Get a closer look at the night sky with this Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ telescope. The simple design offers easy tool-free setup, and the two slow-motion control knobs let you precisely adjust your view. This Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ telescope includes a 20mm and a 4mm eyepiece that let you switch the magnification in seconds.
▪ PERFECT ENTRY-LEVEL TELESCOPE: The Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ is an easy-to-use and powerful telescope. This 80mm refractor telescope offers enough light gathering ability to see planets, the Moon's craters, distant stars, the Orion Nebula, and more.
▪ MANUAL GERMAN EQUATORIAL MOUNT: With its slow-motion altitude rod, the German Equatorial mount allows you to navigate the sky with ease. Find celestial objects quickly and follow them smoothly & accurately as they appear to drift across the night sky.
▪ COMPACT AND PORTABLE: The ideal telescope for adults and kids to use together, the PowerSeeker is compact, lightweight, and portable. Take it to your favorite campsite, a dark sky observing site, or simply the backyard.
▪ MULTIPLE ACCESSORIES: The Celestron PowerSeeker 80EQ Telescope comes with 2 quality eyepieces (20mm and 4mm) plus a 3x Barlow lens to triple the power of each. You'll also receive a FREE download of one of the top-rated astronomy software programs.
▪ UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.
Manufacturer | Celestron |
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Brand | Celestron |
Item model number | 21048 |
Color | Black |
Weight | 19 pounds |
Height | 10 inches |
Depth | 38 inches |
Product Id | 1069294 |
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User Reviews and Ratings | 4.3 (18 ratings) 4.3 out of 5 stars |
UPC | 050234210485 |
Power Seeker telescopes are a great way to open up the wonders of the universe to the aspiring astronomer! The Celestron Power Seeker series telescopes are 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.
Quick and easy no-tool setup Slow-motion controls for smooth tracking Erect image optics Ideal for terrestrial and astronomical use Fully coated glass optical components with high transmission coatings for enhanced image brightness and clarity 3x Barlow lens triples the magnifying power of each eyepiece Accessory tray for convenient storage of accessories Includes 2 eyepieces: 20mm (45x) and 4mm (225x) TheSkyX: First Light Edition astronomy software with a 10, 000-object database, printable sky maps, and 75 enhanced images Model No. 21048
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Good quality and good value for a beginner
Very good achromat doublet refractor with an adequate German equatorial mount (GEM) but low cost/low quality accessories. The rack-and-pinion focuser is smooth and remained so in the 2 years I've used mine. The included eyepieces are low quality but long focal length refractors are forgiving. Good quality Plossl eyepieces improve the views tremendously so plan to buy some over time. The 3x Barlow is inferior, The 4x24 finderscope uses plastic ovals as springs in the front of its mount. Those may slip together or fall out making it impossible to align the finder with the telescope. Cut strips or ovals of semi-stiff plastic and slip them into the front of the finder holder to stabilize it. The instruction book is good but search the Internet for more on polar alignment. The tripod is very light, barely adequate to support the telescope. Add weight to stabilize it (I use milk jugs filled with water). An 80mm scope gathers significantly more light than 70mm or smaller scopes (light gathering area is pi times the radius squared; do your own math). The telescope shines when viewing planets. The moon is so bright that a lunar filter helps. I have been able to see most of the brighter Messier objects through this telescope (and I'm still looking). I routinely take this scope to public star parties. It's often the smallest scope on the field but it provides some great views for the public. For the money spent, this telescope package is a great value.
This telescope is great he loves it and is very happy we pick this one.Very good for the money we would recommend this to everyone thanks
Nice, quality telescope. Relatively easy to set up. Shipping was quick and everything arrrived ok.
I was shock to see it. I was surprise to see how great it looked. It's a Xmas gift for my son. He'll be surprised as well. I'm never disappointed with anything I purchase from Walmart. Thank you.
Price is right for a beginner wanting to check out the moon and planets, takes a little time putting it together if its your first EQ telescope, the small finder scope is not hard to align but if you bump it you have to realign, the eyepieces are good for the money I'm thinking down the road of getting a couple little more expensive eyepieces because all I have read on the subject is the better eyepieces makes your telescope seem like a new telescope. For a beginner I don't think you can go wrong with the Celestron-PowerSeeker-80-EQ-Telescope.
Assembly and setup were pretty easy, however getting it calibrated and adjusted properly were difficult. A basic knowledge of telescopes is essential to operating it. Take some time during the day to setup the finders piece and you should be good to go for some nighttime observations. Overall it is a quality piece and I would recommend it for the beginner or novice user.
Not bad, but not much better than an old 60x60 spotting scope I have. I personally wouldn't buy one again.
We've never owned a telescope before so we don't have much info to compare this telescope with others. Bought it for our 10 year old son, so it seemed like a good place to start. We'll probably upgrade in the future...but for now this is good for him to "learn" on.
This scope is as the telescope magazine reviewers said. The scope itself is very good, the mount is very good, and the tripod is stable. But, everything else is rubbish. I got what I expected, because I had researched beforehand. For example, the finderscope is so atrocious that I could not even train the scope on Orion's dagger, even with the low-power eyepiece. I will replace the finderscope with a Telrad, replace the diagonal with something not made by Fischer-Price, and replace the eyepieces with lower magnification.