Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a Christmas gift to my daughter who has found interest in star gazing. I grow up with a cheap telescope, myself. Now that I know a bit, I wanted to get her an entry level, easy to use, easy to set up telescope. We’re on the outskirts of town, and was able to adjust the phone/tracking/alignment features with ease. It took a bit of trial and error, but got it. Once set up, we located clusters, nebulas, and a faint galaxy! My kids, and myself were pretty stoked to be able to see these far out objects, and was definitely a blast from the past of my childhood, that I could remember and share with my kids.

This is my first big telescope and it didn't disappoint. Its Easy to use and comes with 2 lenses. Day or might viewing is fantastic! I can't say enough good things about this

Bought this for my wife for Christmas, made her cry, she was very happy!!!! Shoot score win for me lol

[Employee of bestbuy] One of the best telescopes for an affordable price!

Awesome telescope for beginners, bought this one to find a side hobby and love it. The app makes it super easier to find the planets and stars you might be looking for.

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.

Item was in good condition and operated as advertised. The only problems were that the instructions and necessary code needed to operate were not in the box. I had to obtain the needed information by email from the manufacturer. This oversight was the fault of the manufacturer and not Best Buy.

Easy to use and assemble. Decent quality. Good for beginners like us.

I purchased the celestron for my daughter. The price was great and the product is worth every penny. Buying from best by was seamless.

Great telescope - very powerful and I can see a lot more out there than I thought I could. Easy to build and set-up. The access card was missing from the package, Celestron support was quick to resolve this and get the app working with my purchase. My Galaxy S21 Ultra phone camera(s) don't always cooperate with the side phone holder, but the app uses GPS or compass and always points to the items in "Tonight's best objects" I think I need some more eyepieces for additional viewing. so far - great telescope and easy to setup and use.

We are still learning how to use this but some of the things we have captured are truly out of this world. It’s been a lot to Learn for some newbies but slowly but surely we are learning. That is the fun part.

So far, we love our new telescope! We did buy a Barlow 2x lens to go with it. It was easy to set up, and we’ve enjoyed watching the “Christmas Star”!

Took a few minutes to figure out the sight and the app but once I figured it out the telescope was great. Perfect for beginners!

Bought this for my son who is a recently graduated astrophysicist with a keen interest in astro photography. This is an OK starter level unit - anything less would probably have not held his interest. And I wasn't willing to spend more than this. Didn't really take him long to assemble and figure out how to use this.

We love our new Celestron Star Sense Explorer DX 130MM telescope! It was incredibly easy to assemble, and set up. The app was also very easy to install and launch. It took us about a half an hour to get our telescooe sighted in and app launched. We were immediately able to successfully star gaze!!

Love it! I've had it since the summer and love the ease of use. I upgraded after 20 years with a cheap telescope and this blows it out of the water. The 25mm and 10mm eyepieces are good and you can always buy other eyepeices. The red dot finderscope is so useful and I use it way more than the app. The smartphone dock and app are fine, but the app can be off, so the finderscope helps keep it all together and useful when the app is being difficult and won't align properly.

The Celestron Starsense Explorer DX 130AZ is a well made refractor beginning telescope that utilizes the processing power of newer cellphones in conjunction with a Starsense Explorer App that provides for manual guidance of the telescope to a selected celestial object. By moving the telescope using arrows on the App towards the user’s chosen object, one can not only reach the chosen object to view, but also develop a greater knowledge of the location of celestial objects in the sky. A clear sky is required for the App to function correctly, but due to the provided red dot finder a user can also manually find objects in the sky the “old-fashioned” way. The OTA with a f/5 focal ratio five inch (130mm) aperture and 650mm focal length allows for sufficient light gathering power to be able to view objects clearly and sharply. The OTA is made of steel with other parts of the telescope made of a high quality plastic. The tripod is aluminum. The focuser is a 2 inch rack and pinion type with an included adapter for the use of 1.25 inch eyepieces. Included 1.25 inch eyepieces are fair quality 1.25 inch 25mm and 10mm.

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.

No comprehensive manual for this model. A manual for a similar model is online.Easy to put together but set up of electronic finder tricky. Star finder function requires completely clear skies to consistently work. Telescope and lenses function well. A nice beginner scope.

The telescope is amazing! It's semi-easy to set up. But the box came without a manual or the card with the serial no. required for the app. Had to email Celestron for it. But their customer service is amazing. Had a reply within a day!