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This Item  Celestron - AstroMaster 114EQ Newtonian Telescope - Reflector Telescope for Beginners - Fully-Coated Glass Optics - Adjustable-Height Tripod - Bonus Astronomy Software Package |  |  |  | |
| Price | -20% $332.35 List Price: $416.95 | -24% $239.99 List: $314.60 | -39% $299.99 List: $493.80 | $870.33 |
| Delivery | — | Get it by Saturday, Jul 20 | Get it by Saturday, Jul 20 | Get it by Saturday, Jul 20 |
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| Easy to assemble | ||||
| For beginners | ||||
| Giftable | ||||
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| Sold by | Amazon.ca | Gskyer Inc | Gskyer Inc | Amazon.ca |
| focus type | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus | Manual Focus |
| zoom ratio | — | 120 multiplier x | 307 multiplier x | — |
| eye piece lens | Kellner | Barlow | Barlow | Barlow |
| objective lens diameter | 114 millimeters | 90 millimeters | 130 millimeters | 130 millimeters |
| aperture diameter | — | 90 millimeters | — | 130 millimeters |
| telescope mount | Equatorial Mount | Altazimuth Mount | Equatorial Mount | Altazimuth Mount |
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Reviewed in Canada on June 19, 2023
Style: 130EQ Newtonian W/Motor DrivePattern Name: TelescopeVerified Purchase
Reviewed in Canada on April 7, 2016
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Reviewed in Canada on April 16, 2017
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Reviewed in Canada on January 4, 2022
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Reviewed in Canada on October 3, 2014
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Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2021
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Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2023
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KeyR
Excelente producto
Reviewed in Mexico on March 7, 2024Style: 130EQ NewtonianPattern Name: TelescopeVerified Purchase
Francisco
Perfecto
Reviewed in Mexico on January 27, 2024Style: 114EQ NewtonianPattern Name: TelescopeVerified Purchase
CW5_Reviewer
Great telescope to get beginner interested in hobby
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024Style: 130EQ NewtonianPattern Name: TelescopeVerified Purchase
CW5_Reviewer
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2024
As a person who never touched a telescope (except maybe in high school a thousand years ago) until I decided it was something I wanted to try out this year, I emphatically say YES! This is a great beginner scope.
Here's the problem with most people's definition of a "beginner" anything. They want it to be rock-bottom priced, and ultra-easy to use. The problem with this mentality, is that often you go so cheap that you wind up getting a product that does not really expose you to the prospective hobby, and while trying to find something ultra-easy to use, it winds up being extremely difficult because it lacks the more expensive tools that were specifically designed to enhance the human ability when performing certain tasks.... NET RESULT: You wind up putting the hobby down out of frustration without ever really trying it out.
I think the reality with getting into telescoping (is that a word?) is that you have to first decide that it is something you truly want to try, so that you don't go by a $74 telescope at W*****t (like I did) and expect to actually be introduced to this hobby.
So after trying the $74 failure I got this scope due to the (mostly) good reviews, and because of the brand name. Never being in the hobby myself, I still had heard of Celestron.
Many reviews showed broken parts. This wasn't the case for me. Everything was intact and assembly was relatively easy for a novice.
A few reviews said this was not a beginner telescope because you had to adjust the mirrors, which apparently was a very difficult task to do. I researched this requirement ahead of time, found that for just over $20 you can buy a laser collimator that allows you to do this adjustment in just a few minutes, and decided that wasn't too much to ask to have an opportunity to enjoy this hobby. P.S. when I got the telescope, I used the laser collimator just to find out that the mirrors were perfectly aligned and I didn't need to do any adjusting. But apparently mirror adjusting is inevitable with Newtonian telescopes, so I'll just keep the laser collimator in my kit bag.
Now about the beginner using this scope:
1. The red dot starfinder is a life saver! At first I thought you could just look through the starfinder, see what you wanted to look at, then see it in the telescope. NOPE! You really need that red dot to put the object into the site picture of the scope (especially on a low MM eyepiece). My only complaint might be that I couldn't perfectly adjust the red dot. When I first got the scope I focused in on a house way down the street, then tried to calibrate the red dot so that it was pefectly centered on the center of what I saw in the eyepiece... It was close, but wasn't perfect. HOWEVER. It is more than sufficient for my beginning level telescoping. With my $74 flunkee scope, I would use the cross hairs to try to align the scope to an object, yet even on a large MM eyepiece I could never find anything smaller than the moon! With this red dot starfinder, I have (easily) been able to align the telescope to both Jupiter and Saturn.
2. I may have started of with the starfinder, but the equitorial mount is probably the show winner with this thing. Not to keep referring to my $74 fail, but it is good to have a frame of reference when explaining why sometimes you have to make an investment even for entry-level equipment into a hobby. The $74 fail used a super cheap camera tripod. Problem with these tripods is they don't adjust at a fine enough level to make the small changes to put an object into the site picture. And, despite the fact that the cheap scope didn't weigh anything, it still would drift on the tripod... basically making it impossible to do anything except look at the moon. The Celestron is big and heavy, yet the EQ mount holds it masterfully in position, but the real winner is the fine tuning knobs. I didn't realize just how fast objects move in space (I mean.. I get it. The earth is spinning at 1000 mph, I just never put that together to mean objects move out of a telescope site picture QUICKLY). But with one hand on the fine tuning knob, I can follow the object for a reasonable amount of time to enjoy viewing it. NOTE: I recently bought a motor that I am suppposed to be able to connect to the knob, so that it can automatically hold the picture for me (again... spending more to get the right tools to enjoy the new hobby). Only complaint I have is that one knob seems to be able to adjust indefinitely while the other can only change maybe 20 degrees (10 in each direction) before it hits a stop. After additional study, I think this is because space objects only move in one direction, so if you properly polar align the scope, you should only need one knob to get the object where you want (left and right) and then not touch that again, then solely use the (up and down) knob to follow the object as it moves in the sky... but hey.. I'm new.. I'll learn to use this better too :-)
Other than that, the only thing left is the scope. Like I said, I've looked at Jupiter, Saturn, Moon. I can't really speak to the provided eyepieces. Understanding from my research about focal length, and deciding that as a beginner it would help if I had an adjustable eyepiece (so that I can start zoomed out, find the object easier, then zoom in), so I bypassed the provided eyepiece and went straight to a x2 barrow with an 8-24mm adjustable eyepiece. So far it's been great! Saturn is still a little small, so I'm going to see if I can go even smaller on MM and higher on barrow zoom to see if I can really clearly make out the rings.
....but do you see what Celestron did? They created a (relatively) affordable telescope that grabbed my interest in the hobby and now I am full on exploring new ways (EQ mount motors, higher zoom barrow, lower MM eyepieces) that I can explore the universe above!
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Ada
Buena compra
Reviewed in Mexico on January 6, 2024Style: 90EQ RefractorPattern Name: TelescopeVerified Purchase
Tasso Mello
Excelente qualidade - Vale cada centavo
Reviewed in Brazil on June 12, 2023Style: 130EQ NewtonianPattern Name: TelescopeVerified Purchase
Tasso Mello
Reviewed in Brazil on June 12, 2023
- Antes de comprar, é importante saber a latitude e longitude da sua localidade.
- Se vai comprar, compre uma barlow também. Respeitando a capacidade do telescópio
- Zoom real máximo é de 260x (sem aberrações nas imagens)
- Para ver a lua, fica muito bom com o filtro lunar e as lentes de 10mm e 20mm dão e sobram
- A regulagem precisa é muito boa
- Se for fazer imagens/vídeos, recomendo um suporte para celular ou câmera DSL
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