Review on 🔭 Celestron FirstScope 21024 Telescope by Kimberly Williams

OK. Above all. It's not a Takahashi Sky 90. It's not a Dobsonian Obsession UC22". I have both of the above telescopes. Plus a Tak FSQ106EDXIII. I'm an amateur astronomer. Hell, I even have my own dome observatory in my backyard, so I wasn't expecting it that this little scope offers the views I'm used to.I bought the scope for my neighbor's 8 year old son but before I gave it to him I decided to test it in the sky of impressed.That's natural all just a 3" reflector. But the optical problems were huge. Unfortunately, the eyepieces suck. But the worst thing is that the optical cloud is even worse, at least on my model. Most reflectors have the ability to collimate the optics. That means aligning everything with the eyepiece. In this area there is no area. There is no way to move the primary mirror, only "wrong" adjustment screws on the secondary mirror. In addition, the secondary mirror (mirror, reflector) is crooked at the top. squeezing the image from the main to the eyepiece). It sure didn't help anyone. The first thing I did was remove the secondary (small) mirror from the focuser and re-tap it to align better. This was done by "looking" but it changed the view a lot. This is very easy to do with contact cement. That's all you can do to help the optics in this little telescope. Maybe it was just my scope but I didn't have time to send it back. When I made this change, I was impressed. Keep in mind that you won't get any Hubble images outside of this range. Even after fixation, there was a lot of astigmatism and coma in the eyepiece. The stars showed many pincushion artifacts just outside the center field. But when I set my sights on the Orion Nebula, it was there! With some peripheral vision (not looking directly at the object but like looking to the side) I was treated with a classic fog. The Pleiades were brilliant and I could easily make out the shape of the Andromeda galaxy. Jupiter's four major moons were evident, although the cloud bands required some imagination (but light, thin clouds obscured my view of Earth). Luna is very impressive. Even when I switched to a 4mm eyepiece, the Moon showed many details that would delight any child. The craters are very impressive. Although I haven't seen it myself, I'm sure Saturn's rings would have been clearly visible. I remember looking at Saturn in a 60mm Sears refractor with my brothers when I was ten years old. I was fascinated and it paved the way for a lifelong desire to explore the skies. Since then I've had an Edmund Astroscan and 6" Reflector, two Celestron C8s, a C11, a 13.1" homemade Dobsonian Reflector, my current Takahashi refractors and my new 22" Obsession scope. All because of my first backyard view with a piece of Sears junk. In my opinion, this telescope is much better. Keep in mind that you don't necessarily get a top-notch telescope. However, the overall design is impressive. A viewfinder would have been nice, but I've had pretty good luck just aiming down the tube and hunting. But such a sight is perhaps the only thing that will arouse curiosity in a young mind. Maybe you want to meet the night sky, this is the perfect little gem. Of course, it's far from perfect, and you might even need a little tweaking if you're brave enough. objects as well as the moon and larger planets. And it's easy to carry and foolproof to set up. Act!