This review is from: Celestron 21024 FirstScope Telescope
I have generally been a star gazer, and I wanted to be able to share the hobby with my nephew and niece. I discovered this telescope after some research, and heard some wonderful things about it. I decided right away to buy it. I was excited to see how uncomplicated it was to use, and I wasn’t disappointed. Even without a finder scope, I was in a position to effortlessly locate objects within the night sky by aiming down the left side in the tube using the finder scope mounts like a gun sight. This, combined using the 20mm (15x) eyepiece made it quite basic to locate what I was trying to find. My advice for a person just starting with this telescope: Practice locating your objects while using the Ǵmm eyepiece more than and over until you are able to do it efficiently. Once the object is inside middle of your field of view, you is going to be safe to throw in a increased magnification eyepiece.
Unlike cheap department store telescopes, the rotating mount is incredibly stable and only blurs for about 2-3 seconds when tapped. Also, the mount makes it possible for for easy tracking with its butter-smooth rotation. I could not be any happier with the ease of use of this powerful little telescope.
Now, the fine part:
With a small telescope like this, do not be expecting Saturn to fill the field of view, but do expect to see the rings with all the 4mm eyepiece. You are going to have to focus quite slowly and carefully for the best results. Jupiter is also an awesome sight by means of this tiny guy, with 4 moons extremely visible. Also, viewing the moon is really a pure pleasure as a result of either of the two packaged eyepieces. The craters are clear, and also the contrast is excellent. It also resolved the Andromeda galaxy fairly well in lower lighting away from the city. Just a quick pass by means of the arm with the Milky Way provided an awesome view of thousands of stars.
For even greater views of the brighter objects (Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, along with the Andromeda galaxy) I use the Celestron Omni 2x Barlow Lens (1.25″) which effectively doubles the magnification of any eyepiece. This is one of only two Barlow lenses that Celestron recommends for this scope due to its short focal length. I was surprised by how tiny light was lost when utilizing this barlow, as well as the views are even a lot more incredible.
You will find only a few complaints that I can muster. The principal mirror is not adjustable, so collimation on the optics isn’t effortlessly feasible. The eyepieces are adequate, nevertheless you may well desire to invest is some increased top quality Plossl eyepieces for easier viewing.
All-in-all, you won’t find a much better telescope for the cash ANYWHERE. I am accustomed to 6-10 inch telescopes, and this tiny 3-inch blew my socks off. It stays in my car nearly everywhere I go, and I’m not afraid to take it out with crazy children all more than the place wanting to look by way of it. My wife loves it, my niece and nephew adore it, and admittedly..
.I love it. I can’t wait till my youngsters get their introduction to astronomy with this gem. Celestron really went out of their solution to create something unique. What a strategy to jump-start the minds of this upcoming generation!
