2024 the best telescope to see planets review
Price: $219.95 - $142.49
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Amateur astronomers will love the user-friendly features of Celestron’s PowerSeeker series of entry-level telescopes. The Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ is an easy-to-use and powerful telescope. PowerSeeker Series Celestron telescopes have been designed with a combination of value, quality, power, and user-friendly features to enhance the experience for novice telescope users. This 127EQ telescope is the perfect choice for families in search of a high-quality telescope that is affordable and provides years of enjoyment. Powerful magnification and easy-to-use controls allow astronomers to obtain crisp views of the Moon, the rings of Saturn, and Jupiter’s Galilean moons. The telescope’s sturdy and durable mount features large, easy-to-manipulate slow-motion control knobs, allowing users to track objects smoothly. The 3x Barlow lens is added to triple the magnification power of the included 20mm and 4mm eyepieces. This essentially provides you with four eyepieces, giving you flexibility to view a wide range of outdoor or celestial objects. We’ve included an accessory tray to store accessories conveniently and download of our Starry Night Basic Edition astronomy software with information on 10, 000 celestial objects, printable sky maps, and more. The software can be used on your Mac, PC or laptop. It’s the best way to learn about the night sky and plan your next observing session. Additional accessories include a travel tripod. 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. To ensure you have a great experience your first night under the stars, please refer to the User Guide in the Technical Specifications section below. Adjustable, full height tripod with deluxe accessory tray.
PERFECT ENTRY-LEVEL TELESCOPE: The Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ is an easy-to-use and powerful telescope. This 127mm Newtonian Reflector offers enough light gathering ability to see planets, the Moon's craters, distant stars, the Orion Nebula, and more.
MANUAL GERMAN EQUATORIAL MOUNT: With its slow-motion altitude rod, the German Equatorial mount allows you to navigate the sky with ease. Find celestial objects quickly and follow them smoothly & accurately as they appear to drift across the night sky.
COMPACT AND PORTABLE: The ideal telescope for adults and kids to use together, the PowerSeeker is compact, lightweight, and portable. Take it to your favorite campsite, a dark sky observing site, or simply the backyard.
MULTIPLE ACCESSORIES: The Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ Telescope comes with 2 quality eyepieces (20mm and 4mm) plus a 3x Barlow lens to triple the power of each. You'll also receive a FREE download of one of the top-rated astronomy software programs.
UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.
Reviewer: Donald
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Its great for the price. Collimation is not as bad as others say
Review: Ok so a few things, the first with collimation. This is the first reflector telescope ive owned, I read a lot of reviews about how difficult this telescope is to collimate before I bought it and decided I was up for the challenge anyway. It turned out to not be as difficult for me as others suggested it would be. I used both a chesire collimating eye piece and a laser collimator. I was afraid to take the focuser out of the tube and remove the lens to laser collimate it as many people have suggested, so I used the Cheshire collimator first and then used the laser to confirm it was collimated. Next I shined a flashlight through to focuser tube and aimed the telescope directly at the wall to see if the light came out Evenly and it did. The final test was the star test aiming the telescope at a star and two planets (saturn and jupter) and zooming out to show the crosshairs of the main tube lining up with the image perfectly. So all in all, the collimation process for this telescope isn't the monster a lot of people make it out to be in my experience. Due to the primary mirror's shape being spherical rather than curved like true Newtonian reflectors, the trick to collimating this telescope is to have the primary mirror as straight as possible rather than tilt it, then adjust the secondary mirror accordingly to line up with both the focuser tube and the primary mirror.The second thing I want to address is the view which was nice I was able to see the planets saturn and jupiter relatively clearly, but was somewhat obstructed due to the atmospheric distortion between the temperature inside my room and the outside air as its the middle of November and its already quite cold. Something I learned about reflector telescopes is in order to get the best image, the air inside the telescope must match the temperature outside. This telescope is said to max out at 300x magnification, but I was able to push it to 480x magnification using the 3x Barlow lens that comes with the telescope, another 2x barlow lens, and a 12.5mm eye piece before everything became too blurry to see. At that point I could make out a few of Jupiter's colored bands but again the atmospheric distortion hindered the view. The 20mm eyepiece it comes with is ok up to 150x magnification with the 3x Barlow lens but after that the quality drops sharply, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to purchase additional pieces, I haven't really used the 4mm eye piece because the lens is so small it would be a pain to look through so I just stack Barlow lenses with wider eyepieces.Finally the finder scope isn't too bad despite the negative reviews. Mine isn't even perfectly aligned and I had little trouble finding objects in the night sky.Also, this may be a nice "beginner" scope for budding astronomers, but I certainly wouldn't give it to a kid to put together, mainly because of its size and weight. It does take a little tinkering, time, patience, and the right tools to get the most out of it. You'll need a size 2 allen wrench to collimate it. All in all, I'm satisfied for the price I paid for it. I'm glad I ignored all the nay sayers who bash this telescope and its particular design in general.One last thing, be careful with the telescope cap for the main tube, its not as sturdy as it looks and is really the only complaint I have about this product. I've dropped it once or twice and a nice sized crack appeared in it
Reviewer: simon pratchett
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Scope!!!
