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1 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for HAND
Celestron NexStar 130SLT (31145) (306 x 130mm) Telescope
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$415.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars i.e.: metal screw, much more stable stand, tight stable focus, easier lens covers, illuminated hand controller.
  2. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars the menu items on the hand-held are a little confusing at first so make sure you review the instruction manual regarding the alignment procedure options.
  3. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars the optics are great and the scope's hand held remote is very easy to use.
  4. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars for both the photo software (and corresponding ccd lens - get rid of the usb connection that's only 6' lg) and also the antiquated 'proprietary' serial connnection for the hand-held controller.
  5. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars within a short amount of time, we were able to view objects manually and with the hand-held go-to feature.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth
2 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for HAND
Night Owl Optics STARRY NIGHT Starry Night Pro Version 6 ( Windows Macintosh ) Telescope
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$135.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars star patterns are shown as they would appear in the field of view of your equipment (telescope, lenses, finderscope, binoculars, etc.), which i find handy when navigating my telescope to find a
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars left hand pane has 12 different options.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars it was great being away from light pollution, and of that whole trip my most memorable moment was that, being faced with the lord's handiwork.
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Positives: Easy To Use
3 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for HAND
Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 (750 x 127mm) Telescope
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$102.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars my only gripes about it is the accessory tray only holds five eyepieces and the handscrew on the mount is awkward.
  2. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars i was informed that it could take over 14 days for my purchase to reach me and i had it in my hands in 10 days.
  3. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars also, do not believe this scope can handle 750x or above.
  4. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars at higher powers, (above 150x) the focuser is a little hard to handle.
  5. from www.telescopes.com
    3.0 Stars its an alright telescopethe 4mm is nearly useless but the barlow comes in handymars is seen as only a red disk unless you get other filterssaturn and other planets are small thoughget a bigger
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Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for HAND
Orion StarMax 9824 Telescope
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$440.00 Est. at Amazon
  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars this well made hand telescope is a wonderful gift to give your pirate loving child.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars anyone who's pretty handy at building things will be able to figure it out; but it's not the easiest thing either.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars people who do not care to examine and learn for themselves or are not used to handle and use spyglasses may have some problem getting the focus right.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars on the plus side the sections slide smoothly, the brass is coated to prevent tarnishing, it is a nice handy size to put in a pack.
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Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial
5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for HAND
Celestron Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" (203mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Kit
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$1,199.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.adorama.com
    5.0 Stars the ota is not only detachable (simple clamping with a knob handled screw), but can be adjusted forward and backward of the fork-arm to maintain balance if you have heavy eyepiece assemblies or a
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the hand controller now has a larger database of objects that the scope will go to, and more alignment methods have been added.
  3. from www.adorama.com
    1.0 Star hand controller cannot be re-mounted in its recess.
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Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
 
Meade DS-2130 (350 x 127mm) Telescope
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$320.00 Est. at Amazon
  1. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars so far very happy with scope,the best thing in my opinion is the hand held data board for direct entry pros: accurate, comfortable eyepiece, simple to operate, strong construction best uses:
  2. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars pros: comfortable eyepiece, easy to handle, quality lenses, strong construction cons: difficult to use best uses: astronomy, bird watching
  3. from www.amazon.com
    2.0 Stars the altitudinal and azimuth axes can be disengaged from their gears and rotated by hand.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Mount Type: Altazimuth
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