Customer Ratings & Reviews

Very nice telescope for the price, and easy to use

Great telescope for the entire family. The only problem we had thus far was the red dot finder. Ours does not work. We changed the battery and still nothing.

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

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

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

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

Great telescope my son and I had a ton of fun looking through the sky. Would precede better lenses but after we purchased a few upgraded ones it made viewing very pleasurable. Was missing parts and still awaiting them. Customer service for Celeste on is also terribly slow process.

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

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.

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.

Excellent telescope. Easy to set up 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.

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.

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.

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

The celestron is a great telescope! Although it is large so you have to have a place to keep it. The interactive mobile app is great and the laser sight makes Star gazing so easy! Would recommend to anyone interested in astronomy.