My favorite smart telescope is now $1000 off this Black Friday — the lowest price it’s been all year.

Amazon and Walmart aren’t the only retailers offering huge discounts in the run-up to Black Friday, with Unistellar offering a massive 20% off its whole catalogue until the end of November. I’ve spotted the biggest saving on their premium model, the eVscope 2, with a huge $1000 off the retail price. This smart telescope is part of Unistellar’s expert range of smart telescopes, suited to those with a good grip on astronomy, as collimation and manual focusing are needed when using this model. It has a 4.5-inch aperture and an enhanced vision mode, which enables deep-sky imaging of faint and distant objects like galaxies.

You can get the Unistellar eVscope 2 smart telescope on sale for $3999 from Unistellar.

Dark skies are objectively better for stargazing but you can actually beat light-polluted skies with a smart telescope such as the eVscope 2, thanks to its light pollution reduction feature and enhanced vision mode. The best images are still definitely taken in skies that are free of city lights and glow from the moon, but smart telescopes give you the flexibility and the power to make city stargazing just as rewarding.

Award winning photographer and optics expert

Award winning photographer and optics expert

Jase Parnell-Brookes

Jase Parnell-Brookes is the Managing Editor for e-commerce for Space and Live Science. Previously the Channel Editor for Cameras and Skywatching at Space, Jase has been an editor and contributing expert across a wide range of publications since 2010. Based in the UK, they are also an award-winning photographer and educator winning the Gold Prize award in the Nikon Photo Contest 2018/19 and named Digital Photographer of the Year in 2014. Since joining Space.com, they have reviewed a huge range of skywatching optics, including image-stabilized binoculars and smart telescopes.

Unistellar’s smart telescopes are amongst some of the easiest stargazing instruments to use and this is thanks to the Unistellar app, which contains automatic location finding for over 5000 objects and even coordinate input for any items that are not in the database. The app also controls the gain and exposure of the final image too giving you ultimate control over your astrophotography. The eVscope 2 comes with an integrated Bahtinov mask in the lens cap that aids in manual focusing of stellar diffraction spikes.

It also has a 7.7MP image sensor, making it the highest resolution out of Unistellar’s lineup. It is part of their expert range along with the Unistellar eQuinox 2, which is more advanced than their beginner-friendly Odyssey series. It makes quick work of bright skies with light-pollution reduction and enhanced vision for boosting detail on faint objects like galaxies.

This $1000 saving is from Unistellar’s sitewide 20% discount, where they are offering discounts across their smart telescopes, backpacks and smart solar filters. This Black Friday sale is running until the end of November and offering a huge amount of money off this amazing piece of skywatching technology. There could be further reductions from other retailers, so make sure to check out our Black Friday hub with up-to-date deals on telescopes and other skywatching gear.

Key features: Reflector optical design, 4.5-inch (114 mm) aperture, 17.7 inches (450 mm) focal length, f/3.9 focal ratio, highest useful magnification 50x optical and 150x digital, alt-azimuth mount type, weight 19.8 lbs (9 kg) including tripod, 7.7MP image sensor and celestial database of 5000+ objects via smartphone app.

Product launched: September 2021

Price history: The cheapest I have seen this item on Amazon was in November 2024, when it was briefly $3199. The current price of $3999 reflects Unistellar’s own Black Friday sale and is 20% off the retail price of $4999.

Price comparison: Unistellar: $3999 | Amazon: $3999 | BHPhotoVideo: $3999

Reviews consensus: In my full Unistellar eVscope 2 review, I thought it was a fantastically designed smart telescope that is perfect for photographers who are looking to get into astronomy or for stargazers who want an integrated all-in-one system.

Space: ★★★★½ | Digital Camera World: ★★★★½ | LiveScience: ★★★★½

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✅ Buy it if: You want a more hands-on approach to smart telescope observation and are familiar with using a telescope and astronomy.

❌ Don’t buy it if: You are a total beginner stargazer and prefer a smart telescope that has autofocus. If that is you, perhaps the Unistellar Odyssey would be a better pick.

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