Price: $149.99 - $127.48
(as of Dec 02, 2024 17:01:11 UTC - Details)

The Celestron AstroMaster is a superior choice for those looking for a professionally-designed, durable, and long-lasting dual-purpose telescope. The AstroMaster Series 70AZ Refractor Telescope is a user-friendly and powerful telescope engineered with a lightweight frame and fully-coated glass optics. It includes two eyepieces (20mm and 10mm), an adjustable-height tripod and a red dot finder scope. The AstroMaster is made of high-quality materials to provide clear and bright images of Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon, along with deep space objects including brighter galaxies and nebulae. For even more versatility, you can also use this telescope for viewing land based objects during the daytime hours. The two eyepieces combined with the powerful 70mm aperture optics produce amazing magnification. The 20mm eyepiece has a 45x magnification, while the second 10mm eyepiece can zoom up to 90x. This combination permits you to focus on distant objects with amazing clarity and perception. The telescope is quick to set up and requires no tools for assembly. This fun to use and precision manufactured telescope includes a rugged, pre-assembled tripod with 1.25-inch steel tube legs, which provides a stable platform for hours of safe use. As a bonus, all users receive a FREE download PC- and Mac-compatible astronomy software for interactive sky simulation, Starry Night Basic Edition. It’s the best way to learn about the night sky, download printable sky maps, research thousands of celestial objects, and plan your next observing session. This telescope also comes with a deluxe accessory tray to store your telescope’s accessories. Buy with confidence from the world’s #1 telescope brand, based in California since 1960. You’ll also receive a 2-year warranty and unlimited access to technical support from our team of US-based experts. Tom Johnson founded Celestron in 1960 after building a telescope to share the night sky with his sons. Since then, Celestron has established itself as the world’s #1 telescope brand. Celestron telescopes are used by scientists in world-class research observatories and even aboard the International Space Station.
POWERFUL REFRACTOR TELESCOPE: The Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ is a powerful and user-friendly refractor telescope with fully coated glass optics, a sturdy yet lightweight frame, two eyepieces, a red dot finder scope, and an adjustable-height tripod.
HIGH-QUALITY 70MM OPTICS: Our Celestron telescope features a powerful, fully coated 70mm glass optic objective lens. Erect image optics allow you to observe celestial objects at night and terrestrial targets like wildlife and landscapes during the day.
QUICK SETUP & LIGHTWEIGHT FRAME: This telescope for adults features a lightweight frame and a panning handle with Alt-Az control for smooth and accurate pointing. Setup is quick and easy, with no tools required.
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES: We’ve included two eyepieces (20mm and 10mm), an erect image star diagonal, a travel tripod, and a red dot finder scope. Download our BONUS Starry Night Basic Edition astronomy software for interactive sky simulation.
UNBEATABLE WARRANTY AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from the world’s #1 telescope brand, based in California since 1960. You’ll also receive a 2-year warranty and unlimited access to technical support from our team of US-based experts.
Reviewer: Ganesh Narayanan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very nice Telescope for Beginers
Review: I have been using this telescope for about a year now and it never bores me.You can easily watch the below celestial objects-> Moon in a very high definition-> Mars-> Jupiter with jupiter's moons-> Saturn-> Venus-> Orion Nebulaand many many objects.Pros:-> Very helpfull viewfinder-> The First light software is very helpful-> Sturdy design-> The 90degree prism makes erect images-> Very nice focal lengthCons:-> Tripod is very very bad. The movement of the telescope up and down while tracking will be of a big challengeThe horizontal rotation is fine. But when u move up and down while u r watching through the eyepiece, it will become very difficult to track due to the spillover movement in the tripod's rotators. WHen u tight your telescope, it gets tight in a different position. With this tripod, it almost becomes impossible to tight the telescope exactly after tracking something. You fix it and the telescope will move and gets fixed somewhere where u can see only blank sky. For such a company like celestron, this tripod is a black mark.-> Heavy vibration on the tripods. The nuts and bolts and joints starts sounding unusually after some days of usage.If you plan to buy this, better buy it along with vibration suppression pads or else it will not be fruitful in long termFrom a telescope perspective, this is a very nice investment for a beginer to intermediate astronomers. You will enjoy the fun of it when you see it in refractors.My suggestion to celestron is to fix these tripods to avoid frustration on these nice telescopes. The goodwill of telescope is lost because of the bad quality tripod.Overall, this is a product I am enjoying every day. Please be very choosy between reflectors and refractors. And please dont see sun using this. Even with a solar filter, i suggest NO. Refractors get in a lot of light focus which sometimes makes the UV rays even come out of solar filters.Nice product except for the Irritating Tripod. 🙂

