Celestron 21045 114mm Equatorial PowerSeeker Telescope
by Celestron
|
List Price: Our Price: $104.36 You Save: $85.59 (45%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Digital Camera See more product details |
|---|
Customers in the UK,
Buy this product at amazon.co.uk
for British Pounds
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Celestron 21045 114mm Equatorial PowerSeeker Telescope
Customer Review: Great for the money
Summary: 4 Stars
Mine arrived in black, but that is fine. The scope was bought for a replacement tube. I already have a go to tripod. The optics are very good for the price. The whole assembly is less expensive than any stand alone tube I could find, and it comes with two eyepieces and a Barlow. Not a super scope, but it is a super deal.Customer Review: A Good Telescope
Summary: 4 Stars
Itis a wonderful product with minimum cost. I have tried to and have been able to see some spot in the Moon.
Good product.
Customer Review: Good scope, bad mount
Summary: 3 Stars
I've had this telescope for a couple of years and bought it so I could have another telescope to use in my neighborhood (I live in a city and people regularly line up to look through telescopes when I take them out). Overall, I am happy with the optics, but not pleased with the mount/hardware.
Pros:
- Good image quality. I also own a 4.5" Meade reflector on a GEM and, comparing the two, this telescope has slightly less contrast, but performs equally well under higher magnifications.
- Lightweight. I can grab the telescope + mount with one hand to carry it out. Keep in mind that this is all relative. My other telescopes are a 16" dob (~150 lbs), an 8" EQ (~100 lbs), a 5" EQ refractor (~100 lbs), and several smaller telescopes which all weigh less than 50 lbs (which I consider light and portable).
Neutral:
- Price. Though the telescope is cheap to buy, it also has cheap accessories (see cons below).
Cons:
- Poor quality finder and focuser. The finder, in fact, is so bad that I don't even use it. The focuser has lots of wiggle in the gear and getting a good focus isn't always easy. If this is your first telescope and you can afford it, I would recommend that you buy a Telrad or other laser finder. I say this because, for a beginner with a small scope, you'll have a much easier time locating objects with a star chart and Telrad than with a finder scope. Eventually, you'll want to learn how to use the setting circles and do polar alignment.
- Poor quality eyepieces. The eyepieces and barlow that came with this telescope do an injustice to the good quality optics and I only use them when my friends borrow one of my telescopes when they go camping (I don't want to give them a bunch of $200+ eyepieces). If you can afford it, I would recommend that you buy a couple of 1.25" plossl or better eyepieces (32mm and 13mm should suffice) and a good quality barlow. You can also get a decent kit with filters for about $150.00.
- Poor quality mount. The mount is very shaky and unstable. The gears also have a lot of play in them and it's difficult to get the telescope exactly where you want it. After the first year of use, my gears also started to strip and are almost unusable now. My 4.5" Meade, which I've had for about 2 years longer, still has a very stable mount and the gears are in perfect working order.
Customer Review: its an "alright" telescope
Summary: 3 Stars
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.
Customer Review: Okay Starter Telescope
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a good telescope for starters. The assembly was pretty straight forward but I have found that the structure is not terribly rigid and the finder scope is almost impossible to set without moving the alignment off the object to view. Stability is awful, the least bump will move the alignment and pulling and pushing allows tremendous slew. Great views of near objects (if you can find them without the finder scope being aligned.) Not for serious sky watchers.