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Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 750 x 127mm

$107.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
that being said i would still recommend this telescope because it is the most powerful one you can get in its price range.
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you can't buy a telescope for 150 bucks and expect it to come with high precision eye pieces any more than you can expect to buy a car for $9,000 and expect leather seats, power windows and a moon
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i found that the stand and mount vibrate too much for viewing planets like saturn and jupiter under higher power (venus and mars aren't worth looking at in my opinion).
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i would recommend getting a low power eyepiece to help locate objects.
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focusing is hard and scope seems to shake alot when adjusting especially when viewing at high power.

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Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial

2 RECOMMENDED by 8 people for POWER

Celestron NexStar 130SLT 31145 306 x 130mm

$415.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.telescopes.com
while the scope will still slew with low battery power, it will not work optimally.
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the one downer is that it needs 8 aa batteries....so, to save money in the long run, i'd buy both the power tank (12v) and/or at least the celestron ac adapter.
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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
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if you get this scope buy an external power supply of some sort.
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buy a power tank for extended searching.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth

3 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for POWER

Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" 203mm

$1,199.00 Est. at Amazon

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since then, i've added a light pollution filter and a heater to it, along with a denkmeier power switch.
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8 "aa" batteries do not last long in this scope, so if you plan to use it for hours at a time, i would suggest that you purchase the ac adapter, car adapter, or power tank to go with it.
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i bought the ac power supply.
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since the single fork-arm must power motor(s) and the controller, the aa batteries will not last long if you do a lot of slewing.
from Pirich, www.shopping.com
power hungry.

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Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

4 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for POWER

Meade LightBridge 12 in. Deluxe 600 x 304.8mm

$900.00 Est. at Amazon

from "None", www.bhphotovideo.com
the unit only supplies power and display.
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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).
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john dobson's simple and portable but powerful scopes opened up the world of deep-sky observing to the average amateur astronomer.

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Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for POWER

Bushnell NorthStar® 78-8846 675 x 114mm

$40.00 Est. at Amazon

from bryanwilliams, www.shopping.com
powerful, (with some lens upgrades).
from halo_man99, www.shopping.com
pros: great looks, easy to align, powerful computer for amateur astronomers, great viewing capabilities.

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Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Barska Optics AE10756 70076

Barska Optics Barska AE10756 70076, 525 Power Reflector Telescope with Tripod StarWatch Astronom

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

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as a low power terestrial scope up to 60x it's resolution is good and it performs very well.
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although this is a nice furniture piece and the telescope itself has good power, we encountered many problems with our scope which the manufacturer has ignored and refuses to correct.
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this telepscope is a very good telescope.very powerful and clear.easy to use even for a beginner.the only complaint may be the tripod is small and you need to have a sturdy base to set it on for it

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Positives: Easy To Use, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Celestron NexStar 102 SLT 200 x 102mm

$428.00 Est. at Amazon

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the 4" refractor has comparable light gathering power to a 5" reflector (no secondary mirror blocking light).
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i also purchased the power tank and an eyepiece/filter kit.
from Pirich, www.shopping.com
pros: compact, light weight, good optical performance cons: power sensitivity, slow slewing speed, poor finder, seems expensive the bottom line: the idea is nice, but the product only works

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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Refractor, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

Bushnell NorthStar 78-8846 675 x 114mm

$304.00 Est. at Amazon

from bryanwilliams, www.shopping.com
powerful, (with some lens upgrades).
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this item cannot "see" anything at higher powers and propper eyepieces will mot work propperly on it because they are too heavy for the drive mechanism.
from halo_man99, www.shopping.com
pros: great looks, easy to align, powerful computer for amateur astronomers, great viewing capabilities.

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Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

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Celestron PowerSeeker 127 EQ 21049 750 x 127mm

Celestron NexStar 130SLT 31145 306 x 130mm

Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" 203mm

Meade LightBridge 12 in. Deluxe 600 x 304.8mm

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