Name: US Army 60mm Refractor Telescope, 300m f/5 Focal Length with Alt-Az Mount & Aluminum Adjustable Tripod with Accessory Tray
Brand: US Army
SKU: UA30060RT
Price: 69.99 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

US Army 60mm Refractor Telescope, 300m f/5 Focal Length with Alt-Az Mount & Aluminum Adjustable Tripod with Accessory Tray

US Army 60mm Refractor Telescope, 300m f/5 Focal Length

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US Army 60mm Refractor Telescope, 300m f...

22% Off: US Army 60mm Refractor Telescope, 300m f/5 Focal Length with Alt-Az Mount & Aluminum Adjustable Tripod with Accessory Tray Buy now & save $20. Aperture: 2.4" (60mm), Type: Refracting Telescopes

The US Army 60mm refractor is capable of serving as a spotting scope, a terrestrial/land scope, or a beginner level astronomical scope. 
The main, objective lens is surprisingly good, particularly for the affordable price. The short focal length of the scope gives a wider field of view. The field of view of most of the competitive scopes is quite narrow, making it hard to find astronomical objects and locations on land. 
A penalty of any short focal length telescope, except for the refractors costing in the $1000s of dollars, is some visual aberrations around the outer edge of the view. The U.S. army scope shows a small amount of aberration on the periphery of the view, again surprisingly good for an inexpensive scope.
The tripod is usable, but the scope could use a larger, more stable tripod. I just put the telescope on one of my good camera tripods. The little tripod that comes with the telescope will work when the scope is used for a spotting scope.
The supplied eyepieces are the weak point of the telescope package. Again, one could expect no more with an inexpensive telescope. In fact, you would be hard put to buy even one of these minimally acceptable, but usable, eyepieces for the price of the entire telescope package. The eyepieces are 0.965 in diameter. These size eyepieces have faded from the market, replaced by 1 1/4 inch eyepieces. Better .965 eyepieces can be purchased off the net for reasonable prices. Adapters are available so the telescope can accept 1 1/4 diameter eyepieces. I will pick up an adapter so I can use my own 1 1/4 eyepieces.
Overall, I am very pleased.

A Usable Spotting and Beginner's Astronomical Telescope for a Very Reasonable Price

Very good for grand kids first view of the stars.

Amazing value for money - brilliant once set up well - light enough to carry anywhere and cheap enough to not be worried about while doing so - yet built decently enough to do the job

Tripod was not at all bad for something included at this price point, would def recommend to friends

Brilliant find, excellent value

Great small telescope, even smaller price!