Celestron PowerSeeker 70EQ Telescope (Black)

Assembly was done within 30 minutes The tripod stand is light to carry and features a holder for various lens and their covers. The eye-piece is a little surprising in that it rotates about the main telescope axis very freely and does not stay in a fixed position. The mechanisms to lock movement about the any particular axis aren't obvious especially in the dark. It would help to keep a small light handy while using the scope. The view finder does not point in the same direction as the telescope in general, it needs adjusting using the alignment screws provided. The knobs provided for Ra and Dec adjustment are made of bendable plastic tubes that keep the instrument light while allowing fine movement of the scope. I was not able to use the 3x barlow extentsion along with the provided 3mm and 20mm eye-pieces to get a zoomed in view of whatever was in focus. Overall, I'm happy that I was able to observer celestial objects more clearly. It is a decent telescope for beginners that delivers on the promise while introducing you to the world of astronomy and all its technicalities. The constant movement of closer celestial objects like the moon and jupiter make it tricky to keep the scope alinged at an object constantly.

I have been using this since last about 2 months. My observations are as under: 1. Build quality is very good. 2. EQ mount is quit good but has light weight. Has to put heavy object on it to make it stable. 3. Included lenses are good to see moon only. More lenses especially plossl and 2x barlow to be purchases separately. 4. Chromatic aberration is quite visible. I have been able to see moon and Jupiter alongwith its 3 moons (using extra purchased plossl lenses and barlow). See attached photo of moon taken with my Galaxy A5. Slight Blur is due to shaking of phone. Overall this a nice telescope to begin with.

I have for last couple of years been contemplating to buy a telescope and venture out into astronomical world. Did a lot of research and finally went for this EQ mount refracting telescope. For a beginner, it is very important to realize what do you want to do with your telescope? Will it be a pass-time hobby, or a serious one where you get to spend a lot of time and also watch celestial objects and DSO. Since I am a novice, I made a decision to buy the Celestron PowerSeeker 70 EQ and I can say- (1) It has really great quality Objective (70mm lens), (2) It is pretty light weight and I have already seen the Orion's nebula twice on two different night, (3) It is really great value for money. However, there are some cons too- (1) The mount steel stand is not that stable, not good build (however I have attached a heavy bag, to make it stable) (2) The telescope itself shakes a lot while focusing, a normal for any such cheap builds. need to wait for 2-3 sec after focusing (3) 25mm eyepiece is great, however providing a 4 mm eyepiece for this 2.75" telescope is actually not justified. Using the 3X Barlow with 25mm does the job. (4)The declination and accession knobs are not good quality, (5) Does not have any azimuth knob (had to manually move when polar aligning. However, I am not complaining, for a 2.75" refracting lens within 12K with such great quality I have started learn the night sky. I do wish to upgrade to a reflecting telescope later but had to begin somewhere. Good telescope, can improve on the stand and would suggest to provide a 10mm eyepiece rather than a 4mm eyepiece.

Its a grt buy for beginners specially kids above 14yrs. Easy to catch the idea to use

very good product

Great for beginners. Easy to assemble

Very difficult to assemble. And use. No technical support available on the ground, physically, in India. And that's really challenging. For something like this, ideally, there should be someone doing installation and demo, much like consumer appliances like large TV

Good product for beginners.

جا فكرتون مرتب ماشاء الله وسهل التركيب طريقة استخدامه فيه مقاطع كثيره باليوتيوب لطريقه التكريب والاستخدام شكرا على سرعة التوصيل

A special birthday gift. Seems of good quality, son says it was quite easy to assemble, and looks very good. He recommends purchasing a separate filter as there is some glare when looking through at the moon. But was thrilled to receive it.

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Compré siendo principiante en la astronomía. Vivo en una zona concurrida, con contaminación lumínica y de aire. Esto no detuvo al telescopio pues logré ver sin mucho problema Venus, muy brillante. Jupiter, Saturno y Marte igual bien con sus colores. Para observar la Luna también resultó genial. El lente que trae de 20mm es de muy buena calidad y en verdad los planetas se ven geniales. El lente de 4mm ya no tanto, recomiendo comprar uno mejor. La montura ecuatorial es perfecta y resistente

I'm giving it five stars because of bang for buck. I bought it after reading Gustav Mahler review and I'm not sure I can add to that review but I will try.First it came very well boxed three times in fact. There was a instruction booklet and for me the assembly was easy. I must say at first un-packing it it did seem intimating but the pictures help (stick to the pictures) because the side RA was turn 180 out to make packing possible. There were nine easy steps. There was a screw driver left over that looked like a part I missed. (Look says screwdriver on it). I didn't need a screw driver. I suggest you do not go any tighter than you need to and that is not tight. Too tight can do damage and many people tend to over do that. Its your baby go easy. Con's - I was not happy with the finder scope. I think that could have been improved. The tripod was OK. It had points on the tips and not rubber feet. I have a Galileo tripod I use for a small 400mm-70mm scope I do bird watching with and I think I like that one better. Pro's - I like the slow motion knobs. I thought I give them a try because too often in my pass I used a short scope with high power lens on a solid base to lessen the shaking due to moving it and near by earth movement, such as trucks going by when out on a patio. Those were better for those earthy harmonics than the long tube type. But with out the slow motion cables I over come the resistance that held the scope at aim and when it broke that hold the scope would over shoot and I would be way off my target. This cable knob type may be the lesser of the two evils and it gives me power like I never had. The lens tray has a lip on it so I can just place my lens in that with there case's on. It came with two CD disks. One instructions that was good but for the Polar alignment I like U-Tube. On that CD I couldn't get into accessory to see what the dove tail fastener was met for. I think its an optional digital camera holder. The second CD ( not II ). Asked for me to download a set up soft ware and I do not down load strange exe. In short, it was like a telescope that cost twice what I paid. That and reviews is what drives Amazon I think... IMPORTANT... This is a heavy scope with lots of cast iron to it. 18 Lps. It is a bad boy so if your female (like me) or not up to moving that weight, it may not be for you. I plan to back-pack the counter weight & my lens if I'm going too far with it. I wouldn't want a scope any more heavy than this. There you have it. Not sure I did better than the Gustav Mahler review. He is right, optics are great. Five stars. I can't believe I got a scope this good for this cost. I have four telescopes now. This one is the power house but I still in-joy the others. They have there place.