Review: This scope catches a lot of flack in the forums and here. Let me demystify some of the bad reviews.1) Collimation This telescope can be collimated easily by eye, if you want to collimate with a laser, you'll have to remove the corrective lens in the focuser tube. If you love to tinker knock yourself out however, this isn't the most powerful scope you can buy so, eye collimation is more than enough to be happy.2) The finder scope is unusable While I agree, it's not the best finder scope out there and lining it up with the telescope can take a long time but, it is possible with time and patients. It's also replaceable so if you don't like it, get another one. (note: it is a scope and not a finder, the image is reversed in the finder)3) I can't see anything out of this thing You need to collimate the scope and line up the finder scope, the instructions are in the manual for eye collimation (tip: back the focuser tube all the way out when you collimate, doing this will let you see both the secondary mirror and the primary, also note, this went through shipping and if it arrived with all the mirrors aligned and ready to go, get a power ball ticket because you'd be the luckiest person on the planet4) The Barlow is useless Please google and youtube what a barlow is and how to use them, it's not a true lens and once you find out its true purpose, it'll make more sense5) The 4mm lens is useless See my comment on the barlow, using the barlow with the 4mm will tame things a bit, also, get a lens and filter kit with a 15mm and a 9mm lens.6) The Telescope doesn't stay put on the tripod. The counterweight on this telescope is not for looks, you need to use it to balance the telescope on the eq mount. when the counter weight is properly balanced, you can put the telescope in any position on the right ascension axis and it'll stay put. The Telescope itself also has to be balanced front to back in the mounting hoops (youtube it, there are a billion tutorials on how to do this.) One last comment on this issue is, do not try to push the telescope into position with the clutches locked, use the controls on the tripod to position the scope, if you need to make big adjustments, loosen the clutches (should be OK because your telescope is balanced) position the scope to the general area of viewing, lock the clutches and use the controls to fine tune. If you push the scope around with the clutches locked you're manhandling the gears that the controls are attached to and you can push them out of whack, don't do this.Here's the deal, this is a marvelous telescope for UNDER 200 American green backs!!! When properly set up, balanced and overall ready to view, it's a great scope and it's a lot of fun. Buying upgrades for the scope will add to your viewing pleasure. Yes you can see our planetary neighbors, the moon looks fantastic, in a dark place, you can see some deeper space stuff.Is this a good scope for beginners? Yes I think it is, backyard astronomy is not a plug and play out of the box and looking at Jupiter kind of deal. A telescope is a pretty sensitive thing that takes a little love. If you're just starting out and collimation, calibration and generic tinkering is not your thing, this may not be your hobby, heck aside from sitting on the couch, I don't know what hobby doesn't require a little hands on setup and tinkering.Finding stuff in the sky is hard, small movements at the scope have a huge impact on where you're looking in the sky, youtube is your friend, so is google.
Reviewer: LetÃcia Ribeiro
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Chegou tudo muito bem embalado, quando chegou no Brasil foi taxado por um valor altÃssimo, porém tudo foi resolvido pelo vendedor, ele pagou todas as taxas e chegou rapidinho aqui em casa!! Foi presente de aniversário pro marido, e ele sorriu de uma orelha a outra. Super satisfeita!
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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Reviewer: Vito Colella
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Telescopio riflettore potente, ideale per osservare stelle e pianeti. Ottima qualità ottica, offre immagini dettagliate e chiare. Perfetto per appassionati e astronomi principianti.
Reviewer: Rami El Sourani
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Bonne première expérience
Reviewer: Chris83
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Der Celestron 21045 PowerSeeker 114EQ war ein Geschenk für meinen Sohn. Nach etwas einlese und Einarbeitungszeit muss ich dieses Spiegeltelskop hervorheben. Es ist Einsteigerfreundlich und hat meine âastronomischenâ Erwartungen übertroffen. Die Kombination aus beeindruckender Optik und Benutzerfreundlichkeit macht ihn ideal für kleine und groÃe Einsteiger sowie Hobbyastronomen.Die 114mm Ãffnung ermöglicht klare und detaillierte Beobachtungen von Himmelskörpern. Die mitgelieferten Okulare bieten eine gute Auswahl für verschiedene VergröÃerungen. Die Montierung ist stabil und einfach zu bedienen, was die Nachführung der Himmelsobjekte erleichtert.Die beigefügte Barlow-Linse erweitert die Vielseitigkeit des Teleskops, und der mitgelieferte Sucher macht das Ausrichten auf den gewünschten Himmelskörper unkompliziert. Die Aufbauanleitung ist gut verständlich, was den Einstieg in die Astronomie für Anfänger erleichtert.Die Qualität des Teleskops in Bezug auf Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis ist beeindruckend. Es bietet einen klaren Blick auf den Mond, Planeten und sogar einige Deep-Sky-Objekte. Die robuste Bauweise und das ansprechende Design runden das positive Gesamtbild ab.Insgesamt ist der Celestron 21045 PowerSeeker 114EQ Spiegeltelskop eine hervorragende Wahl für Astronomie-Enthusiasten, die nach einem erschwinglichen und leistungsfähigen Teleskop suchen.5/5 Sterne â Einsteigerfreundlich und leistungsstark zugleich!
Customers say
Customers like the quality and value of the telescope. They mention it provides excellent views of Jupiter and the Galilean moons Io. Some say it's well-made for the money. However, some customers have reported that the tripod is wobbly. Opinions are mixed on the ease of assembly, build quality, functionality, clarity, and scope quality.
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