31150 LCM 114 Series Computerised Newtonian Reflector Telescope, Silver

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

this was my second teliscope that i had got, the first one that i got was a manuel telicope. this teliscope took some getting used to, with all the controles on the hand set and everything but once you are used to it then it is amazing. the views and sights that i have already seen are fab, i have already seen stars like betelguese and planets like juipter in about 4 days of me getting it. if it is your first telicope than it will be perfect. the only down point to the telicope some people says that the tripod is unsteady and the image is shaky, but this doesnt matter and i havnt knowtist this, it doesnt matter anyway because images shake because you are looking through earth atmosphere. also just to go along with this telicope i would recomend the celestron eye piece kit, because you will only get two eye pieces with this telicope and they are fab but you will need more to look at other items. no doubts this is an amazing piece of kit

This is a a good scope and well worth the money. The only thing that has let it down so far is the inadequate finder scope, which I have replaced with a Telrad with good results. I would have given it 5 stars if it wasn't for that. Easy to assemble and worth reading the instructions for set-up. It makes things easier as you progress. Having said that, I've only managed 'solar system align' so far due to the levels of light pollution in my area. I will have to find a better observing site soon. However, that was painless and easy and then I took a bit of the computer guided tour before returning to Jupiter. It's moons are clearly visible with a 25mm lens and I saw the cloud bands faintly using a 2 x Barlow and a 6mm lens. I bought this primarily because of its portability and it delivers well on that front. It is light and easy to move around. The scope detaches from the mount quickly and the tripod is collapsible. Ideal for popping in the boot and a quick re-assemble at the other end. Just what was required. Takes 8 AA batteries and I've been using rechargable ones. They seem to last a reasonable amount of time. Good fun getting to know this scope and so far it's done everything it says it will do. Lots of fun to be had ahead.

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I bought this telescope for my son's 9th birthday (young, but a keen astronomer and founder member of the local astronomy club). The verdict after 18 months use: excellent! At club astronomy nights he is often the first to set up, and, using the fully computerised GOTO (the computer is built-in), observes more objects than many much older and more experienced astronomers. A few points to note: The internal battery pack is good for an hour or two (using rechargeable batteries), but for longer sessions I've bought him an external battery and cable. The external power connector socket is a bit unreliable - its a pity it does not have some sort of firm cable retention. It is unavoidable that objects at higher elevation place the eyepiece low (near the ground). I always wear a pair of workman's knee-pads to help me grovel!. When automatically moving to objects at high elevation the scope sometimes runs into the tripod (it isn't cleaver enough to work out that this is going to happen) - this then usually requires realignment from scratch. This can sometimes be avoided by manually moving the telescope near the object first, but sometimes you just have to wait until the object is lower in the sky. The Celestron "red dot" finder (on all the budget Celestron scopes) is completely useless. I've fitted a Rigel Quikfinder ("mini-Telrad") finder that works a dream. Even taking these issues into account, this scope is fantastic value.

El producto CUMPLE, pero los accesorios son limitados, la presentación dentro de la caja ESCASA, y aunque CELESTRON, no lo veo lo suficientemente robusto, se nota la presencia de su fabricación CHINA. Pocas lentes, también algún accesorio como el GPS etc se echa en falta, DOCUMENTACION sobre el resto de conectores y posibilidades NO ESTAN. SALUDOS

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We ordered the Celestron Telescope and received it within 4 days. It came with a CD that contains all of the information on how to set it up, as well as a very cool astronomy software CD called “The Journey Starts Here” which is VERY useful for the average consumer that is interested in astronomy but doesn’t know where to begin to learn about it. The telescope was packaged very securely and compact for safe shipping. The Quick Setup Guide is straight forward and easy to follow. Having never used a telescope before, much less put one together, we were able to set the whole thing up with no problems following the guide in less than an hour. The Finderscope was easy to align and using the computerized SkyAlign function we were able align the telescope itself using three bright stars within minutes. One of the most amazing things we LOVE about this product is that you can select an object from the internal database and the computer on the telescope will automatically find it for you! Even better, the hand control only displays objects that are currently only visible in the sky given your location. We decided to view Saturn and to our amazement the telescope positioned itself so that it was pointing directly at Saturn. For the record, we had no idea where Saturn was located in the sky, but when I looked through the eyepiece I was in awe. The views with this telescope are amazing! And you can’t beat the price!

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.

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.