Celestron - AstroMaster 90EQ Refractor Telescope - Refractor Telescope for Beginners - Fully-Coated Glass Optics - Adjustable-Height Tripod - Bonus Astronomy Software Package

The media could not be loaded. Here are some exciting experiences you can have with the AstroMaster 130:1. *Crystal-clear views* of the Moon's craters, mountains, and phases.2. *Breathtaking views* of planets like Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus.3. *Deep-space exploration* of nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies like the Orion Nebula, Pleiades, and Andromeda Galaxy.4. *Observing double stars* and binary star systems like Albireo and Mizar.5. *Witnessing celestial events* like lunar eclipses, planetary alignments, and meteor showers.With the AstroMaster 130, you can also try:1. *Astrophotography* to capture stunning images of the night sky.2. *Planetary observation* to study the details of planets and their moons.3. *Deep-space exploration* to discover new objects and wonders in the universe.

The telescope is decent,but for that price range it'sone of the best.you can see the planets along with some bright deep sky objects,but they appear like grey smudges.Its quality is ok but the stand is skaky.its an advisable scope for beginners as most dobsonians have gon up in price lately.

Value of money

A nice product, handy to use, but I recommend without motor for new buyers, not becoz its useless, but becoz u won't get a working motor in India, not atleast on amazon, go to a shop and buy it rather, even if u r buying on amazon, don't buy from Tiger retail slp atleast. My motor drive works only when I keep the power switch pressed, I wonder if it works from my hand's energy or what.I called up customer care amazon to replace the motor, they suggested me to replace the whole order or contact the seller based in mumbai, they asked me to send mail after mail.what is the problem?Send the order id, send ur email address, send your address, video, audio, shoes clothes, aeroplane toys certificates and what not.And after that they will stop recieving your call. Now you are left with two options, waste your 5000/-motor or give your valuable 20 days to replace the whole item. You are able to see the space just for this 3-4 months in clear sky, you won't be able to see it after this and it causes you to waste 20 days out of that, how rude, unprofessional behaviour is that.Tiger retail slp is the worst seller I have dealt with in past few years.

Amazing is just not enough to describe what you see and feel looking through the eyepiece.Venus was my first stop, "wow" was the word that came out when the image got focussed for the first time. I could see the phases of venus with just the 20mm eyepiece. 10mm made the image a bigger one and astonishing.Moon was playing hide and seek with the clouds but when it was well above the horizon and shining brightly, I was spell bound with its beauty. Honestly you could spend hours just looking at the moon. 10mm eyepiece gave an even closer look at the Carter's, the shadows casted by the craters and the mountain ranges on the moon.Jupiter looks like a 2mm ball with very faint bands of methane distinguishable if observed for longer durations. The four moons of Jupiter are just a very minute dots if observed very minutely. But I felty it requires more magnification power to observe Jupiter with it's methane bands and the giant red spot. (May be collimation issue is there)Couldnot see the most beautiful planet Saturn as clouds came in hope to see it when conditions are perfect.These were my first experience of amature astronomy with my first telescope.I don't write reviews at all but this Celestron Astromaster 130eq is such amazing piece that it made me to write such a review. Though there are some points which I would like to list to get the most out of the telescope.1. Lots of patience is required to be able to see what you actually want to see, trust me patience will give you all that you want from this telescope.2. Try to see the videos and go through the instructions manual before beginning assembly of the telescope as it's quite critical for one who has no idea of any such kind before.3. Lot of things has to go right to get the perfect views, if not getting the perfect view wait for the perfect condition to occur.4. The equatorial mount is very heavy and of solid built quality but the pointers are just not right and you can't be sure which degree u are setting on it.5. The tripod is also of heavy construction but if expanded fully it feels more shakey so I don't expand it.6. The secondary mirror was dangling loose when I first unpacked the telescope which totally dishearted me but I did manual collimation as per the instructions manual provided and it was fairly accurate but will eventually require a lazer collimation which again costs around Rs 6000/- to get more sharper images.7. The telescope is very heavy (around 16kgs) and very difficult to move it around in assembled condition. It gave me body pains the next morning after my first setup and observations.8. There are no cromatic abbrations as it is relfector telescope and the optics are of very good qualityThose who are still reading this review and disheartened because I didn't post any pictures of moon or Jupiter for them I just want to tell that pictures just don't do justice to what you can actually see with your naked eye because human eye has 1000 times better dynamic range than any camera. Even I have gone through all the pictures posted in the other reviews. Trust me you are going to see 1000 times better with your naked eye that any of those pictures.If you want to go for this telescope go for it without any hesitation as it will finally give you and out of the world experience.

