Can you see the moon and planets? null

Based on customer reviews, you will be able to see the moon and the stars but not the other planets.

Yes, you can look at the moon and the planets through this telescope.

Contrary to some opinions, this is an excellent telescope, and you can see the craters and mountains on the Moon, the phases of Venus, Mars, 4 of Jupiter's moons, and Saturn's rings. (No...I do not work for the telescope company or sell them - this is an objective, unbiased review.) I am the director of The Living Planetarium, a free public sidewalk stargazing program on Long Island, NY. After comparing many inexpensive reflector telescopes, we chose this one and we have been using it for years. (A 'newtonian reflector' telescope is a 500 year old design by astronomer Issaic Newton, which uses a mirror at the back end of the telescope to begin the magnification process. It gives much brighter images than the traditional 'refractor' telescope, which instead uses a lens on the front of the 'scope'. It is less expensive to grind the single surface of a mirror than to shape both sides of a lens, so you can make much larger, brighter reflectors than any inexpensive refractor.) This 'scope is equipped with an equatorial mount, designed to work scientifically with the tilt of the Earth, which allows very easy following of objects as Earth's rotation causes objects to appear to drift out of view. A simple turn of a tracking knob follows the planet in view. Cheaper 'altazimuth' AZ mounts only allow up-and-down and left-and-right adjustments; ok for land observation but very frustrating for watching the sky. Give this instrument a try and you won't be disappointed.

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Celestron - PowerSeeker PS 114 EQ 114mm Newtonian Reflector Telescope - Black-Angle_Standard

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Based on customer reviews, you will be able to see the moon and the stars but not the other planets.
Answered by CommunityAnswer 6 years ago
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Yes, you can look at the moon and the planets through this telescope.
Answered by CommunityAnswer 6 years ago
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Contrary to some opinions, this is an excellent telescope, and you can see the craters and mountains on the Moon, the phases of Venus, Mars, 4 of Jupiter's moons, and Saturn's rings. (No...I do not work for the telescope company or sell them - this is an objective, unbiased review.) I am the director of The Living Planetarium, a free public sidewalk stargazing program on Long Island, NY. After comparing many inexpensive reflector telescopes, we chose this one and we have been using it for years. (A 'newtonian reflector' telescope is a 500 year old design by astronomer Issaic Newton, which uses a mirror at the back end of the telescope to begin the magnification process. It gives much brighter images than the traditional 'refractor' telescope, which instead uses a lens on the front of the 'scope'. It is less expensive to grind the single surface of a mirror than to shape both sides of a lens, so you can make much larger, brighter reflectors than any inexpensive refractor.) This 'scope is equipped with an equatorial mount, designed to work scientifically with the tilt of the Earth, which allows very easy following of objects as Earth's rotation causes objects to appear to drift out of view. A simple turn of a tracking knob follows the planet in view. Cheaper 'altazimuth' AZ mounts only allow up-and-down and left-and-right adjustments; ok for land observation but very frustrating for watching the sky. Give this instrument a try and you won't be disappointed.
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