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| |  | Posters & Wall Art | Home » » Celestron 31045 AstroMaster 130 EQ Reflector Telescope | | | | | | | Description: | | If you're looking for a dual-purpose telescope appropriate for both terrestrial and celestial viewing, then the AstroMaster Series is for you. Each AstroMaster model is capable of giving correct views of land and sky. The AstroMaster Series produce bright, clear images of the Moon and planets. It is easy to see the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn with every one of these fine instruments. For views of the brighter deep space objects like galaxies and nebulae, we recommend the larger aperture and light gathering ability of the Newtonian reflectors. | | | Features: | |
• Quick and easy no-tool setup
• Permanently mounted StarPointer
• Erect image optics - Ideal for terrestrial and astronomical use
• Quick release dovetail attachment - no tool setup
• German Equatorial mount with Setting circles - to accurately locate and track sky objects
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 34.7 inches | | Product Width:
| 18.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 11.4 inches | | Product Weight:
| 38.75 pounds | | Package Length:
| 34.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 18.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 11.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 39.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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 Great GiftFeb 11, 2010
I gave this telescope to my fiance for Christmas and he loves it. He never had a telescope before, but he was able to find things with it still, so it was "beginner friendly". Overall, if your looking for a telescope for a beginners, that is also high quality, this is a great choice!
Great for sky and landJan 21, 2010
I gave this telescope as a gift for someone who has never had a telescope before and she absolutely loves it. In addition, standard shipping from Adorama was extremely fast--I ordered the telescope 4 days before Christmas and it arrived the 23rd. I was very impressed.
Nice Scope for the beginners.Dec 14, 2009
I bought this scope recently a month ago. I am really impressed by the quality of the scope. The viewing is easy and really good. The magnification is pretty good. I looked at moon and pretty impressed. The best part is you can purchase other eye pieces which I strongly recommend at a very decent price.
I would recommend buying a powerful eyepiece which you can get for approx $75 if you are planning on getting serious.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 A great starter telescopeJun 18, 2009
This was my first telescope. Let me just say that I'm very impressed with what I see. On my first night out with it I was able to see Jupiter and some of its moons. I was able to make out the red and white bands of clouds too!! It wasn't huge in the eyepiece, but hey, we're not using the Hubble Telescope here. I even got a good look at Saturn as well. Saturn was literally this big -0- and that was with a 9mm eye piece.
Now, I bought the accessory kit and I highly recommend getting it with this scope. I love the 32mm eyepiece for great eye relief and the 2x barlow even better. Don't plan on using the 4mm for anything but the moon and even then it's a little too much for this telescope.
The spotting scope on the top of this thing is a joke. I took mine off. I just start with the 32mm lens "aim" at what i want to look at, and then start stepping the lenses down.
All in all, I would recommend this as a good starter scope. Just point and enjoy. Who needs motor driven gps mounts that take forever to set up.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
good opticsSep 20, 2008
The optical quality is quite good, with a good field of view and very limited spider effect. The star pointer is fair to poor however if used with a low power lens (25mm or larger) it will suffice. Barlow usage is excellent and I'm amazed at lunar observation. Only other gripe is when slewing at a low polar angle you can run into the knobs. Mount seems solid however I don't care for the dec. setup. The focuser could stand a little more travel but is adequate for this scopes capability. Overall I give it 5 stars for lunar and terrestrial use, four and a half for planetary (excellent on Jupiter and Venus, struggles with Neptune and Uranus) but with some filters I hope to improve that. Deep sky is fair. The star finder I give a one.
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