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1 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for CHEAP
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 nor does it cost 5 or 10k.."there are good optics and cheap optics but there are no good cheap optics".
  2. from www.adorama.com
    5.0 Stars battery compartment is good (better the meade design) solid solid built, no cheap parts.def a must buy, spend the extra money and get something you dont have to worry about, [...] is the best, gonna
  3. from mike torre from northford, ct, clickfrom.buy.com
    5.0 Stars sturdy tri-pod, steel accessory tray, no cheap parts here!!!
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Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
2 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for CHEAP
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
    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 i'm pleased with the product, given the cheap price.
  3. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars once again, however, it's lightweight, so there is a trade-off between lightweight (and cheap) versus sturdy (and expensive).
  4. from www.telescopes.com
    4.0 Stars we actually bought a cheap one before, but the quality was so bad and we returned it.
  5. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars some of the pieces feel "cheap" and "flimsy" so that makes them very fragile to work with.
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Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial
3 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for CHEAP
Celestron NexStar 102 SLT (200 x 102mm) Telescope
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$415.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.telescopes.com
    5.0 Stars not too small and cheap to be useless, not to big and complex to be difficult.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars my first one was a cheap konus, that got me started.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Refractor, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for CHEAP
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 i can't say against, except that the battery compartment something like they in a hurry designing this, it's a cheap design, the batteries won't fit especially using rechargeable.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars in short, the scope was way better than cheap toy scopes i'd used and all reviews i read said it had great optics for the price with very few problems/annoyances.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    3.0 Stars in addition the mount is wobbly, almost never calms down, and does not come with a collimation tool which would be a cheap part to add, leaving the images just slightly blurry.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth
 
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