| | |  | Orion | Home » » Celestron 127EQ PowerSeeker Telescope | | | | | | | Description: | | The Celestron PowerSeeker series of telescopes is designed to give the first-time buyer the perfect combination of quality, value, features and power. Offering exceptional value, these telescopes feature portable yet powerful designs with ample optical performance to excite any newcomer to the world of amateur astronomy. | | | Features: | |
• 3x Barlow Lens
• German Equatorial Mount
• 127mm Aperture
• 1000mm Focal Length
• Comes with aluminum tripod and accessory tray
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 30.9 inches | | Product Width:
| 16.9 inches | | Product Height:
| 8.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 29.65 pounds | | Package Length:
| 29.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 16.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 8.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 29.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 25 reviews |
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 Be aware customer service sucksJan 22, 2010
Customer service is not very good. I don't want to go into the pain I had getting a replacement part but it finally came today. This was a Christmas gift for my wife. The replacement part has a part missing to it!! I'm not exactly sure what is going on at Celestron. Just be cautious when buying their product.
 Great First TelescopeJan 03, 2010
I purchased this for my daughter for Christmas. She loves it -- and so does the whole family. The views of the moon have been absolutely spectacular -- it is the first time I have seen individual craters with my own eyes. We've also gotten glimpses of Jupiter and Saturn -- glimpses only because of high winds and some thin high level clouds.
A couple of notes. If you want to look at the moon, you'll need to get a filter. It makes all the difference in the world. I never thought the moon could be too bright, but with this telescope it is.
The telescope was relatively easy to assemble, but the instructions were confusing because the written description did always match the photos.
If you're a novice stargazer, I highly recommend this telescope..
Santa made my son happyDec 30, 2009
My thirteen year old got the telescope for christmas and has been outside every night since. I would definitely recommend this one to someone else. very clear and seems to be easy for my son to use. I have not helped him line it up yet.
Beginers scopeDec 18, 2009
This is a beginners telescope it is great for mostlly moon and maybe planetary viewing . As all amature astronomers know eyepieces are a big part of how well a telescope performs optically, unfortunately lower priced telescopes like this one have poor quality eyepieces included. Personally i would not pay more than 100.00 including shipping for this particular model. If you want a real telescope check out the celestron nexstar SE models 5 & above.
Pros: very good moon views
Decent tripod
Nice apperture size
All metal parts
Reasonably priced if you paid less than 100.00 inc. Shipping
Cons: images can be blurry with the slightest wind or movement
Poor quality eyepieces
Viewfinder is useless
Slew controlls are plastic and flimsy
Optics are so so but for the price cant complain
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 My Experience With 127EQ and Celestron tech serviceDec 02, 2009
Bought in Sept09 from a different site. Paid $127. No prior experience with astronomy or telescopes but I've wanted one my whole life. I am a technical person (work with and repair mass spectrometers for a living). I only provide that info so you understand that this isn't the easiest thing to get in to. You have to want it. Try to read up on how to use a German EQ mount before you start. It will pay off quickly if you do. I've had trouble with numerous things but have always been able to make it work to some degree and it gets way better with more experience. In my opinion the EQ127 is a great scope for the price. Yes, the finder stinks, the eye pieces you have to choose from stink (only the 20mm is really useful), the mount and tripod aren't great but they work. What did you expect for $100 or $150? Bottom line is that it works and is not a piece of junk. Jupiter and it's moons are easy. The moon is insane (much better with some shadows when it's not full). If you try to view it when it's full or mostly full it will practically blind you because the scope gathers so much light. You will want/need to spend another $200-$300 on accessories like eye pieces,filters, and a collimator to really get into the hobby but this is a great starter set in my opinion. The eye pieces you buy in the future will fit most more expensive scopes. Concerning customer service and robustness....I thought my original EQ mount was broken after a month and a half. I opened a ticket via email with Celestron. They told me it would be $45 to send a replacement. They sent part of of what I needed. I emailed them again. They sent me an entire mount without asking for more money. It turns out it was all my fault. There were adjustmets that I could have made that would have fixed the problem with the original mount. Yes, they should have asked the right questions but didn't, the bottom line is that it's fixed. It took a month. So what. BTW, 2 days ago I tripped and fell on top of the scope and tripod when I was moving it. I weigh 225lbs. It still works. I guess it is pretty tough and can withstand a fall to the ground (;) Now I'm sure I need that collimation tool more than ever.
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