Customer Ratings & Reviews

Awesome product at a reasonable price. Still somewhat of entry level but a nice step up. Christmas gift for my son, and he loved it. We used it and got amazing shots of the moon. App works great with his iPhone.

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

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

This is my first telescope and I am very pleased with this purchase. I decided to go with the StarSense 130mm because this model has the slow motion controls which make it much easier to make fine adjustments. Assembly was easy and the tripod is sturdy. Upgrading the eyepieces is something well worth considering. I purchased 9mm and 5mm Celestron X-Cel LX eyepieces which have a 60 degree field of view and 16mm eye relief. The StarSense app works great with my iPhone 8 plus also.

One of the best telescopes for an affordable price!

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.

My wife and I purchased this for our daughters birthday. When it arrived it was everything that was described and easy to assemble, the whole family has enjoyed using this telescope...you can actually see the rings of Saturn, and the lines on Jupiter when using the more powerful eyepiece included in this set. Overall we were very satisfied with this product.

I got this for my kids. I love that it can be lowered so that my 5 year old can easily see. Great views! Easy to put together.

This telescope is great for kids to learn with! Shows the details of the moon very well!

Got this for our 12 y.o. grandson and was a spot on purchase. Quality scope for the price point. Definitely would recommend this product for entry level to novice star gazers.

I received this as a gift and couldn't be happier as a beginner star gazer. I can see Jupiter's 4 moons clearly, and it's interesting to see the different orientations each night. I have not seen the stripes or the red dot of Jupiter. Saturn is small, but the rings are easily visible. Once I aligned the phone properly, I really enjoy the list of visible items in the app and I can find them easily when guided by the app. The best thing I did was add a zoom lens from Celestron- 8-24X. You can center the object at low power and then increase the zoom to enlarge it.

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.

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.

Excellent first telescope. My fiance uses this to watch the stars and the moon. He could even see Saturn!

Just bought this a few days ago. I am very impressed overall. Our first night we saw the moon very well, but I forgot my phone so we couldn’t use the StarSense app to help us find other things. Tonight we used the app and pretty easily found some of the outer planets. I was thrilled that we could see the rings of Saturn with some detail. We could also see the cloud band lines of Jupiter and a few of its moons shining in the viewfinder as well. To see the outer planets you will want to make use of the Barlow lens which is included with the lens set. Also, the app is handy at helping you locate objects in the sky. My iPhone 8-plus fit just fine in the phone holster. So glad I purchased this.

Easy to assemble and solid - very helpful to have the app. I would highly recommend. Other older telescopes don't have app. You'll see excellent ratings uniformly (even outside of Best Buy). Good telescope for me and my son.

Very nice scope. Easy to use. Good quality! Buy it!

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!

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!