Celestron 114LCM Computerized Reflector Telescope for Beginners | Finds Thousands of Sky Objects for You, Fully Coated Glass Optics, Bright Views of Planets & More, Great for Families & Kids

Excellent little telescope! The best thing about it is the automated sky tracking. The telescope will track with most objects for quite a while before getting off. This telescope is also fairly compact which is great when going through a doorway. While I had some difficulty getting it to "skyalign" I was able to align to Jupiter no problem. I'm still fairly new at using it, so I haven't figured everything out yet, but it seems pretty straight forward. This telescope does have a Bird-Jones lens, which isn't very clear in the product description. That is how you are able to get such a long focal length with such a small scope. The Bird-Jones lens is like having a permanent Barlow lens built into the focusing tube. Don't forget it is there when cleaning your lenses. If you add a Barlow lens it will most likely over reach the telescope's capability. Make sure you make your calculations before adding non stock lenses. I was able to collimate using a laser collimator without taking out the Bird-Jones lens. Instead of a tiny dot you have a red circle you have to center in the rings. If the circle is fuzzy, then you don't have the beam hitting the focuser tube properly. Once I collimated, I was able to get a clearer image using the more powerful lenses. The laser spotting scope is really nice and can be set accurately, but it is knocked off very easily. The on/off dial is too similar with the alignment adjusters and I've accidentally grabbed the wrong dial in the dark and threw off the alignment. But it is easy to reset. It can be very accurate if you fine tune it with a more powerful optic lens. The photos I took of the planets and moon were with my iPhone. The view was actually much clearer with just my eye. You can see the band around Saturn and the Moons of Jupiter. I'd like to know what other people are using to get the much nicer images using this scope. Now that I have it, I wish I would have went the distance and spent the big bucks on a Celestron Advanced VX 6" f/8 Refractor Telescope.

Well built scope that meets the needs of a novice astronomer. The supplied equipment lacks a moon filter which is a necessity for viewing. This should be purchased at the same time. The computerized locator is easy to use and easily set up. We have used the telescope half a dozen times since purchase and the entire assemblage is easily transported in and out of the house. Set up takes less than 5 minutes, however acclimation of the mirrors to the temperature requires a longer period (this is the same for any scope). I have purchased various eye-pieces and am working through the right combination. The stand is sturdy and well built. It can be adjusted to support multiple height requirements and uneven ground. Tracking of sky targets is smooth and the wired remote enables quick automatic movement to multiple targets enabling viewers to see several objects in a single sitting without long find and adjust times.

Really drains AA batteries, get yourself a rechargeable lithium pack. some drift in the tracking mechanism, but can keep saturn somewhat in center view inside the eyepice, really good at finding stuff from built in memory catalog if you live in a dirty and illuminated sky city,. You wouldn't find it otherwise.. practical magnification limit,.. around 200x It would be awesome if focusing element was a fine adjust knob, as it is coarse it is not easy to focus on the high magnification settings if viewing something other than the moon and everything oscillates if you just touch the knob. Consider spending a lot of extra cash on eyepieces, accesories, adapters, filters,.. probably around 2000usd total cost. Wish for drop in components from the brand would be (1-electron HV photomultiplier image intensifier for low light, 2-autostacking long exposure photo camera, 3-spectrum analysis diffraction grating for determining star chemical compositions) Regarding this not coming straight from supplier with already a decent blister foam padded rolling case vs a cardboard box, that costs 1 star down in review

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I am blown away. I have an extremely large telescope that was built in the 70s and weighs probably 400lbs. So I purchased this due to its portability and for the computerized tracking. What I thought was going to happen was, this wouldn't have as clean of a viewing experience but id like the weight. But no, this telescope was even better! The old telescope can definitely view deeper into space as it can collect alot more light. But this is still very impressive! I will suggest buying aftermarket eyepiecs. I see some other people posting their photos and I don't know if its the stock eyepieces or low quality camera or phone, but I was not impressed, and honestly thought the image quality would be the same for me. But I was wrong, its amazing. If you are thinking about buying it but hesitating because of those photos, just buy it. I assure you that it will knock your sock right off your feet! We happen to be having alot of smoke so I did capture some red moon photos so you can see what its capable of. I can zoom down deep into a single crater of the moon if I want and the tracking will hold it there for me to get some good videos/pix!! I am so impressed. Buy some eyepieces and you will see what I mean!

