Celestron 21041 PowerSeeker 60AZ Telescope

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A bit smaller still: the Celestron/Vixen FL55 S f/8 fluorite doublet, one of the best refractor optics I ever had or looked through: I don't know what the current 60mm F15 are like, but I have a Vixen Custom 60L from the 1990's that performs wonderfully. Soon to go on my DIY bino chair and hopefully will get even more use being it will be easy to get it aimed at zenith. Of course you have DeLite and Nagler alternatives at 5mm & 7mm, and Delos at 8mm. But the Tak UWs are stellar! None of this is difficult to get a great result from. Not compatible with #93648 Off-Axis Guider, not compatible with #93519 2" Mirror Diagonal (discontinued)

Celestron 52223 60 mm Zoom 45 Degree Spotting Scope Telescope

Thx to this group, I now have an 18.2mm DeLite on the way - looking forward to the views! I also have a couple of Televue barlows (2x, 3x) sitting around from my brief forays into planetary imaging. Think I'm going to play around with these for a bit and see if that helps me firm up my thinking on the higher magnification eyepiece. Those Tak UWs sure look nice, but that price! The tiny 60mm opened up a whole new universe for me. I later passed it on to my sister and her daughter where it was partly responsible for kindling the kid’s interest in science. I pointed it at Betelguese and it showed as a tiny yellow lightbulb. It almost looked solid. I don't know if it's supposed to show diffractions rings or not, but I didn't notice any. Churchill said that "any cannon is better than no cannon", and I think the same can be said of small telescopes, unless they are of such abysmal quality to actually push someone away from astronomy. Having said that, an argument can be made for having a pair of nice, image stabilized binoculars at hand. Getting both eyes involved always helps.I did the same observation of Marswith the 80, using 100x (4mm setting on 3-6 Nagler) and red #23 to see a somewhat lower contrast outline of the dark regions as well as the brightening to the south, probably Hellas although I had some impression of what should have been the pole. This 80 seems to beconsiderably sharper than my original ST80. The 60 provided a little more detail overall. I star tested on Rigel, then rotated the crown approximately 60 degrees twice, star testing each time. There was little change either time, the angle of the prism effect and elongation of the spurious disk were the same at 0.6mm exit pupil (100x). This demonstrated that it is not a rotational issue with the crown relative to the flint. The test indicates the crown's figure and center must be uniform.

Celestron PowerSeeker 60mm f/15 EQ Refractor Telescope Celestron PowerSeeker 60mm f/15 EQ Refractor Telescope

I have an FS60Q as a companion to the FOA60Q. I love them both at the same aperture, for different reasons, so I keep them both. If I remember correctly, the scope was 700mm focal length and the eyepieces were Kellners. I’ll have to ask my sister what happened to the scope. For the higher magnification I found the 3.4mm Vixen HR was a little dim (108x) with a 60mm f/6 APO for planetary observations. You might look at a 7mm DeLite (86x). I have one of these Celestron 60mm f/15 scopes. The optics on mine are spot on. They match the quality of both my Tasco and Bushnell 60mm f/15s. The focuser is all plastic but is very smooth. The finderscope is junk. Have not had a chance to test the EQ Mount. I used it with a spare clamp mount on an alt-az tripod.but at least providing 675x capability in a 2.4" scope is consistent with "Powerseeker" in the name. I would look at the 18.2mm TV DeLite. It would give you 33x and almost 2.0 deg TFOV. The 18.2mm DeLite has been excellent in 60mm f/6, 72mm f/6 and 80mm f/7 APOs so it should be just fine in your 60mm f/10 as well. Something to give the best contrast lunar and planetary views at the high end of magnification my little scope can comfortably handle. My usual seeing conditions aren't great. Thinking 100x is maybe a good range to aim for, so maybe 6mm but maybe too small exit pupil? The 18.2mm DeLite is a great place to start. So would the 24mm Panoptic or a used 22mm Panoptic (one of my favorites, which I still own 30 years later). But for a short focal length, consider (saving for) the not-inexpensive Takahashi UW 5.7mm. It's designed for flat field scopes, which the FS60Q is. It's right by the 6mm lazy-person's target. It has a roomy 90° AFOV and it's optically incisive for 105X. In the event you find a night of exceptional seeing where you can grind out more useful magnification, with the 5.7mm UW eyepiece you can get 210X with a 2X Barlow, or ~89X per inch, which is entirely within the competence of the FS60Q when seeing permits. Finally had a few minutes last night to try out both the DeLite and the Brandon on Jupiter and Saturn in the FS60Q with 1.25" Tak diagonal. Seeing was about 1.5 per Good to Stargaze.

PowerSeeker 60EQ Telescope | Celestron PowerSeeker 60EQ Telescope | Celestron

The Travel Scope 60 is a refractor telescope perfect for terrestrial and celestial viewing on the go. By night, you can use your Travel Scope to view the planets, Moon, star clusters, and brighter deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy. During the day, attach the included erect image diagonal and the optical tube is ideal for using as a spotting scope to view landscapes, wildlife, and more. I wandered over to M42 with 12mm UO Konig and split the trapezium with no effort and the nebula began to form out of the darkness as my eyes dark adapted. I switched to the 16mm Konig. After a few minutes I could follow the long arms halfway around and see the dark lanes and mottlings. The smoothness and deep contrast impressed me. I think it is a decent budget telescope OTA. I imagine the 60mm is too. The other bit of bad news looking at the kit is that the 20mm eyepiece is a cheaper design than that with the Celestron 70 Travel scope. This one has a much smaller eye lens and only about a 13.6mm field stop vs. about 19mm in the Travel scope's kit. The TV60 is a little work of art. Compact, light, well built and the optics, oh the optics. Tiny 60mm perfection. First light for me was Jupiter. At 70x using a 5.2mm Pentax XL color correction and sharpness were breathtaking. I have not been so excited about a medium power view of Jupiter well, since I had my Sears scope. I also observed open clusters and Omega Centauri with it. Yes, binoculars will sometimes be part of my travel kit. But, the ability to change magnification allows more flexibility and the mandatory lunar/planetary fix.On arrival, it was very easy to assemble and to align the finderscope. Attaching my own current dovetail was easy and straightforward. I found the telescope very easy to use.

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I received the 60 f/15 scope today. Overcast and sometimes sprinkling, but I did get to point at some street lamps about 300 yards away, some other light poles, a cell tower and the mountains. Only tested up to 100x but I didn't notice anything amiss with the image. The mount actually seemed a little better than I expected. The scope might be useable on this mount with VSP's. The focuser seemed relatively smooth and tight for plastic. I have not tested to see how it handles an eyepiece and diagonal in the vertical though. At least future star testingwill be easier now that I have added rings to the OTA and don't have to rely on the unbalanced, shaky EQ1 mounting system. After the holidays I will see if I can get Celestron to send me a replacement objective. As exit pupil gets smaller the image gets dimmer. And it does not matter the scope size for that. The difference is that a larger aperture telescope will provide a given exit pupil at a higher magnification. The reason is that you can also calculate the exit pupil by dividing the aperture of the telescope by the magnification the eyepiece gives in that telescope.

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