Is the Bresser Solarix 76/350 AZ a good first telescope?

Yes if what you mainly want is sharing it with children, taking it with me: that is what this family does best. No if your priority is the moon and the planets, learn my way around the sky, nebulae, clusters and galaxies, by eye: other families do better for the same money.

What can you see with the Bresser Solarix 76/350 AZ?

Under a suburban sky, from its 76 mm aperture: The Moon (Detailed), Saturn (Recognisable), Jupiter (Recognisable), The Orion Nebula (Detectable), The Andromeda Galaxy (Detectable), The Hercules Cluster (Detectable). Useful magnification from 13× to 152×.

How much does the Bresser Solarix 76/350 AZ cost?

€102 observed on 2026-10-07 at Astroshop. Prices move; that is what the date is for.

Saturn at 70× in 76 mm — exit pupil 1.1 mm, Bortle 6 sky. Computed, not photographed.

Small telescope with a front-mounted white-light solar filter

Bresser Solarix 76/350 AZ

Name: Bresser Solarix 76/350 AZ
Brand: Bresser
Price: 102 EUR

Any small telescope with a certified solar film filter over the FRONT of the tube — sold as a kit with its filter in the box, or a small telescope plus a ready-made front cell sized to its tube. Shows sunspots, the granulation around them, faculae near the limb, and eclipses and transits. Daytime astronomy, which is the only kind some people's lives allow.

€102seen 7 Oct 2026 at Astroshop

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76 mmAperture
f/4.6Focal ratio
2 kgTypical weight
13–152×Useful magnification

Should you buy it?

Yes if what you mainly want is sharing it with children, taking it with me: that is what this family does best.
No if your priority is the moon and the planets, learn my way around the sky, nebulae, clusters and galaxies, by eye: other families do better for the same money.

Computed from its family's per-goal scores and its own numbers — not a rating, not one evening's opinion.

Where to buy

Astroshoppaid link€102seen 7 Oct 2026→ships DE, FR, EU

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What it shows, really

These circles are simulations, computed from the aperture, the magnification and the sky — indicative, not exact. A real night also depends on the turbulence, your eyes and your experience. Closer to the truth than the photo on the box; still not a promise.

Under a suburban sky (Bortle 6), through a common 25 mm eyepiece for wide targets and a 10 mm for planets. Every circle is the true field — nothing is enlarged.

The Moon14× · 76 mm 5.4 mm exit pupilDetailed

Saturn35× · 76 mm 2.2 mm exit pupilRecognisable

Jupiter35× · 76 mm 2.2 mm exit pupilRecognisable

The Orion Nebula14× · 76 mm 5.4 mm exit pupilDetectable

The Andromeda Galaxy14× · 76 mm 5.4 mm exit pupilDetectable

The Hercules Cluster35× · 76 mm 2.2 mm exit pupilDetectable

Photo credits

These thumbnails are built from real photographs, scaled and darkened by the same arithmetic as the large view.

The Moon: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio / LRO, public domain
The Orion Nebula: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (heic0601a), CC BY 4.0
The Andromeda Galaxy: Adam Evans, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
The Hercules Cluster: Wikimedia Commons, Messier_13.jpg, CC BY-SA

The numbers

Photo: Astroshop

Aperture	76 mm
Focal ratio	350 mm · f/4.6
Mount	Lightweight alt-az on an aluminium tripod; certified front solar filter included
Typical weight	2 kg
Eyepieces	20 mm and 4 mm
Useful magnification	13× to 152× at 76 mm
Resolution (Dawes)	1.5″ — the tightest double star this aperture can split
Faintest star, suburban sky	around magnitude 10.7
Observed price	€102 seen 7 Oct 2026 at Astroshop

Made for

Sharing it with children
Daytime, warm, and a child can see the spots change over a week. Supervise the filter every single time.
Taking it with me
Light, small, and the target is up wherever you are.
The Sun
In white light: sunspots with their penumbra, faculae near the edge, and granulation on a steady morning. Dawes' limit on the Sun: 1.5″ (116 ÷ 76 mm, arithmetic). The maker's solar filter is in the box and made for this instrument: nothing to buy, nothing to measure. Every time: certified filter over the front · finder capped · never an eyepiece filter · an adult with children · never without the filter.

Not made for

The Moon and the planets
The same small instrument works on the Moon at night with the filter off. The planets are marginal at this aperture.
Learn my way around the sky
There is one object. It is not hard to find.
Nebulae, clusters and galaxies, by eye
Nothing. This is a daytime instrument.

The Sun, safely

Solar filter in the box (read on the listing)

The Sun with this model

The maker's solar filter is in the box and made for this instrument: nothing to buy, nothing to measure.

In white light: sunspots with their penumbra, faculae near the edge, and granulation on a steady morning. Dawes' limit on the Sun: 1.5″ (116 ÷ 76 mm, arithmetic).

Every time

A certified solar filter over the FRONT of the instrument, fastened so it cannot slip or blow off.
Cap or remove the finder. It is a second telescope, and it has no filter.
Never a filter at the eyepiece end: the concentrated sunlight there can crack it in an instant.
With children, an adult is there every time.
Never look, or point, without the filter on. Check it before each use; a scratched or torn filter goes in the bin.

Sources for the Sun

American Astronomical Society — How to View a Solar Eclipse Safely — filters on optics go on the front; eclipse glasses never with optics; children supervised
American Astronomical Society — Solar Filters for Optics — eyepiece filters are dangerous; the finder capped, removed or filtered; the filter attached securely
American Astronomical Society — About the ISO 12312-2 Standard — EN ISO 12312-2:2015 covers naked-eye viewers only; no international standard covers filters on telescopes, binoculars or lenses
Société astronomique de France — Guide des observations solaires — a filter at the front, never one screwed into the eyepiece, the finder capped
NASA — Keep Your Eclipse Glasses to See the Sun's ‘Freckles’ — a large enough sunspot shows through eclipse glasses
AAVSO — Le Guide d'Observation Solaire de l'AAVSO, v1.1 (2017), p. 6 — archived copy — “Les ouvertures plus grandes que 100 à 125 mm sont généralement limitées par les effets de turbulence atmosphérique”; 50 to 80 mm is enough to count sunspots

The family it belongs to: Small telescope with a front-mounted white-light solar filter

What it does well

Observing in daylight, at a civilised hour, without dark adaptation or cold
Sunspots change day to day, so there is always something new to compare
A certified front filter costs less than a single eyepiece and fits an instrument you may already own

What it costs you

White light shows the photosphere only — no prominences, no flares, no red Sun. That is hydrogen-alpha, and it costs ten times more
A cheap bundled tripod shakes, and the Sun is bright enough that the shake is very visible
The filter MUST be front-mounted and certified. Anything that screws into an eyepiece is a way to lose an eye — see the safety notice

Worth knowing about this model

A small Newtonian sold as a solar kit: the front filter is in the box, which is the point. The tripod is the usual budget aluminium and the 4 mm eyepiece is mostly for the Barlow it comes with. Fine for the Sun and the Moon; not for anything fainter.

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