Bought this for my 15 year old son for Christmas. He absolutely loves it. Put it together himself. Calibrated it himself and has found multiple planets. Saw Jupiter and 4 of it's moons, Saturn and it's rings, Mars (red). Very impressed. It would have 5 stars except for how it connects to the stand. It doesnt have a great "dove tail" (my opinion) and is held on by a single screw. Hopefully that is sufficient enough. Also not sure how to line up the phone's camera so he can use sky finder with the telescope the way you are suppose to.

Not bad for beginners... you need to buy Barlow and better quality eyepiece ... The pics are for the blue moon Halloween night using Barlow Omni with 10 Omni and 15 mm Omni all Celestron. For the price and ease of use you cannot beat that ... for a beginner go for it without hesitation.

This is an amazing starter telescope! You can get a comfortable view of Jupiter and it’s moons with the eyepieces provided! You can also see some deep space objects like The Orion Nebula. The most zoom I’ve been able to get out of this scope was with a 2x Barlow and a 10mm eyepiece. This was a great combo for Orion Nebula and Saturn! I tried using a 7mm and 2x Barlow but you lose the focus at that point. Tip: try using 1.25” planetary filters and you will see a hint of the lines on Jupiter The set up is really easy and the red dot sight is pretty accurate once aligned. All in all I’m obsessed with this scope :)

Wanted to get a telescope to share with my two boys 13/15yr old. And I was going to buy something else till I found this. Did my research on it and found that with teenage kids this may be a great way to get them involved without loosing interest and going back the their phones. Once this is set up, it’s super simple to find things to look at. Getting on target and viewing deep space instantly is the best way to have them stay involved. It’s not the most powerful but it’s super easy to find the nights sky. Absolutely recommend this telescope to anyone who wants to space out. Pictures taken with the cellphone adapter on an Apple 12pro

Amazing purchase especially for a beginner telescope. Super simple set up and amazing views. 10/10 would definitely buy again