Celestron 21041 PowerSeeker 60AZ Telescope

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For a 20-something mm eyepiece, you can't go wrong with the 24 Panoptic, but idk how they are on eye relief. The 17.5 Morpheus is an excellent performer withvery immersive views, long eye relief & wide FOV, and it's relatively small & lightweight. Accessories include a 20mm and 4mm eyepiece, a finderscope, and a 3x Barlow lens. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views. The 3x Barlow lens triples the magnifying power of each eyepiece.

Celestron PowerSeeker 60mm f/15 EQ Refractor Telescope Celestron PowerSeeker 60mm f/15 EQ Refractor Telescope

It is somewhat unfortunate that the tabsface the focuser. If they faced the other direction I would probably attempt pushing the baffle toward the focuser. It could actually be moved toa more useful position that way, and paired with a much wider opening baffle on the other end nearer the objective. Think I would rather get the other eyepiece from a different manufacturer than I get the first one from, to get a feel for the differences and maybe a better idea of what I like. Probably splitting hairs at this point, but anything besides price to recommend between: Accessories include: two eyepieces (20mm and 8mm), erect image star diagonal, Barlow lens, moon filter, and finderscope. On arrival, it was very easy to assemble and to align the finderscope. Attaching my own current dovetail was easy and straightforward. I found the telescope very easy to use.

I have some doubts about the coatings of the objectives. There seems to be a fairly strong set of reflections when shining a headlamp down the tube. I don't recall other scopes giving such an impression, but I will need to explore this some. It's a mystery to me, why so many of the cheap 60mm makers decided to make a complete mess of an eyepiece as simple and cheap as the huygenian. If made correctly, a huygenian, when used on a long focal length achromat, can be a very sharp and enjoyable eyepiece to use, with a moderately wide 40° - 50° AFOV. It has only two single lenses, but apparently it was beyond the capabilities of budget telescope makers at the time to even space those two lenses correctly and use the correct focal lengths. Sad. For the higher magnification I found the 3.4mm Vixen HR was a little dim (108x) with a 60mm f/6 APO for planetary observations. You might look at a 7mm DeLite (86x).

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I wandered over to M42 with 12mm UO Konig and split the trapezium with no effort and the nebula began to form out of the darkness as my eyes dark adapted. I switched to the 16mm Konig. After a few minutes I could follow the long arms halfway around and see the dark lanes and mottlings. The smoothness and deep contrast impressed me. I think it is a decent budget telescope OTA. I imagine the 60mm is too. Accessories include a 20mm and 4mm eyepiece, an erect image diagonal, a finderscope, and a 3x Barlow lens. I have been using a 1.25" Tak prism for planetary. While I typically use the 3-6 Nagler zoom for the shorter ratio refractors on planets, I have used my 7T1 with the 80 f/11.3 and a 9T6 with the f/15 Mak because that is wherethe latter scopes have topped out so far on planets. I have an FS60Q as a companion to the FOA60Q. I love them both at the same aperture, for different reasons, so I keep them both. I don't know what the current 60mm F15 are like, but I have a Vixen Custom 60L from the 1990's that performs wonderfully.can sure scratch an itch for sure and be a lot of fun and enjoyment. I have a little 60mm Bausch & Lomb Discoverer zoom. I absolutely love this little spotter. The optics of this are amazing. I have had a few other little 60mm's but this hands down blows them away. It puts up awesome, very well defined images of Jupiter's banding. Great images of the moon and it's craters. I know it's a spotter and zoom that is maxed at 60x but it is a 60mm, and one with some amazing lenses in it in my opinion. It also gets used quite a bit as it came with a little dovetail shoe on it and it mounts on my fluid head tripod with ease. Finally had a few minutes last night to try out both the DeLite and the Brandon on Jupiter and Saturn in the FS60Q with 1.25" Tak diagonal. Seeing was about 1.5 per Good to Stargaze.

Celestron PowerSeeker 70mm f/10 EQ Refractor Telescope Celestron PowerSeeker 70mm f/10 EQ Refractor Telescope

I turned the 60 f/15on Mars and viewed at 100x with red #23 in. I was able to faintly see the general shape ofSyrtis Major and the associated Mare, along with the Sinus regions on the other side. Also felt I was seeing a small but brilliant polar cap along with general larger brightening that is a match for Hellas. I received the 60 f/15 scope today. Overcast and sometimes sprinkling, but I did get to point at some street lamps about 300 yards away, some other light poles, a cell tower and the mountains. Only tested up to 100x but I didn't notice anything amiss with the image. The mount actually seemed a little better than I expected. The scope might be useable on this mount with VSP's. The focuser seemed relatively smooth and tight for plastic. I have not tested to see how it handles an eyepiece and diagonal in the vertical though. Accessories include: two eyepieces (20mm and 4mm), erect image star diagonal, finderscope, and a Barlow Lens. The TV60 is a little work of art. Compact, light, well built and the optics, oh the optics. Tiny 60mm perfection. First light for me was Jupiter. At 70x using a 5.2mm Pentax XL color correction and sharpness were breathtaking. I have not been so excited about a medium power view of Jupiter well, since I had my Sears scope. I also observed open clusters and Omega Centauri with it. Yes, binoculars will sometimes be part of my travel kit. But, the ability to change magnification allows more flexibility and the mandatory lunar/planetary fix. The PowerSeeker 60 is a refractor telescope perfect for terrestrial and celestial viewing on the go. The PowerSeeker can view the planets, moon, star clusters and brighter deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy at night. The erect image star diagonal makes the optical tube ideal for using as a spotting scope during the day.Churchill said that "any cannon is better than no cannon", and I think the same can be said of small telescopes, unless they are of such abysmal quality to actually push someone away from astronomy. I have experimented with several similar entry level models. Almost without exception the objectives have been surprisingly good at any sensible high magnifications.Quite often the objectives are pinched due to the retaining ring being too tight. Forget the rest of the instrument though!. I have used them for solar observation and also built a binoscope with a pair incorporating a couple of monoculars for the eyepiece end. Setting up the telescope is a breeze, so you can enjoy the wonders of the universe in no time. Even on your first time out, you can assemble the telescope and its accessories in just a few minutes. The adjustable tripod legs allow you to customize the telescope’s height or place it on raised surfaces like a picnic table. The total telescope kit weighs in at just 3.8 pounds—perfect for impromptu observing sessions or transporting wherever life’s adventures take you.