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Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ Telescope
The Celestron PowerSeeker series of telescopes is designed to give the first-time buyer the perfect combination of quality, value, features and power. Offering exceptional value, these telescopes feature portable yet powerful designs with ample optical performance to excite any newcomer to the world of amateur astronomy.PRODUCT FEATURES:Easy to assemble 80mm German Equatorial refractor;78% brighter images than a 60mm telescope;Pre-assembled aluminum tripod and accessory tray;Slow motion controls for smooth tracking;3x Barlow lens triples the magnifying power of each eyepiece;FinderScope: 5x24;Includes two 1.25" eyepieces and Star diagonal;Includes CD-ROM "The Sky" Astronomy Software;Suitable for celestial and terrestrial viewing.
Manufacturer: Celestron
Price: $99.00
 Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ Telescope
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| User Reviews |  | Better than a Toy!
rating: 3
Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ Telescope is a decent beginner's telescope as it has a German equatorial mount for some smooth tracking of heavenly objects, once you magnify a celestial object you will see that without an equatorial mount it becomes difficult to keep the object in focus if you do not have finer movement of the axes. The telescope does a fairly good job in tracking the objects in sky.
Having said that the telescope is better than a toy which one gets in a departmental store it stands true, Do not expect to see spectacular views that one gets via media and news, those pictures were taken using very high resolution telescopes or may be hubble telescope which we are so much accustomed to.
PROS:
(+) German Equatorial mount provides decent tracking of objects in sky
(+) Tripod mount is not too bad for the price range.
(+) Decent optics, only one useable Eye piece (20mm)
(+) Uses Standard eyepieces (1.25 inch)
(+) Digital Camera Attachment is possible for astrophotography if you buy the right accessories matching your Digital camera.
CONS:
(-) Does not magnify enough for you to see spectacular details one wishes for.
(-) Other than one eyepiece (20mm) all other eyepieces' are not useable making it difficult to use them in the telescope for better view of the celestial objects.
(-) When the Tripod is extended all the way out, it shakes and makes it unusable.
Having said, this is a decent Telescope for watching at the moon, but I could not see any better than what is visible to naked eye when it comes to other planets, I am not sure why the magnification is not good enough to see more details when it comes to planets.
If you can find this telescope for less than $80 dollars it is well worth it for occasional sky watching, never for any serious astronomy or astrophotography use.
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don't even think of buying this
rating: 1
A piece of real crap. 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 crap?
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 crap.
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.
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