter in mm)

Weight: 3.80kg

Brightness 93 (Light transmission factor)

PC Ocular compatible: Yes (Suitable for use with an electronic eyepiece)

Mount: Alt-azimuth type

Resolving power in arc-seconds: 2.01

Focal Ratio: 1:11

Stars Visible up to Magnitude: 9

Viewfinder: optical with cross-hair

Magnification: 35x-262x (Range of magnifications with eyepieces supplied)

Tripod: Yes - Full sized field tripod

Donīt be mislead - the Junior may seem small and budget priced but itīs power-packed and is, in our opinion, one of the the best child friendly astronomy telescopes around for under a hundred quid.

Despite the up-to-date design this telescope is a classic refractor - and itīs a well made one. The heart of the Junior is a top-quality 2.5 inch (60mm) modern achromatic two element lens, that produces pin sharp, high contrast images.

We realise you may be buying this as a gift but allow us to get slightly technical for a moment.

The telescope is ready to go virtually out of the box - simply erect the garden tripod and install the optical tube. Insert an eyepiece and you are ready to explore - itīs that simple!

The Junior comes with a special erect image lens for comfortable terrestrial viewing.

Free guide book: As well as the easy to understand manufacturerīs instructions, the Explorer also comes with a guide book written by the ever popular Sir Patrick Moore that introduces the night sky and some of the marvelous and extraordinary things can be seen with the Bresser telescope from your back garden.

Guide to the Night Sky - by Sir Patrick Moore.

A beautifully written and easy to understand illustrated guide to the night sky for all seasons. Sir Patrick Moore is a world acknowledged master of his material and his passion and enthusiasm for his subject also comes through in this guide. Packed with easy-to-use star maps and colour illustrations this expertly written guide takes you on a tour of night sky season by season.

The maps show easily recognisable naked eye stars and hops from bright stars to simple star patterns and on to recognising major constellations pointing out exciting and interesting highlights along the way.

This guide book educates and inspires and rounds out this kit making it an ideal introduction to the wonders of astronomy.

Our comment:

The Bresser Junior 60 is a proper astronomy starter telescope and is definitely not a toy. It has been specifically designed to be non-intimidating to a child and provide a friendly and fun introduction to astronomy. This is an easy to use telescope. Parental assistance will be needed to set up the telescope initially - but from then on, depending on the age and precociousness of the child, unassisted use is perfectly feasible. We're bound to say though that, as a learning experience, parent child partnerships for exploring the night sky, can create an experience that the child will always remember (and I speak from experience James M.)

Our verdict: this is a great little telescope to awaken a first interest in the fantastic hobby of astronomy.

What can you see with the Bresser Junior 60

At low power the "seas" and craters of the Moon will be seen (too many to count) as will the four large moons of the giant planet Jupiter. The phases of Venus (much like the moon) can be observed. At higher powers and at favorable observing times - Jupiter will appear as large in the eyepiece as half the diameter the full Moon does to the unaided eye and the main bands in its dense gaseous atmosphere will be discerned. The rings of Saturn can be seen with this scope and the Moon becomes an incredible ancient landscape of impact craters and intricate rills and valleys with views of the most spectacular mountains in the solar system (and all from your back garden and for less than Ģ60!). Deep sky targets like the Great Orion nebula and the giant M31 galaxy in Andromeda (over 2 million light years away from Earth!) are unforgettable views in the Junior 60