Customer Ratings & Reviews

Very nice telescope for the price, and easy to use

Love chasing the moon and the starts. I love this telescope. My daughter can't get enough and it's one of the best bonding experiences ever.

The telescope has some positive sides, but all in all felt like a hobby killer as the adjusters were frustratingly springy, and the base was unsteady. I changed gears and got an 8 inch dobsonian instead and have been much happier

My son and I are very happy with it. Easy to put together.

Excellent and easy to use / set up! My son loves it!

Paying for the starsense app. The telescope is pretty cheap.

This was a Xmas gift for my daughter and family they love it

Purchased as a Christmas gift for the hubby.. He’s still figuring it out but it seems to be decent for the price. Still figuring out the phone app. Good product for the money.

Bought this for my mom for Christmas and she was estatic, very good product.. would definitely recommend for semi pro/new beginners who wanna get into looking at the stars.

Nice telescope for beginners. Would buy again easy to use.

The packaging greatly exaggerated this telescope's capabilities. Great for viewing the moon with great detail, but the planets look like tiny dots even with the 2X barlow and the 10mm lens. No detail at all while viewing Mars. After focusing several times Mars looks like a fuzzy red pin of light. Originally had a $75 70mm travel refractor telescope and thought this would be a decent upgrade...it was not. Basically the same outcome when viewing planets. Save your money for a better telescope, unless all you really want to see is the moon. I'd say the best feature is the tripod. I'm 6ft so it was nice not having to slouch over to reach the eyepiece.

My grandson loves the telescope. The rep that sold me the telescope was very helpful and educated me on purchasing telescopes. I really appreciated his knowledge.

Haven’t used it yet since it’s a Christmas gift for my boyfriend. But it came early so I appreciate Best Buy shipping it so speedy. The packaging seemed sturdy and supportive.

Excellent telescope. Easy to set up and easy to use.

The Celetron Starsense Explorer was easy to set up, which was great since our 9 year old is the one mostly using it. Although it was overcast the first night we used it, we were still able to see the stars of Orion! We look forward to clearer skies, since the free app showed us the potential systems that we might see!

My 6 year old nephew was able to use this telescope.

Perfect for what I need kids love it bla!!!!!!!!!!!!

We wanted a great beginner telescope to learn with. This was our choice. Celestron is not complicated and is a good overall design. We got it for Christmas and have seen terrific views including the conjunction in the sky! We really like this telescope and the way it navigates the night sky with a cell phone. Recommended!

Great buy, kids loved it! Easy to assemble and use.

This telescope will give you nice views of the moon. have not had a chance to really look for Mars or Saturn. Need to take it out of the city and try it.