Reviewer: Jake!
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: For the price
Review: I paid $150-ish. Setup was easy. I used a distant tree to calibrate the viewfinder. The major con is trying to keep objects in the viewfinder because of the earth's rotation. I try to swivel the telescope and it wants to go back to its previous position. This is aggravating but goes with the low price. I often have to use the red dot viewfinder to resight the target.I havn't seen the red spot on Jupiter but I have seen 3 of its moons. Mars looks like a somewhat bigger orange ball. It is so cool to see Saturn's rings. They are discernible but the planet is still small in the viewfinder. Saturn and its rings are white like the moon, not colorful. The moon, though, is spectacular, once properly focused. There are a cornucopia of craters visible at every phase of of the moon. When the moon is full the craters around the circumference belie its seemingly smooth surface. My neighbor was blown away by the view and wants his own telescope. I bought a cheap 2x Barlow lens and it works well with this scope; the moon's craters are even more impressive.Unfortunately I have not yet seen Uranus.Edited for errors and punctuation.

Reviewer: The Dawdler
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: For a newbie, nice telescope. Mounting is a little frustrating.
Review: So far, so good. We are new to telescopes and this is our first foray. So far we've been able to see a stunning image of the moon. Setup was very easy. I have only one complaint so far. The telescope will not stay at exactly the point you have aimed at as you tighten the tripod arm which secures the vertical position. So basically when you finish tightening, as soon as you let go, the tube will move up slightly. This is very frustrating especially with higher magnification as you have to compensate for this effect sometimes to the point where your target is not even in view so that when you finish tightening it moves up to your desired target. Considering the very reasonable price, I'm not going to lose sleep over it but I know that I'll probably want to get a more stable tripod soon. Or maybe I'm missing something here, but doesn't seem like it.[UPDATE] It's the next night. It's IMPOSSIBLE to tighten the panhandle without raising the altitude. For viewing the moon it's just an annoyance. For viewing planets at 50x (with the 20mm eyepiece) it's a MAJOR challenge to keep your target in view as you tighten (but I was able to get a stunning view of Saturn -- the optics are very crisp). Viewing planets or any individual star or group of stars at 100x is well nigh impossible because of the way that the altitude changes as you tighten the panhandle. To view planets at 100x you will need a better tripod mount. Lowering my rating to 3 stars. :([ANOTHER UPDATE] The problem is too much vertical play in the azimuth which throws off altitude. Making sure the azimuth is completely tightened before adjusting altitude helps. But it does not solve the problem. Not sure there's anything to be done except get a better tripod mount.[ONE MORE UPDATE] Celestron customer service has been great. Service is part and parcel of a product, so I re-up to four stars.

Reviewer: Ada
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Excelente telescopio, les encantó a mis hijos

Reviewer: Roney Cosme Lopes Oliveira
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: O produto chegou dentro do prazo, montagem de montagem fácil e imagens muito boas, vou comprar um câmera para registro das imagens.

Reviewer: Cynthia Clark
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This is a decent entry level telescope - so far I can easily zoom in on the moon & features & Jupiter (& 4 moons) - pretty cool.Tripod is a little low (& I'm only 5'4") & not the sturdiness. Hard to keep from moving.Red light Finder works but a little hard to line up & keep aligned (could be the tripod).The telescope is very long - about 38" which makes taking it along a challenge. I recently went on a houseboat trip & it wasn't the easy thing to tote - but still glad I took it along.Next: focus and photography Jupiter & Saturn. I can see me upgrading this telescope sooner than I thought.

Reviewer: KAHRAMAN SENOL
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Çocuklar ile eğlenceli vakit geçirebileceğiniz bir teleskop. İstanbuldayım, şehrin ışıklarına rağmen ilk kullanımda ayı çok net görebildik. Kraterlerini net olarak inceledik. 10 ve 20 mm lens ile geliyor. 20 mm ile bir kaç yıldıza baktık, istanbulda pek yeterli değil. 10mm ile yıldızlara ilk kullanımda odaklayamadım, ama aya odaklayabildim.ikinici kullanımımda gezegenlere bakmayı deneyeceğim. bu ürünü alanlara şu setide öneriyorlar AstroMaster Accessory Kit - 1.25" alıp bunu deneyeceğim.

Reviewer: Nico
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Piece déjà abîmé des son arrivé. L'emballage toujours intact mais piece.....