The telescope in overall could be better, the mount is flimsy and unstable, the legs are not equal and the tripod accessory stand does not fit properly as stated in the manual. That said well it majorly affects the telescopes performance as the obtained images are hard to get because the entire mount is dancing.However the image clarity is good and if you can set a celestial or terrestrial object in its field view the outcome is very satisfying. We tried the moon and it was an excellent viewing experience. However smaller celestial object viewing is impeded by the make of the stand, which is such a shame. Will have to upgrade to a better stand to make full and good use of this telescope.The setting up is simple enough, the manual is very descriptive and then there are YouTube videos too.

This telescope is good for beginners, all that you view better are Moon & Sun. Jupiter & Saturn will be visible with its feature if you use 2x barlow lens. Other than that all other objects appear as a faint dots. If you want to get in to AstroPhotography would suggest to get a better one.

This is a solid unit.The stand is a slight flimsy for the amount of weight of both the telescope and the equatorial mount and weights.I have to use photographer sand bags to keep the unit steady, but still struggle with movement when focusing.I was not impressed with the condition of the box when it was delivered.The box was seriously damaged and I had taken photos as I unpacked it, in the event the telescope was damaged and I would have had to send it back.The device was way out of alignment as a result of the damage to the box, which was clearly from dropping, or being crushed.Because the original product box was shipped inside an Amazon box, it was clear that the damage was done before it was packed into the Amazon box, because the Amazon box was undamaged, whereas the product box was severely damaged.Not a good business practice, to ship a potentially damaged product, when the original product packaging was as damaged as it was and it was very evident that the product box had not been opened to inspect the contents.Fortunately, the device was unscathed and collimation was required to ensure the unit worked efficiently with my DSLR and video cameras.

Tardaras un buen rato en enfocar la luna aun no puedo enfocar planetas es cuestion de mucha practica pero la luna se ve muy genial es muy facil de armar solo que el apuntador lazer nonse si no sirva venia con pila pero no enciende no es algo que me importe sinceramente pero pues esta muy bien el telescopio

Llegó muy bien empacado protegiendo todos sus instrumentos, el montaje es sencillo y la montura ecuatorial y controles sensibles al movimiento ayudan mucho a la observación (aunque aún me considero principiante y sigo aprendiendo) recomiendo ampliamente

