Celestron - PowerSeeker 50AZ Telescope - Manual Alt-Azimuth Telescope for Beginners - Compact and Portable - Bonus Astronomy Software Package - 50mm Aperture

This review is my honest attempt to tell folks about a great little scope, before I purchased this scope I had to read the reviews to find out if the scope is any good , bad ,or reviews written by people that are clueless to the cause.i always start out with the one stars, there you weed out the clueless and people that just like to complain and hear themselves fuss, I definitely ignored the folks that said I can’t see a thing, or you can do just as good looking with your bare eyes in your back yard, for these people I recommend finding a life, now will jump to the 3 stars, this group I find have legitimate claims, like maybe the Barlow lens doesn’t work, with this scope it doesn’t work , I for the life of me cannot figure out why they included a 3x Barlow lens with this scope , way to powerful, 2 times would have been better, and now the 5 star reviews sometimes seem to go over board, and that’s what I’m about to do, I bought this for my granddaughter for her birthday which is about two weeks away, yes I opened it to make sure it was not broken and in good working order, I was impressed with its ability with power and sharpness, I liked it so much I bought grand pop one two, thank you grandmom, just an added note I have many scopes in many sizes and styles, so I know enough to get around the hobby, I live in the northeast and it’s February here and cold out under the night skies, took scope out early to cool off and set the finder scope with ease, and waited till Orion what’s high in the southern sky, with two pocket warmers one in each glove started my search for Orion Nebula, useind a 62* 6 mm lens found it with ease, the view was great, small of course but was able to see a,b,c,d, stars with separation and you could def see e and f siting in the background, I was impressed with how sharp and bright the image was, no joke, for. $100.00 scope I’d say money well spent , I started to look for the horse head nebula but my fingers hurt and the cold won out, so now the wait for warmer weather stairing me down like it does most folks , as I said before I have many scopes , many great scopes, this one I just had to have , did I really need it , probably not , want won out , besides it looks good on my wall with all my other smaller group of scopes, so all in all I think it’s worth the buy, as with all scopes ,it’s a must to have good lenses, , could one do better with a different scope , sure you could, and it will cost ya I’m sure , I can say read between the reviews and take the plunge, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed at all, I don’t receive anything for my reviews just peace of mine knowing I told the truth and give ya my best with my purchase, have fun

Awesome. My son lives looking at the moon and stars

I have now had several weeks to get accustomed to the Celestron PowerSeeker 60AZ telescope. I must say it more than lives up to its price point. For casual stargazing, there is not much better of a choice to make. Anything from the Moon to the Andromeda Galaxy can be found easily using the finder scope and provided eyepieces. For basic to intermediate astrophotography, it gets a little iffy. The mount provided shakes a lot in response to any contact made with it, making shots taken with a phone immensely difficult to line up. If you are going to use this for astrophotography, invest in a stronger, heavier mount. Also consider purchasing at least an additional ~10mm eyepiece and an entry-level CCD camera. I am saving up for one as this review is being written. Optical quality is right on-par with other Celestron products, in that it is nearly flawless. Once the scope is properly focused, objects appear absolutely crystal clear. Overall, this scope is utterly perfect for beginners as-is, but any higher level of dedication requires much additional equipment.

First time user here. I know nothing about telescopes or stargazing, but after watching a few space movies (Interstellar, Apollo 13, and the like) I had the space travel itch, but had to settle for land-based viewing. My wife purchased this for me for my birthday. It was easy to put together and seems like good quality. I looked at the moon the first time I put it up. Got some nice views of it. However, it is very difficult to find stars. Moving up and down is fairly easy by loosening one of the screws, but there isn't a reliable and easy way to move left to right. Once I was able to get in the general area of a star, I had to move the telescope around for an eternity to finally get the star in my sights. At that point, my hand was usually in an uncomfortable position and it became impossible to try to switch lenses for a better view without having to start the whole process over again. Perhaps it is just that my mind has to adjust to the whole upside-down left-to-right nature of telescoping. I've never used another telescope besides at a star party in 5th grade, so I really can't say how this compares to others. It does seem rather shaky as others have mentioned, but for the price, perhaps it is a good start.

I got this one for my niece birthday, It is worth it for the price. It is easy to assemble and work with. She could see moon easily with details.

This product is amazing and its worth every penny

Gave this telescope to my grandson as a gift. He really likes it. Good quality.

this is good but not what i was thinking you can only watch moon perfectly according to my experience but still i will say this is not bad

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