What a night with it looks like
Unistellar rates the eVscope 2 "good" for planets and "very good" for deep sky, with a resolving power of 1.23″ that it illustrates with Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The Nikon eyepiece makes it the most traditional-feeling smart telescope here: you can bend down and look, while others follow on their phones.
The Bahtinov mask and adjustment tools come in the box, along with Unistellar's tripod. Raw data downloads as FITS, TIFF or PNG.
Setup is where it differs from the Odyssey range. Before the first session, and from time to time after a car trip, you check collimation with the tools provided and focus with the Bahtinov mask: a few minutes, but a few minutes of the kind of fiddling a smart telescope is supposed to remove. Once that is done, the rest of the night is as automatic as on any other model in our list, from GoTo to live stacking, and everyone around you can follow the view on their own phone.
The catch
Paying for the eyepiece twice: it is $2,100 more than the eQuinox 2 at list, and the battery is 2 hours shorter (9 vs 11 hours). Our formula does not score the eyepiece, so the eVscope 2 lands at 8.3/10 against 8.5 for the eQuinox 2.
Manual focus, collimation, 7 kg, check-in luggage, no light pollution filter: the eQuinox 2 limits all apply.
How it scores
Unistellar eVscope 2 gets 8.3/10 (good) with our overall weights. Each criterion below is scored out of 10 from Unistellar's published figures; a criterion without a figure is left out and the other weights are rescaled. The scales are on the methodology page.
| Criterion | Weight | Score /10 | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aperture | 27.8% | 9.0 | |
| Sensor resolution | 10% (left out) | Not stated | |
| Image scale (detail) | 11.1% | 9.5 | |
| Light pollution filter | 11.1% | 2.0 | |
| Battery life | 11.1% | 8.5 | |
| Portability (weight) | 11.1% | 4.5 | |
| Tracking mode | 5.6% | 5.0 | |
| Warranty | 5.6% | 7.0 | |
| Price | 16.7% | 2.7 |
By use, with the same figures and different weights: for astrophotography 8.5/10 (No. 7), for planets 9.0/10 (No. 4).
Full specifications
As published by Unistellar on its US pages, read on November 9, 2026.
| Optical design | Reflector, 114 mm mirror |
|---|---|
| Aperture | 114 mm (4.5 in) |
| Focal length | 450 mm, f/3.9 |
| Pixel size | 2.9 µm |
| Field of view | 34.2′ × 45.6′ |
| Image scale | 1.33″ per pixel (stated by Unistellar) |
| Limiting magnitude | 18.2 (stated by Unistellar) |
| Wide-angle camera | No |
| Filters | No light pollution filter listed; Smart Solar Filter sold separately |
| Mount and tracking | Motorized alt-azimuth |
| Focus | Manual focus with the Bahtinov mask provided; collimation required (tools included) |
| Eyepiece | Electronic eyepiece (Nikon Eyepiece Technology) |
| Battery | 9 hours (Unistellar) |
| Storage | 64 GB |
| Weight | 7 kg (15.4 lb), telescope, tripod not included in the figure |
| Tripod in the box | Yes |
| In the box | Telescope, Unistellar tripod, Dust cap and eyepiece cover, Charging cable, Adjustment tools, Bahtinov mask |
| Warranty | 2 years (Unistellar US store); UNISTELLAR Care extension sold at checkout |
| Checked price | $3,999 (list price $4,999) on November 9, 2026 |
| Availability | In stock at the official US store |
Buying advice
List price $4,999, sale price $3,999 on the Unistellar US store on November 9, 2026 (Black Friday, no end date stated), 2-year warranty, 30-day returns.
- 114 mm mirror, limiting magnitude 18.2 stated by Unistellar
- Nikon Eyepiece Technology: an OLED eyepiece on the telescope, in addition to the phone view
- 9 hours of battery, 7 kg telescope, premium tripod included
Alternatives to consider
Unistellar eQuinox 28.5Very good · out of 10same optics, no eyepiece, $2,319 on sale.
Unistellar Odyssey Pro8.2Good · out of 10eyepiece and autofocus at 4 kg, $3,679 on sale.
Celestron Origin Mark II8.4Good · out of 10152 mm RASA, $4,299.
Questions about the Unistellar eVscope 2
Does the eVscope 2 need collimation?
Yes. Unistellar lists collimation as required for the eVscope 2 and eQuinox 2, with tools included, and manual focus with a Bahtinov mask. The Odyssey range needs neither.
Is the eVscope 2 worth it?
If the eyepiece view is the reason you want a telescope, it is the largest one that offers it. If not, the eQuinox 2 has the same 114 mm optics and a longer battery for much less.
Sources
Official pages read on November 9, 2026: shop.unistellar.com/products/evscope-2 · www.unistellar.com/compare. Product images: Unistellar.