one of the easiest ways to align it to the night sky is using a the solar system align.
got it for my 10-year old son.
it's too cold outside when its dark in winter and it takes too long to wait for the night time in summer :)
first, it is very easy to use.
i'm not an astronomy major, neither an expert in optics.
every now and then i like to view the night sky with a telescope.
celestron scopes are worth the money and time to learn them.david, smca pros: accurate, good value best uses: astronomy describe yourself: casual/recreational
=o/ i have used the scope for two nights so far.
very good and easy to use!
i havent yet used it much, but in about 2 weeks or so that i have owned the telescope, i have used it each night irrespective of the seeing conditions.
i bought this telescope for my son for christmas, it looks like it cost as much as some of the high priced telescopes and it works just as well, this is quite a bang for the buck.
the very night i gave it to them, they (actually, the dad) set it up and enjoyed looking at the moon with it.
he absolutely loves it and we have spent every night since exploring the stars and moon.
this was a christmas present for my 9 year old daughter and she absolutely loves it.
we don't buy a lot of the computer games for our son so we opted for a telescope.
overall its a good scope for a beginner or an intermediate looking for a portable scope.
very sturdy easy to put together and just as easy to use.
the library of stars, planets, etc is astonomial, but at the same time rather difficult to use and try to get the scope aligned.
you can see the moon, wow.
the nights i tried it were in the area of 7 for seeing conditions.
it's easy to use and gives great views of th night sky, as well as a lot of additional information.
i was almost put off from purchasing starry night pro 6 as some previous reviews said it was not compatible with microsoft vista.
it is fairly easy to use as soon as you start it up, i still haven't read the books that cone with it, but i am having no problem tooling around the heavens and time..
starry night is very macintosh friendly but is cross platform, so that i could "talk" to amateurs who using the windows version.
really enjoy viewing the night sky real time.
i got my powerseeker 127 today and i took it out for some star watching right away.
i won this at a raffle and have enjoyed it everyday, i live in az so winter month is great stargazing weather.
moon looks great through it and i can really pick up alot of detail on its craters.
i am new to astronomy but got hooked on it.
this is my son's first telescope.
i like use the celestron nexstar 130 slt telescope by celestron when i am with my family and friends in camping and i like this model because it look for the stars automatic .
great telescope, detail in orion nebula/moon/moons of jupiter it vibrates as you focus but that is okaygoto is very easy, just make sure that your tripod is level pros: accurate, goto is very
only thing i would have to say negatively about this unit is the mount that holds it to the goto device - mine slid off one night as the vibrations of the movement loosened the screw clamping the
it's a perfect telescope for a beginner and/or someone on a limited budget.
the double axis tracking allows me to see the rings of saturn from the living room by aligning on a planet: the degradation of the image through the plate glass windows (but hey it way below zero
i got this telescope for a present, that same night i took it out into my backyard.
you can see the planets for sure,the moon looks awesome through this telescope,it will not dissapoint you.autoalign is quit hard to use but it does work.
it was a present for our 15 year old son.
the first night i set it up we saw some great images and the nightly tour was a great feature.
it's a pain to have to re-caliburate it every night.
the auto star makes it a breeze for beginners; just align the scope and bam" that is it!
we are beginners and its pretty easy to use.
i have three children ranging from age 14 to 4, this was a gift for the summer and it's turned out really well.
if you are not familiar with the night sky and where things are located, it can get very frustrating spending up to 30 minutes just to find one object to look at!
as i previously stated, a nice starter system for a family to begin viewing.
as someone with a renewed interest in astronomy, i wanted a telescope with good light gathering power (better than what i had as a child, both a 50mm refractor and a 6 inch reflector).
i've already had several nights and mornings of excellent viewing and can't wait to get a look at jupiter when it finally gets high enough to get a decent shot at it.
but this was always a premium feature, unavailable to observers on a tight budget, unless they built their own.
the reflex sight makes finding objects quick work, even fairly dim object such as the andromeda galaxy.
john dobson's simple and portable but powerful scopes opened up the world of deep-sky observing to the average amateur astronomer.
while the directions aren't the best for getting the auto star to work, try weasner's mighty etx web site for better directions.
the bottom line: great scope for all stages of astronomy.
pros: small, light, great optics, easy to use, electronic goto, very portable
- goto function on scope will allow you to see many sights in one night as opposed to spending a lot of time trying to find just one (ok, i'm a very amateur astronomer).
i love the way it is easy to use for land viewing and gives nice views of the moon and its craters, specially when i use the high powered eyepiece.
he was always out on the back porch looking at the night sky.
* telescopes are difficult to use, locating stars/planets is quite difficult, and requires a lot of patience (not all kids come with this!)
i suppose it is adequate for the moon, but that is it.
finding any object other than the moon will be an exercise in frustration.
it was so nice to focus my new galileo telescope to this star that turned to be saturn with his rings at the end, and over a week later at early morning i could watch jupiter with three of his moons.
the first time i used it, i had no problems seeing the craters in the moon.
if this had cost $30 more, i would only give it 3 stars.
i would definitely suggest buying this telescope for any beginner.
i bought this telescope for myself because i always loved space.
the lenses are all easy to use and provide a very good picture for a [$] telescope.
excellent for beginners and amateurs.best buy if you are planning to become a future astrnomer.
we purchased this telescope as a starter for our 10 year old son.
he was so excited to see a close up view of the moon.
if you want to kill a child's growing interest in astronomy, buy this telescope.
just a few days ago i used my night sky magazine(which is a great magazine by the way) and was able to find saturn for it is high in the sky right by the beehive cluster and close to gemini right now.
as soon as i brought it home i took it out of the box and gasped in awe.
you can use it for star gazing or land viewing.
summary: this is a good telescope for the starters, also for the budget person.
easy to use.
the bottom line: initial impression was that it is not easy to use the computer navigation system, which is the big selling point for novice, mainly because of the poorly written instruction manual.
i have seen the glow of the moon and that is about it....
avoid the problems with this item by avoiding the telescope, avoid saying to your wife 'man what a beautiful night sky.
that being said, this scope is a perfect starter scope for lunar and planetary exploration.
needs fine tuning out of the box but thats a given. the bottom line: really a 3.5 in my book.
- the package is fully featured, and out of the box, you can get set up and get going quickly.
you don't need a computer to find the moon, the larger planets or the brighter objects that this scope is capable of seeing.
I have owned 8 maybe 10 telescopes in my life .
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