Celestron Astromaster 130EQ MD Reviews

4.3 Rating 3 Reviews

Key features:
Manual German equatorial mount with setting circles - to locate and track sky objects
Adjustable, full height steel tripod with deluxe accessory tray
Quick and easy no-tool setup
Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, and a finderscope
Download Starry Night Basic Software with a 36,000 object database, printable sky maps and enhanced images including 3D renderings of stars, exoplanets, and galaxies
Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ MD Telescope
Discover our Solar System with the Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ! You’ll be ready to observe in minutes thanks to the quick and easy no-tool setup. The 130EQ provides bright, clear images of the Moon, planets, star clusters, and more for great nighttime viewing.
Manual German Equatorial telescope
The AstroMaster mount comes with two slow motion control knobs that allow you to make fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both Right Ascension and Declination axes, also referred to as RA and DEC.
Accessories Included
Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, and a finderscope. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views. The 20mm has a built-in erect image corrector.
Starry Night Software
Download Celestron’s Starry Night Software and learn about the night sky, celestial objects, and how to plan your next observing session. Celestron Starry Night Software is the premier astronomy software package on the market, providing resources and knowledge to view our solar system and beyond.

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“Bought for my 16 year old son who has a passion for astronomy. He has scored it very highly as attached.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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“Good but takes quite a long time to set up but not necessarily a bad thing as you get to know what everything can do”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Writing as a amatuer; for the price, this is a pretty good telescope once you've worked it out. Observing the moon in particular is breath-taking, planetary observation slightly trickier. The physical build feels very solid and good quality, although initially the tripod feels unsettlingly flimsy under the weight of the scope including counter-weights. Some assembly needed, minimal experience sufficient. The snag is the user interfacing. I still haven't figured out how the motor drive/setting circles work, and there's a lot of different planes/knobs to turn to line up with the object to be viewed, when compared to a manual alt-azimuth. I can't find any good youtube/web based tutorials, but it's very likely that a pro/experienced user would be up and running in minutes.”

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Posted 4 years ago