Review on 🔭 Celestron PowerSeeker 114EQ Telescope - Beginner's Manual German Equatorial Telescope with Compact Portability - Bonus Astronomy Software Package - 114mm Aperture by Jamie Clark

This is a rating specifically for the Celestron PS 114mm EQ. My daughter gave it to me. After using it for a couple of nights, I checked the mirror alignment with a $28 Celestron 1.25" collimating eyepiece (which I already had). The alignment of the mirror was very tight, requiring only a minimal adjustment that had no noticeable effect. On the third night I could see the moon (again) and the Orion Nebula at different magnifications (20mm eyepiece with and without Barlow) I could also - with the Celestron Ploessel 9mm eyepiece - see Jupiter and its four moons Two main cloud bands directly on Jupiter, or maybe fainter, and a moon's shadow on Jupiter itself, a tiny black dot near one of the poles. I also like the lightweight aluminum mount, it's strong when the legs aren't fully extended, and it's light enough to do it without wearing a hernia. Good value for money right out of the box. With. Five stars! EDIT: I recently (February) bought and installed a Celestron motor drive ($33 at Revain) and it works great. Once the motor drive speed is set correctly with a small knob (which is fairly easy to do), for example, it keeps Jupiter centered for almost an hour with a 7mm eyepiece. Note that the ground speed only needs to be set once for a given latitude. Note that the Celestron 127EQ and 114EQ are very similar in design and price, but this one has a much longer barrel and no focus-correcting eyepiece. tube it seems significantly sharper or at least much easier to collimate. Recently (April) I got a cheap laser collimator (lk1 from seben dot com, identical to the orion lasermate) and tried it on this scope although it didn't seem necessary. All the work is very simple, takes no more than 5-10 minutes if you know what to do (there is no focusing lens in the focusing tube, this is NOT a Bird Jones design!). Adjustments were minimal and there was no noticeable change in sharpness, as I said above mine was pristine out of the box. Look at the image section to see my recent photo of Jupiter. The best additions to this telescope are a $30 Celestron motor drive (love it!), a better quality $40 Celestron 2x Omni Barlow achromatic, and a $20 Celestron Omni 9mm eyepiece Dollar; the telescope seems capable of much more than is just pretty .offer simple eyepieces). Then you will find yourself in the telescope paradise for little money. I also found this telescope to be very suitable for planetary astrophotography, paired in my case with a very reliable Celestron clock drive (hadn't switched the battery to it in three months of use) and an inexpensive webcam (a Logitech C310 in my case). hp Photos of Jupiter and Moon added (April 2014). Added another photo of Jupiter and Mars, the last one clearly showing one of the polar caps (April 2014). Got a nice picture of the Cassini division on Saturn (May 2014). I've added another great image of Jupiter that I took on a very clear day (March 2015). You can clearly see multiple rings as well as details of the main ring clouds.