We were excited to buy this "easy to use" telescope. This thing does NOT send out the necessary wifi signal so you can connect it to the required network for it to be aligned. Fine. No easy set up using SkyAlign app. So ... We figured it was not ideal, but that's just our luck. You can still manually align it. Supposedly. This feature also DOES NOT WORK. We watched every video, followed all the instructions. Nothing but "Failed to Align" error messages over and over. After two weeks of nothing but frustration we even hired a professional to come over and set it up for us thinking maybe we were just doing it wrong. Nope. Even an expert could not get it to send the wifi network signal for the app to connect the scope. He tried to manually align it for us. Same errors. OVER AND OVER. Fine, it's faulty. We got a lemon. I contacted Amazon -- they walked me through all the "how to" we had spent weeks trying to no avail. I explained this several times... finally we were told to just notify the manufacturer. Three days. I've been calling for 3 DAYS. The least amount of time I was on hold before giving up and pressing 1 for a call back was 1 hour and 47 minutes. One day I just left my phone on speaker and waited ... 4 hours later ... still no one picked up. So, customer service and tech support is as non-existent as the wifi network and Sky Align capabilities. Looks like we are the proud owners of a $400 piece of crap. Yay. One disappointed kid. Two frustrated parents. I sure hope the return process is easy. It's going back in the box and being returned.

First, I would like to say Amazon did me a solid. I received this one on 6/6 but due to some health issues and these extremely HOT temperatures it sat unopened for about 5 weeks. Past the return window. After I explained my issues, they let me return it for a full refund and even a UPS pickup. Now to the scope. It was pretty easy to set up. The finder scope is not the best anyway but for a person with a very bad back it was pretty much impossible to use. I am tall and trying to bend over and get my head turned sideways wasn't going to happen. To make it even worse there is no way to effectively upgrade it without drilling holes in the tube which I was not going to do. Next after getting I did some research I should have done earlier. Keeping the Newtonian design collimated looks like a lot of work. What I could see was blurry, couldn't get it into focus and the magnification wasn't great. I know some of the people on the FB groups are elitist snobs or 12-year-old kids trolling but I wish I had taken their thouths on it more to heart. They did get me to doing reviews from websites and a good review was rare. Spend as a few extra bucks. This might keep kids entertained for a while, but I suspect not for long.

I am a novice "astronomer" and this is my first telescope. I laughed at reviews that said get binoculars first. Well...I should have listened. Even though the moon is in the sky and I can see it with my eye, I had a super hard time trying to find it in the telescope and focusing it. It definitely took some practice. But once I got it working, the view is fantastic. I could see the craters on the moon. I thought I could see something cool by just pointing it randomly at the sky, but sadly it doesn't work like that. It really needs precision. All in all, this is a fantastic telescope. If you are starting out, definitively go with a nice pair of powerful binoculars and then get a telescope. Remember to turn the star finder off when not in use because the battery dies FAST. Also, get the Ac adapter with it.

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No dislikes but is a useful piece of kit when scanning the night sky and will stay fixed on a planet at a touch of a button and is very impressive in seeking the planets you program in a nice product well worth the money . Thank you Amazon for a prompt delivery Earl gaunt

Adoro el telescopio, llego antes de lo previsto, fácil de utilizar, es mi primer telescopio y sin usar otro antes fue muy fácil empezar a utilizarlo, la relación focal es muy buena, sin duda lo recomiendo ampliamente.

The product on first opening the box is well packed and looks good. The optics in the actual telescope are about right for the price range. However, the mount is unsteady and wobbles in the wind making astro photography a very hit and miss process. The finder is extremely flimsy and more or less unusable. The product is made in USA and their guarantee is purely USA based. As I live in Spain I am outside their guarantee area for a replacement of the finder. The unit is supplied by Amazon UK and I can find no way to contact them for a replacement finder so I have to either return the whole unit or put up with an unusable finder. Seems crazy

Allora, ci sarebbe tanto da dire, in primis per chi non è del settore come me e si affaccia per la prima volta, il prodotto è ottimo. La parte ostica se cosi la si può definire è la parte dell'allineamento...il menu ha delle localitá pre-stabilite da cui allineare il telescopio, ma sono veramente poche! Al che spero possa essere d'aiuto per chi come me ha avuto un po di problemi, dal menú è possibile impostare lat. e long. del luogo in cui ci si trova...successivamente per chi ha un pp difficoltà con le luci (se non abita in campagna come me), puó allineare io telescopio anche solo con la Luna, selezionandolo sempre dal menú! Altra cosa banale ma puó sfuggire; nel motore il compartimento pile è a 2 livelli, 4 van sotto e 4 sopra, io non me ne ero accorto e pensavo non funzionasse il motore. Ultima cosa, se ne avete la possibilità, andate in un luogo completamente buoio, privo di inquinamento luminoso....altrimenti avrete grosse difficoltà per le cose lontane. Spero di essere d'aiuto, in ogni caso prodotto eccezzionale. Per la custodia consiglio il borsone da 90 cm della neewer.