So there's been a lot of discussion in the reviews about if this is a beginner telescope or not.As a person who never touched a telescope (except maybe in high school a thousand years ago) until I decided it was something I wanted to try out this year, I emphatically say YES! This is a great beginner scope.Here's the problem with most people's definition of a "beginner" anything. They want it to be rock-bottom priced, and ultra-easy to use. The problem with this mentality, is that often you go so cheap that you wind up getting a product that does not really expose you to the prospective hobby, and while trying to find something ultra-easy to use, it winds up being extremely difficult because it lacks the more expensive tools that were specifically designed to enhance the human ability when performing certain tasks.... NET RESULT: You wind up putting the hobby down out of frustration without ever really trying it out.I think the reality with getting into telescoping (is that a word?) is that you have to first decide that it is something you truly want to try, so that you don't go by a $74 telescope at W*****t (like I did) and expect to actually be introduced to this hobby.So after trying the $74 failure I got this scope due to the (mostly) good reviews, and because of the brand name. Never being in the hobby myself, I still had heard of Celestron.Many reviews showed broken parts. This wasn't the case for me. Everything was intact and assembly was relatively easy for a novice.A few reviews said this was not a beginner telescope because you had to adjust the mirrors, which apparently was a very difficult task to do. I researched this requirement ahead of time, found that for just over $20 you can buy a laser collimator that allows you to do this adjustment in just a few minutes, and decided that wasn't too much to ask to have an opportunity to enjoy this hobby. P.S. when I got the telescope, I used the laser collimator just to find out that the mirrors were perfectly aligned and I didn't need to do any adjusting. But apparently mirror adjusting is inevitable with Newtonian telescopes, so I'll just keep the laser collimator in my kit bag.Now about the beginner using this scope:1. The red dot starfinder is a life saver! At first I thought you could just look through the starfinder, see what you wanted to look at, then see it in the telescope. NOPE! You really need that red dot to put the object into the site picture of the scope (especially on a low MM eyepiece). My only complaint might be that I couldn't perfectly adjust the red dot. When I first got the scope I focused in on a house way down the street, then tried to calibrate the red dot so that it was pefectly centered on the center of what I saw in the eyepiece... It was close, but wasn't perfect. HOWEVER. It is more than sufficient for my beginning level telescoping. With my $74 flunkee scope, I would use the cross hairs to try to align the scope to an object, yet even on a large MM eyepiece I could never find anything smaller than the moon! With this red dot starfinder, I have (easily) been able to align the telescope to both Jupiter and Saturn.2. I may have started of with the starfinder, but the equitorial mount is probably the show winner with this thing. Not to keep referring to my $74 fail, but it is good to have a frame of reference when explaining why sometimes you have to make an investment even for entry-level equipment into a hobby. The $74 fail used a super cheap camera tripod. Problem with these tripods is they don't adjust at a fine enough level to make the small changes to put an object into the site picture. And, despite the fact that the cheap scope didn't weigh anything, it still would drift on the tripod... basically making it impossible to do anything except look at the moon. The Celestron is big and heavy, yet the EQ mount holds it masterfully in position, but the real winner is the fine tuning knobs. I didn't realize just how fast objects move in space (I mean.. I get it. The earth is spinning at 1000 mph, I just never put that together to mean objects move out of a telescope site picture QUICKLY). But with one hand on the fine tuning knob, I can follow the object for a reasonable amount of time to enjoy viewing it. NOTE: I recently bought a motor that I am suppposed to be able to connect to the knob, so that it can automatically hold the picture for me (again... spending more to get the right tools to enjoy the new hobby). Only complaint I have is that one knob seems to be able to adjust indefinitely while the other can only change maybe 20 degrees (10 in each direction) before it hits a stop. After additional study, I think this is because space objects only move in one direction, so if you properly polar align the scope, you should only need one knob to get the object where you want (left and right) and then not touch that again, then solely use the (up and down) knob to follow the object as it moves in the sky... but hey.. I'm new.. I'll learn to use this better too :-)Other than that, the only thing left is the scope. Like I said, I've looked at Jupiter, Saturn, Moon. I can't really speak to the provided eyepieces. Understanding from my research about focal length, and deciding that as a beginner it would help if I had an adjustable eyepiece (so that I can start zoomed out, find the object easier, then zoom in), so I bypassed the provided eyepiece and went straight to a x2 barrow with an 8-24mm adjustable eyepiece. So far it's been great! Saturn is still a little small, so I'm going to see if I can go even smaller on MM and higher on barrow zoom to see if I can really clearly make out the rings.....but do you see what Celestron did? They created a (relatively) affordable telescope that grabbed my interest in the hobby and now I am full on exploring new ways (EQ mount motors, higher zoom barrow, lower MM eyepieces) that I can explore the universe above!

Excelente telescopio, les encantó a mis hijos