Celestron 21045 114mm Equatorial PowerSeeker Telescope

Celestron 21045 114mm Equatorial PowerSeeker Telescope | A bit heavy and bulky

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114mm, 4.5 inch Diameter Newtonian Reflector / 900mm focal length f/8 / 20mm and 4mm eye piece / Barlow lens 3x / Glossy Silver Tube Color Focuser - 1.25 inch Adjustable aluminum tripod with accessory tray The Sky Level 1

good for price

Many of the reviews say that the mount is shakey. Understand for the price there will be limitations. Also 675x in unrealistic in most scopes. My boys still haven't opened it so my evaluation is not completely accurate. Remember not to use this scope about about 150x. That's about as high power as you can practically get. Also for looking at stars you don't want high power. They are just points and higher power reduces light gathering. I might suggest if you want to reduce the vibration see if you can upgrade with a pedestal mount. Still for the price a 114 mm reflector with an equatorial mount is pretty good.

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A bit heavy and bulky

Celestron 21045 114mm Equatorial PowerSeeker Telescope

On my deck this telescope is somewhat shaky,
In a recent Readers Digest an article explained that ALL Telescopes are shaky to a point unless you set it up an solid ground, that took care of the shaky problem. Its hard to move everyday, with the tripod open its very difficult to get through a standard doorway, alot of work to get the legs folded up for every trip outside. the Optics is great, higher magnification is blurry but ALL telescopes do that...all in all? I say its a great star gazer!

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A Good Telescope

Itis a wonderful product with minimum cost. I have tried to and have been able to see some spot in the Moon.
Good product.

its an "alright" telescope

set up of the telescope is a breeze. the instructions were clear and also had pictures for reference. it took me about 10 minutes to get it together. i see people complaining the tripod is "unstable" NOT TRUE! its called tightening it! problem solved.
the finder scope is made of plastic but hey, its not your main scope and look at what you paid for. the entire setup does feel cheap but think of it in terms of value.
the entire weight is manageable, not portable but not very heavy.
the direction adjustment knobs stick out way too far for what it does and it might get in your way if your not careful.
now, lets get too the good stuff. WHAT CAN YOU SEE???
my first target was the moon, it was clear and high detail, not a difficult task. i went onto jupiter, pretty much the brightest thing in the sky, you can barely make out the red and cream swirls it has and you can see bright spots around it which are the 6? moons. you cannot see jupiter up close even with double scopes (x20 normal plus the x3 add-on). the image isnt the clearest but hey, terms of value.
if you are serious about getting into astronomy, move along with a different telescope. if you are looking for something to have some quick fun with friends and family, this is it.

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