Celestron Speciality Series Travel Scope 70 Telescope

Great if you want to view distant objects for fun.

I have used this telescope for more than a month now and I love it. The best thing about it is its portability. You can carry it to places with great night sky views. The optics are clear giving crisp images. Both the eyepieces perform well giving a decent field of view. So far, I have seen three star clusters (the best one being the Pleiades), Jupiter with good detail and four of its moons, Mars with decent colour but no detail (even though it was towards the horizon in a polluted sky), Orion Nebula as a grey patch, still magnificent though. I'm waiting for saturn, mercury and venus to come up. UPDATE: Seen saturn's rings and venus. Neither showed any colour. Things to note before buying: 1) The telescope performs very well, the tripod equally badly. It is plastic, very light weight and shakes at even 60x with no wind. If you buy it, start looking for a better tripod. At home, I use it with an equitorial mount and a bigger tripod. 2) The given eyepieces give you 20x (20 mm) and 40x (10 mm) magnification. So if you want to see planets, buy a barlow lens or high power eyepieces. Celestron barlow and eypieces each cost half the price of the telescope itself but there are cheaper Indian alternatives that will do just as well. The maximum magnification I have tried is 133x (6mm plossl and 2x barlow), I'm sure it can handle more. 3)I won't recommend it as a starting telescope. Spend an extra 3-4000 on a bigger telescope with an AZ or equitorial mount. Buy this one only if you like to travel a lot. 4)The finderscope is plastic but this telescope is so small and so manoeuvrable that I never use it.

I bought this telescope for my 6 year old kid. This is the best value for money telescope available for beginners. I taught him to set it up, so its quite easy even for a 6 year old. And then its excellent for daytime viewing or spotting. the optics is of good quality and built is great. For astronomical use, its good enough for moon and planets. I saw Saturn with its rings the other day. The tripod is not of great quality but that'OK , you can use any other good quality camera tripod. The eyepieces are good 10mm and 20 mm providing 40X and 20X magnification. But maybe a pair of 25mm and 10mm would have been better considering the fact that a separate 3X barlow could provide 4 unique magnification. I am pretty happy with the scope and i recommend this as a beginner telescope for kids ( with interest ).

Try to set but can't. It's not easy handle item.

It's doesn't work as they boast. Tripod is very flimsy, keep shaking. Very tiring to use. You will shelf it in a day.

Pics- 1. Moon. 2. Lunar Eclipse. 3. Solar eclipse. 4. Sunset. 5. Jupiter with it's 4 giant moons. Very Good Product. I was amazed by Amazon packaging.. Well protected. And Telescope is good for the beginners.. I enjoyed watching Lunar and it's craters. Edit.1 09/2020 After years of using and viewing, i was fascinated by the depth of the sky i was able to see. Lunar eclipses, lunar craters. I was also able to see Jupiter with its 4 moon, though they are just visible as stars.. I even risked to see Solar eclipse, but rather than direct viewing i was able to project sun, on piece of cardboard through eyepiece. adding darker xray sheet on objective lens will give additional benefit for viewing sun, though its not recommended.. it damages our eye. Also, i was able to see sunspots, just couple of minutes before sun set..

Difficult to get the focus correctly, not stable. not worth for this money

This was gift for our nephew. He simply loved it. Although he is only 9yrs he can assemble it himself.

De schroefdraad van het statiefplaatje ontbreekt, dus kun je de kijker niet op het statief vastzetten. Ik zet de kijker daarom op een eigen fotostatief, en dat gaat goed. De richtkijker is speelgoed. Toch nog 2 sterren, de kijker zelf is redelijk te noemen voor deze prijs. En het geheel is licht en makkelijk vervoerbaar.

Gostei da facilidade de montagem. Muito leve, prático, bem acondicionado. Já sabia que não seria fácil observar planetas, pois como moro em uma cidade onde a luminosidade é muito alta, fica mais difícil. A visualização da Lua Cheia foi fantástico. Satisfeito com o produto. Atendeu minhas expectativas.

Esto va pera todos aquellos que disponéis de este telescopio: disfruto de varios prismáticos astronómicos en formatos 20x90 20x80 15x70 y 10x50 también tengo un refractor 120mm.ATENCION para obtener de una imagen luminosa y detallada teneis que obtener 3 oculares:25mm 27mm 30mm y 40mm.El secreto esta en obtener una pupila de salida superior a 4mm / 25mm=4,3 mmm a 16x 30mm=5,2mm a 13x 40mm=7mm a 10x. El ocular de serie el de 20mm con 40 grados de visión, la imagen no es lo su ficiente brillante por la aperura del refractor 70mm para eso debería de ser 80mm de diámetro.En amazon disponéis de varios oculares de bajo coste Orbinar muy buenos con un campo de visión de entre 50-70 grados a un precio entre 15- 50 euros. RESULTADOS imágenes nítidas y detalladas DEL ESPACIO PROFUNDO DE GRAN CAMPO con nebulosas y cúmulos abiertos cerrados y galaxias como andromeda m81 m82..... Para uso DIURNO las imágenes son de ALTA DEFINICION.La pupila de salida se obtiene dividiendo la apertura del telescopio entre el aumento. El aumento se obtiene dividiendo la distancia focal del telescopio entre los mm del ocular.Hacer la prueba y contareis vuestras impresiones asombrados de como se transforma el telescopio.Recordar que es un refractor y las imágenes son mas definidas que un reflector.Todo esto en un telescopio de viaje.Para planetaria admite 100x como máximo con un ocular de 4mm, mas aumentos la imagen es borrosa.Fijaros que mis prismáticos astronomicos tienen una pupila de salida entre 4-5 mm.Con el ocular de serie de 20mm son 3,5mm y de hay para arriba el refractor se transforma en un traga luz.

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