Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is my first real telescope and my first time reviewing one so take my review with a grain of salt. As someone who recently took a strong interest in astronomy and look all over for a high quality but still affordable telescope you options do become rather limited in the affordable range. This was the highest end Telescope Best Buy sold on their website (going strictly by the 130mm number and price compared to the other Celestron telescopes on here) and the price was just at the limit of the money I wanted to spend for my first telescope. And I will say I am loving this telescope a few months later. Comes with everything needed to get started observing the stars and planets. I would recommend using the moon on a clear night to really get a full grasp on what you can see with it. Now keep your expectations in place, don’t buy this telescope and think you will see Saturn and Jupiter like they appear in pictures from Hubble or Voyager. But you will still be able to see them and with the two eye pieces with plenty of clarity in a way you just can’t with the naked eye. It comes with two eye pieces with different magnification and it’s a good place to start. You can buy more eye pieces which I will be doing shortly for more viewable and filters. So I can’t speak on them yet but with what is included for the price and ease of use and for beginners just starting out. And the app which once you get it aligned and learn how to use it with the telescope helps finding objects in the sky with extreme ease. Overall highly recommend this for people just starting out.

Call it the upper end of the lower end maybe, but it's not a bad place to be. Decided to buy a telescope and discovered that our local store had this one in stock. Having had very good experience with our local store, and seeing this had decent reviews certainly helped simplify the decision. Have had it out one night, but it seems to work exactly like I expected. It does take a little set up, but the instructions are pretty good about that. There are also a couple of youtube videos available that explain and show. I find it easy to set up and to move around, and the app does a pretty good job of finding itself even in a partial overcast. The attached picture was taken with a hand held cell phone camera in below freezing temperatures, through a light overcast. The image seen by eye through the eyepiece is considerably better.

gunna break down the pros and cons Pros: Very light weight and easy to carry, easy assembly and easy to move the telescope around. The view finder is great and has 2 dials to help with incisal alignment. now as far as the app is concerned. very very easy to use. It allows you to select from a list of things to see and breaks it into two different categories. Easy and challenging. you select an object and track and shows you where it is and uses guide arrows so you can move it into position. very fun to use. Cons: like a few comments I have seen already, the eye pieces are not great. you get a fair amount of refracting issues especially with the 10mm. with the 25mm I could see some stipes on Jupiter. and could make out the run around Saturn but with the 10mm it became more blurry. as far as the app goes, it doesn't always align perfectly. for a few it was off maybe 1 degree or so. not so far that you couldn't find it. I would love to give this a 5 star but I cant get over the eye pieces. easy to get new ones at least. the rest if great in my opinion.

Works As Advertised! Pros: Compact, Lightweight, Easy to assemble and dismount. Supported app and smartphone holster great additions combined with laser finderscope. Cons: Not motorized. Reflection and Magnification range from included eypieces, barlow and mirror not strong enough for distant targets outside of the Moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. No Sun or Moon filter.

Really well made telescope. Easy assembly, and it views the stars ✨ very well. The app is a bit confusing for us beginners, but we are working on it.

Overall I am very pleased with my purchase. The scope is well constructed and fairly easy to use. I was hoping for better images of planets, but it still produces decent images for the price. Ypu won't see much detail on Mars or Mercury, but tou can see the rings of Saturn and make out some detail on Jupiter. The starsense app works like a charm. My only complaints are the eyepieces that come with it are very mediocre and the scope was not collimated, but that could be from shipping. Other wise, it's a good buy. Or should I say best buy? Haha. On that note, best buys in-store pick-up was quick and effortless! No issues at all.

I am a new star/planet observer. I wanted something that could help me find objects in the sky. I haven't fully tested this out, but from what I can see and read from others, it works very well. The smartphone app does need very clear skies to work properly though. As far as the scope is concerned, views are very clear and I really like the focuser, it is very smooth. It is very light and easy to move around. Lastly, it does take some practice to get the tightness of the adjusting knobs tight enough to prevent movement but loose enough to make small adjustments. Overall, I do recommend this scope to those starting out and would like help finding things in the sky.

If you're looking for an affordable entry level scope this one is pretty decent. It's easy to use and seems well built. I've viewed Saturn, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, and the moon. Don't expect the planets to look huge for this price but when viewing Jupiter it looked a little bigger than a pea but I also could see 4 of it's Moons. If you're a beginner this is a nice scope to start with.

Awesome telescope! Very user friendly great for the beginner astronomer. My kids love this product. Would definitely recommend for anyone wanting to get as a child’s present or for any age if your a casual lover of the night sky.

It was a Christmas present for my adult son and he loved it. He set it up easily, it took some time and he used a youtube video to help him.It is bigger than I thought and very sturdy. We used it on my deck and were very happy with it. The app that he put on his phone worked great, He is going to buy stronger lenses, it comes with 2, I am very happy I bought this, my son spends most of his time in the mountains, he wanted one he could set up in the bed of his truck and use. He stated it was perfect and just what he wanted. It is high quality and worth the money!

Very good for the price. Has great clarity and can see quite a bit with it.

This was a Christmas present for my son. It’s an amazing product and fairly easy to setup and use. Great product at a great price.

I use this all the time, the stability on is great. I always take it with me to go camping and traveling. It is very easy to take apart and put together. I’m happy I got it for the sale price when I did get it. Very reasonable even not on sale. 10/10 always recommend to my family and friends

This is a great entry level telescope. Got this for my sons birthday (9) and he loves it. The views of the moon are great. Would recommend getting better eye pieces. First one that I ordered was damaged in transit but Best Buy got another sent and it was damage free!

Already created great memories with my daughters in looking at Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, the Andromeda galaxy, and Mars through this telescope! My daughter actually took couple of great pictures just using her smartphone through the telescope lens. The app also makes it a breeze to locate what you want to look for. It is a bit pricey for a "beginner's telescope" but is worth it.

So far happy a bit expensive for what it is. We enjoy using it. It’s not very strong for the price but you can buy stronger lenses.

Love this telescope. Second time purchasing it. The other was lost in a house fire. If you want an easy to assemble, easy to move and adjust, plus the StarSense explorer software is incredible. One star or planet “tagged” and your smart phone will show you where everything visible for the telescope is located. The eyepieces that come with it are pretty basic. I would say once you get used to them, there are only 2, get a 2X Barlow and then it almost the equivalent of having 4 eyepieces.

Got this for my wife’s birthday. She loves it! It’s easy to use and set up. Easy to travel with as its light weight and you can assemble it pretty quickly. Great purchase.

High quality telescope. Easy to assemble. In adequate instructions for use by a novice. Needed to use You-tube videos. The associated phone app is wonderful and enhances star-gazing.

It’s a great telescope but I felt pretty let down by the description and information. It comes with a 10x and 25x lens and a Mount to put your phone. I assumed the Mount was also one that allowed photos but all it is for is to have the app up to align the telescope with specific objects. If you are viewing the moon this telescope as it is works great! Very clear and detailed images. If you want to view planets you need a different lens which is sold separately for about $100. If you want to take photos you need a separate part not included that is another $20-30. I missed the planetary alignment because I didn’t know this information in time, so that’s a bummer. But I hope now with these extra parts I’ll be able to do what I want and see more than the moon.