Celestron 21049 PowerSeeker 127EQ Reflector Telescope, Black

Good quality i like that good for beginners.

Can see jupiter and it's moons, saturn rings are barely distinguishable, barlow lens is useless, it's best to view the moon, I bought a T-mount lens adapter to use it with my Sony mirrorless camera and it was a very useful accessory, I could take nice pics of the moon. The equatorial mount is not bad, it is stable, but the slow motion screws weared out after several months and now they are still working but they skip some threads. The viewer scope is useless, it moves very easily no matter how strong you fix it, so it is never in line with the mirror. Didn't need collimation yet so I didn't experience how easy or hard is it, but not needing collimation after using and moving around for more than 1 year is a very good sign.

If you are thinking to see very well the planets, forget about it. You will barely be able to see saturn rings. Saturn will appear smaller than a lentil in your arm (1-1.5 m away approx), jupiter can be as big as a chickpea at the same distance. The finder scope (used to point the telescope) is just awfully designed (especially its support, if it was even ever designed!). It is not stable, impossible to get a practical use out of it. Overall, if you are looking for a top quality toy to watch the moon and a bit of planet, this is a good one. Don't expect a high stability, you get what you pay for, but it gets the job done.

Do some research before buying any telescope, this is difficult to work with, because of Jones-bird design. save your money and buy a proper telescope, even if it is a bit expensive.

I am a beginner with telescopes, but I did not find difficulty in setting up the unit. I was able to capture images of the moon and jupiter on first try. One issue i have is the 3x barlow lens. It feels cheap and does not fit well with the 20mm eyepiece. The finder scope also needs a bit of adjusting to make it hold its position. The surface of the finder scope is too slippery. Overall a fun instrument, I can’t wait to use it in darker skies.

Arrived on time next day after ordering. properly packaged. the telescope is very powerful and good value for money. I would recommend it as a starter telescope, but you must know its limitations and will probably need collimating right off the bat.

As expected

Great 1st telescope but it's hard to collimate and the mount is not very sturdy with a lot of backlash

Nice and in good condition received. But i am suggesting that take with motor set Which focus automatically

三脚もしっかりしていて安定は良かった。まだ、月の観察のみですが土星を観察するのが楽しみです。この値段では大変安いと思います。

This scope catches a lot of flack in the forums and here. Let me demystify some of the bad reviews. 1) Collimation This telescope can be collimated easily by eye, if you want to collimate with a laser, you'll have to remove the corrective lens in the focuser tube. If you love to tinker knock yourself out however, this isn't the most powerful scope you can buy so, eye collimation is more than enough to be happy. 2) The finder scope is unusable While I agree, it's not the best finder scope out there and lining it up with the telescope can take a long time but, it is possible with time and patients. It's also replaceable so if you don't like it, get another one. (note: it is a scope and not a finder, the image is reversed in the finder) 3) I can't see anything out of this thing You need to collimate the scope and line up the finder scope, the instructions are in the manual for eye collimation (tip: back the focuser tube all the way out when you collimate, doing this will let you see both the secondary mirror and the primary, also note, this went through shipping and if it arrived with all the mirrors aligned and ready to go, get a power ball ticket because you'd be the luckiest person on the planet 4) The Barlow is useless Please google and youtube what a barlow is and how to use them, it's not a true lens and once you find out its true purpose, it'll make more sense 5) The 4mm lens is useless See my comment on the barlow, using the barlow with the 4mm will tame things a bit, also, get a lens and filter kit with a 15mm and a 9mm lens. 6) The Telescope doesn't stay put on the tripod. The counterweight on this telescope is not for looks, you need to use it to balance the telescope on the eq mount. when the counter weight is properly balanced, you can put the telescope in any position on the right ascension axis and it'll stay put. The Telescope itself also has to be balanced front to back in the mounting hoops (youtube it, there are a billion tutorials on how to do this.) One last comment on this issue is, do not try to push the telescope into position with the clutches locked, use the controls on the tripod to position the scope, if you need to make big adjustments, loosen the clutches (should be OK because your telescope is balanced) position the scope to the general area of viewing, lock the clutches and use the controls to fine tune. If you push the scope around with the clutches locked you're manhandling the gears that the controls are attached to and you can push them out of whack, don't do this. Here's the deal, this is a marvelous telescope for UNDER 200 American green backs!!! When properly set up, balanced and overall ready to view, it's a great scope and it's a lot of fun. Buying upgrades for the scope will add to your viewing pleasure. Yes you can see our planetary neighbors, the moon looks fantastic, in a dark place, you can see some deeper space stuff. Is this a good scope for beginners? Yes I think it is, backyard astronomy is not a plug and play out of the box and looking at Jupiter kind of deal. A telescope is a pretty sensitive thing that takes a little love. If you're just starting out and collimation, calibration and generic tinkering is not your thing, this may not be your hobby, heck aside from sitting on the couch, I don't know what hobby doesn't require a little hands on setup and tinkering. Finding stuff in the sky is hard, small movements at the scope have a huge impact on where you're looking in the sky, youtube is your friend, so is google.

Très bon premier telescope j'utilise régulièrement et j'en suis content