The Vaonis Vespera Pro has been brought to its second-cheapest price by the Black Friday sales. It is a stunning smart telescope that represents the pinnacle of Vaonis’ engineering with a huge 12.5MP sensor and CovalENS technology, allowing composite images of up to 50MP.
You can get the Vaonis Vespera Pro on sale for $2490 from Amazon.
Works for European Space Agency (ESA)
Works for European Space Agency (ESA)
Gemma Lavender
Contributing expert
Gemma currently works for the European Space Agency on content, communications and outreach, and was formerly the content director of Space.com, Live Science, science and space magazines How It Works and All About Space, history magazines All About History and History of War, as well as Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) kids education brand Future Genius. She is the author of several books, including “Quantum Physics in Minutes”, “Haynes Owners’ Workshop Manual to the Large Hadron Collider” and “Haynes Owners’ Workshop Manual to the Milky Way”. She holds a degree in physical sciences, a Master’s in astrophysics and a PhD in computational astrophysics. She was elected as a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2011. She has covered stories and features for publications such as Physics World, Astronomy Now and Astrobiology Magazine.
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The Vaonis Vespera Pro is a powerful smart telescope capable of high-res astrophotography.(Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
The Vaonis Vespera Pro can easily find deep space objects with the intuitive Singularity app.(Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
It comes with a lens cap to keep optics dust free during travel and storage.(Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
Whilst quite small when on the provided tripod, a higher tripod can be purchased.(Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
The Vespera Pro has a sleek white design and the power button illuminates to indicate operation status. (Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
Three additionally purchased filters can make the Vespera Pro better at observing in light-polluted areas, as well as enabling it to image nebulas, with a dual-band filter and the sun, with a solar filter.(Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
Using the Vaonis solar filter, you can safely observe the sun and even catch a glimpse at some sunspots. (Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
The included tripod is quite small but this is not an issue if you are using it on a tabletop or in a place with a big, open sky. An extra higher tripod can be purchased. (Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
The carry case features padded black foam to keep the Vespera Pro, tripod and any filters safe during travel.(Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
The Vespera Pro resembles a futuristic white egg and looks aesthetically pleasing. (Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
The Cigar Galaxy (M82) with M81 as imaged by the Vaonis Vespera Pro.(Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
The Hercules globular cluster (M13) as imaged with the Vaonis Vespera Pro.(Image credit: Gemma Lavender)
All of Vaonis’ smart telescopes are great for beginners, with their easy set-up and intuitive smartphone app. It’s a breeze to find and observe any night sky object you want. Astronomy expert, Gemma Lavender, has worked with a huge range of telescopes and thought that the Vaonis Vespera Pro deserved four and a half stars for its super simple use and great images.
What makes it better than the rest of the Vaonis smart telescopes? It has the highest resolution sensor out of any smart telescope on the market, at 12.5MP and the ability to stitch together 50MP composite images with proprietary CovalENS technology. This also makes it a great choice for the astrophotographer who wants the best from a telescope. On top of a high-res sensor, the telescope also has very fine sampling, which provides stronger angular resolution and more structural detail in galaxies and planetary nebulas.
This Black Friday deal on the Vaonis Vespera Pro has brought it down to its second-cheapest price, previously being slightly cheaper in August. If you have been looking to get into astrophotography or astronomy but have felt overwhelmed with the idea of operating a manual telescope, this would be a great option to get you observing in no time at all. For a deeper look at all of the best Black Friday deals across Amazon and other major retailers, check out our Black Friday hub.
Key features: Apochromatic quadruplet refractor with extra-low dispersion (ED) lanthanum glass and a field corrector, two-inch (50 mm) aperture, 10-inch (250 mm) focal length, f/5 focal ratio, alt-azimuth go-to mount, 11 lb (5 kg) weight, 12.5MP Sony IMX676 sensor, 50MP max resolution, over 4,000 celestial objects in the Singularity app.
Product launched: July 2024
Price history: This smart telescope usually retails for $2990 but briefly dropped to $2390 for a few days in August. This Black Friday deal from Amazon brings the price down to $2490, its second-cheapest price of all time.
Price comparison: Amazon: $2490 | Walmart: $2669 | BHPhotoVideo: $2490
Reviews consensus: Our astronomy expert, Gemma Lavender, was very impressed with the Vaonis Vespera Pro in our review, noting that it easily found and resolved deep sky objects with its excellent optics and intuitive control system. With additional filter purchases available, it can image a huge range of celestial bodies, including nebulas and the sun.
Space: ★★★★½ | Digital Camera World: ★★★★
✅ Buy it if: You want a professional-level smart telescope that can produce high-res images of wide-field nebulas, deep space objects and large objects like the moon and the sun.
❌ Don’t buy it if: You mainly shoot smaller deep-space objects or planets. The Vespera Pro’s wide field of view means that smaller objects appear small and not as detailed. A larger smart telescope like the Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory or a traditional go-to telescope like the Celestron Nexstar 8SE would provide you with much better views and are also on sale for Black Friday.
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