Celestron 21047 70mm Powerseeker Telescope

by Celestron

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 39 x 13 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002CTZ6Q
• Item model number: 21047
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,305 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 1, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Celestron's affordable Powerseeker line of telescopes are perfect for stargazers new to astronomy. Offering exceptional value, these telescopes feature portable yet powerful designs with ample optical performance to excite any newcomer to the world of amateur astronomy. The Powerseeker 70 Square has a unique square tube design maximizes the internal tube space allowing damaging tube currents to avoid the actual optical path, resulting in clear, steady seeing

The PowerSeeker 70 Square comes with all glass optical components with high transmission coatings for enhanced image brighness and clarity. All PowerSeekers come with a full range of eyepieces plus a 3x Barlow lens, allowing an increase in viewing power hundreds of times greater than that of an unaided eye. It also features collapsable altazimuth mounts suitable for terrestial viewing as well as astronomical use. It comes with soft carrying case that holds the telescope, mount, tripod, and all accessories

What's in the Box
Powerseeker 70 Square Telescope, 5x20 finderscope, 3x Barlow Lens (1.25"), 20mm eyepiece, 4mm eyepiece, aluminum tripod with accessory tray, soft carrying case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unadvertised features, August 19, 2006

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---------------------------> "Tommy Emman... (Rockville, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celestron 21047 70mm Powerseeker Telescope (Electronics)

I bought this scope for my nephew. I didn't buy it from Amazon.

This is a very poor quality telescope. Celestron is one of the best selling telescope brands, but don't expect to get a semi-decent inexpensive scope as a result of high volume manufacturing. Celestron is an American company, but this scope is made in China. Some of their other products may be of high quality, but they should blush when you mention this one.

I contacted Celestron customer support and they quickly rejected my request for a refund. They told me that sacrifices in quality have to be made to make the inexpensive scope..though, I don't remember that in the advertisements.

At the lowest magnification (which I think is 45X) it's OK for looking at the moon, but you'd be much better off buying a portable spotting scope. Trying to steady and focus this long scope on the flimsy tripod is difficult. At high magnification, forget it. The rotating eyepiece feature is worthless. It's hard to rotate, so if you try to use it you knock the scope off of its target. You end up exchanging eyepieces in the same socket anyway.

Search the internet for advice before you buy any telescope, there are helpful tutorials out there, but I'm not supposed to post them here. search for "Buying your first telescope" on altavista

I upgraded this to 2 stars because 1.I should have known better and 2. the low power objective looks alright.