Sheesh. Once again, I've been given a humiliating demonstration in that most basic lesson of consump

decent optics

flimsy; badly designed; almost impossible to aim

I bought this for my son a few months ago to help with a class project. It's not the strongest telescope in the world, but for the price range it's great. Good for kids.

Comfortable Eyepiece; Quality Lenses

Amazon Verified Purchase ( What's this? ) The smaller eyepiece for finding the object you want is easier to use than the larger for detailed viewing, but this is a very nice starter telescope for your kids.

Such a great first telescope. I have used this item for so many hours I have lost count. This would also make an incredible gift.

I am so amazed by this telescope! I thought that such a cheap option would prove to be disappointing, but I was wrong; It comes with an equatorial mount and 2 lenses, 45 or 125 x magnification; I can see the moon close up and all it's details; I found Saturn and can even see the rings.

For the price; there is nothing wrong

I bought this telescope for my 11 yr old and she was very excited but when we attemted to use telescope it was very hard to find objects with the finderscope and then focus on them with the main scope. The barlow lens is useless. I do not recommend this telescope.

This was broken when we opened it. We plan on replacing it.

Celestron utmost to see the stars, excellent product exceeded my expectations have always said that the products offered on ebay are of excellent quality and variety, congratulations ebay .

I got this for my kids, and they loved it! With a little bit of help from dad, the scope was set up quite quickly (Within half an hour, by the kids themselves!). Finding the moon was very easy, and we all marvelled at how clear the moon looks.

light; price; portability

I hesitated buying this due to the large number of astronomical websites saying that the Alt-Azimuth mount was not a wise choice for a beginner and they clearly favoured the equatorial mount.

i bought this a present for my boyfriend as he said he would like to start looking at the stars and moon etc and its fantastic. fantastic instructions, what to look for and where, how to adjust the telescope. its just great.