I used the Vaonis Vespera 3 for weeks and here’s who I would recommend it to — full review
I photographed nebulas and star clusters over multiple nights with the Vaonis Vespera 3. It’s one of the most capable smart telescopes I’ve used, but it won’t be for everyone.
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I’ve spent a lot of time with smart telescopes, from relatively inexpensive Seestar models to the original Vaonis Vespera and the Vespera Pro. They all promise essentially the same thing — you put a telescope outside at night, choose something interesting on your smartphone and let the technology take care of the rest. The Vaonis Vespera 3 does that exceptionally well, but after spending several nights with it, I’m convinced it’s designed for a rather different kind of buyer.
At $2,490/£2,199, this is hardly an impulse purchase for the beginner who’s curious about astronomy – you could buy several perfectly capable smart telescopes for the same money. Yet I found myself increasingly impressed by what the Vespera 3 could achieve, particularly when I returned to the same object over several nights. The images were sharp, the colors were excellent and I almost never had to think about the battery.
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