Celestron Powerseeker 60 Square Telescope

Celestron PowerSeeker2 60 Astronomical Telescope / Spotting Scope w/ Tri-Ocular Eyepiece Holder - 21028 Celestron PowerSeeker2 60 Astronomical Telescope w/ Tri-Ocular eyepiece Holder - 21028 is a 60mm (2.4″) diameter Refractor Telescope . Celestron PowerSeeker 2 60 mm Telescope ’s un
Customer Review: stay away from this.. please
A piece of real […]. Never even think of buying this. After lot of difficulties, I could finally point it to the moon. I only saw white light through its eye-piece as much as I can see with my naked eyes!!! The eye piece is so small, it seems as if I poked a hole on a piece of paper and watched a portion of the moon through the paper. And I paid so much money to see that […]? Then I focussed on a distant star. It just appeared as it would appear through a 4x cheap binocular. Believe me, don’t buy a telescope if you live in a city and have enough “noise” from other light sources. If you live in a country side, you’d better buy a better telescope and not this […]. I finally sold it on ebay and bought a good pair of Nikon binocular. The moon looks awesome through the Nikon binoculars. Read my other review on Nikon binoculars.
Customer Review: Too Small, Poor Mount, Useless for Astronomy
This scope is not a good starter scope for anyone interested in astronomy. Here’s why: 1. The objective is too small, only 60 mm, 2.36 inches, so it is too small to bring in the light necessary for even a beginning look at the universe. I suppose it is adequate for the moon, but that is it. The planets will appear as very small disks. One will be able to see Saturn’s rings, but the image will be very small. Forget it for deep sky objects, clusters, galaxies, etc. 2. The mount is an altazimuth, which will not follow the celestial object in the sky. The earth is rotating, and anyone focusing on a star or moon will quickly find the object drifting out of the field of vision. A better mount is an equatorial mount which makes it much easier to track objects. 3. The mount will vibrate when touched, which will cause the image in the eyepiece to “shiver”, which is very frustrating. Even for the low price, don’t be enticed by this scope; it has too many flaws. Save your money for a larger scope with a better mount. Jim “Konedog” Koenig, astronomy buff

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