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1 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for FAR
Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 (750 x 127mm) Telescope
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$107.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars but my only problem so far is: the tripod is cheap and the telescope it self moves when im trying to focus (which im sure is my own fault due to not aligning it right) but looking at the moon is
  2. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars so, far i have had difficulties with using the directional controles, but i am sure that once i learn more on how to use the scope it will become easier.
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    4.0 Stars had about a month to play with it, and so far so good.
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    4.0 Stars you will see far more detail at 200x in my opinion.
  5. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars the finder scope serves no usefull function that i can tell and is not adjustable (as far as i can tell).
Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial
2 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for FAR
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
    4.0 Stars the goto function works as intended, and the large apperture in dark locales out of the city glow allows me to see deep space objects far better than i had hoped.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i have now owned this telescope for 4 months, using it (so far) exclusively on upper manhattan...
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i'm still learning how to use it but so far the things i see with it are amazing.
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    3.0 Stars so far, i have not been able to collimate this scope to my liking.
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    3.0 Stars a minor but bothersome problem is that, as far as i can tell by reading and re-reading the user's manual, as well as by going through the entire menu, it is impossible to re-align the scope when it
Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth
3 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for FAR
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
    4.0 Stars =o/ i have used the scope for two nights so far.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars make sure you mount it far enough in so that your scope can go vertical without it hitting the angle lens and preventing it from hitting it's target.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars so far, from my suburban light polluted environment, i've seen over 60 messier objects.
Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
 
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