Celestron 21041 PowerSeeker 60AZ Telescope

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I don't know what the current 60mm F15 are like, but I have a Vixen Custom 60L from the 1990's that performs wonderfully. Setting up the telescope is a breeze, so you can enjoy the wonders of the universe in no time. Even on your first time out, you can assemble the telescope and its accessories in just a few minutes. The adjustable tripod legs allow you to customize the telescope’s height or place it on raised surfaces like a picnic table. The total telescope kit weighs in at just 3.8 pounds—perfect for impromptu observing sessions or transporting wherever life’s adventures take you. Celestron’s FREE planetarium app is an astronomy suite that redefines how you experience the night sky. can sure scratch an itch for sure and be a lot of fun and enjoyment. I have a little 60mm Bausch & Lomb Discoverer zoom. I absolutely love this little spotter. The optics of this are amazing. I have had a few other little 60mm's but this hands down blows them away. It puts up awesome, very well defined images of Jupiter's banding. Great images of the moon and it's craters. I know it's a spotter and zoom that is maxed at 60x but it is a 60mm, and one with some amazing lenses in it in my opinion. It also gets used quite a bit as it came with a little dovetail shoe on it and it mounts on my fluid head tripod with ease. The tests above demonstrate that the problem is not caused by focuser misalignment to the OTA or a problem with the objective cell. Instead it is inherent to the objective lens set, and more specifically, the flint since the chromatic aberration rotates with it. I suspect this is caused by a small amount of decentering or a subtle difference in spacing (relative tilt)between the two lenses. If it is decentering I should be able totap a hole for a grub screwto push the flint slightly away from the bottom third of the cell.

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Seeing was pretty poor, and the mount is hindering simple testing, but using the mount in alt az configuration makes it workable. Rigel's companion is visible even when the CA is aligned with its PA. The same was true when splitting Castor at 100x atzenith. The spurious disks on the latter were probably elongated about 50% (a 3:2 oval for each) with a dark lane in between and the color of the primary spilling red on the secondary andviolet to the other side of the primary. The 60mm f/12 objective was in mint condition (after a cleaning). Optically, the scope performs beautifully. It makes use of its full 60mm aperture. It's essentially free from chromatic aberrations. The star-test patterns (using a 1st magnitude star) were absolutely "beautiful". I've used Buttercup for solar, lunar, planetary and deep-sky visual astronomy -- and enjoyed every minute of my eyepiece time! Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown I have an FS60Q as a companion to the FOA60Q. I love them both at the same aperture, for different reasons, so I keep them both.TeleVue TV60 f/6 ED doublet: fantastic and compact scope, looked through a stunning sample, has a bit more CA than the slower aforementioned fluorite doublets. The PowerSeeker 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. Of course you have DeLite and Nagler alternatives at 5mm & 7mm, and Delos at 8mm. But the Tak UWs are stellar! None of this is difficult to get a great result from. I turned the 60 f/15on Mars and viewed at 100x with red #23 in. I was able to faintly see the general shape ofSyrtis Major and the associated Mare, along with the Sinus regions on the other side. Also felt I was seeing a small but brilliant polar cap along with general larger brightening that is a match for Hellas. I have experimented with several similar entry level models. Almost without exception the objectives have been surprisingly good at any sensible high magnifications.Quite often the objectives are pinched due to the retaining ring being too tight. Forget the rest of the instrument though!. I have used them for solar observation and also built a binoscope with a pair incorporating a couple of monoculars for the eyepiece end.

Celestron - PowerSeeker 60AZ Telescope - Manual Alt-Azimuth

Moon Filter – Enjoy the details of the Moon without the brightness. It only takes a second or two to transform your regular eyepiece into one suited for lunar observations—simply thread this filter onto the bottom of your eyepieces. The Moon Filter is also helpful when observing Venus or bright terrestrial scenes to reduce glare. Thanks for all the comments and keep posting pictures of them small refractors. Would love to see a picture of Buttercup. this scope was given to my someone who got it as a gift recently and didn’t want it. Like you I’m curious on how a modern 60mm f/15 compares to the scopes of vintage past The Mercury-707's 70mm multi-coated objective lens provides good views of the Moon, stars, bright planets and other night sky objects. The behavior of the pattern on either side of focusis not that of simple coma or astigmatism. If they are present, they are masked by the chromatism.I have been using a 1.25" Tak prism for planetary. While I typically use the 3-6 Nagler zoom for the shorter ratio refractors on planets, I have used my 7T1 with the 80 f/11.3 and a 9T6 with the f/15 Mak because that is wherethe latter scopes have topped out so far on planets. I enjoy just seeing what level of performance I can squeeze out of just 60mm - take this post on another forum as an example. The TV60 is a little work of art. Compact, light, well built and the optics, oh the optics. Tiny 60mm perfection. First light for me was Jupiter. At 70x using a 5.2mm Pentax XL color correction and sharpness were breathtaking. I have not been so excited about a medium power view of Jupiter well, since I had my Sears scope. I also observed open clusters and Omega Centauri with it. Yes, binoculars will sometimes be part of my travel kit. But, the ability to change magnification allows more flexibility and the mandatory lunar/planetary fix.

Travel Scope 60 | Celestron

Something in the 20mm range for wider-field viewing - looks like the Televue Panoptic gets pretty good marks in this range, but very open to recommendationsUnseen worlds come into view with Celestron microscopes. With features like digital imaging and video, you'll be able to share your view in more ways than before! A bit smaller still: the Celestron/Vixen FL55 S f/8 fluorite doublet, one of the best refractor optics I ever had or looked through: