Celestron 52275 C130 Maksutov Spotting Scope

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 23 x 16 x 10 inches ; 20 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 24 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: B0002A088M
• Item model number: 52275
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,905 in Camera & Photo (See Bestsellers in Camera & Photo)

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  #74 in	Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Hunting > Hunting Optics > Spotting Scopes
  #93 in	Camera & Photo > Binoculars, Telescopes & Optics > Spotting Scopes

• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
An upgrade from the 90mm Mak, this 130mm Mak offers images that are twice as bright as the 90mm, allowing for better performance in low light conditions. The Maksutov optical design is recognized for being a portable design that is easy to use and has a variety of applications, making it an excellent choice for both terrestrial and astronomical usage. This C130 Mak has excellent optics with razor sharp images over a wide field. The C130 Mak features an internal flip mirror design which allows the user to view celestial objects at a 90 degree angle and also corrects the image orientation to view land objects at a 45 degree angle. This model features durable black rubber armor for protection and comes complete inside its own soft sided carrying case. The C130 Mak’s mounting bar is designed to work with a traditional heavy duty photo tripod and is also adaptable to Celestron’s Advanced GT equatorial mount.

Product Description
An upgrade from the 90mm Mak, this 130mm Mak offers images that are twice as bright as the 90mm, allowing for better performance in low light conditions. The Maksutov optical design is recognized for being a portable design that is easy to use and has a variety of applications, making it an excellent choice for both terrestrial and astronomical usage. This C130 Mak has excellent optics with razor sharp images over a wide field. The C130 Mak features an internal flip mirror design which allows the user to view celestial objects at a 90 degree angle and also corrects the image orientation to view land objects at a 45 degree angle. This model comes complete inside its own soft sided carrying case. The C130 Mak's mounting bar is designed to work with a traditional heavy duty photo tripod and is also adaptable to Celestron's Advanced GT equatorial mount.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not impressed, February 18, 2009

By	R. J. Mayer (Richland, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased a Celestron MAK C90, my first ever spotting scope, based on Amazon reviews. I wasn't impressed with the crude set screw adjustments but got it to work okay...but only for a few times before the focus broke. I returned the unit and over three months passed during which I could get no information on progress. Finally, I received a phone call from Celestron saying the C90 is no longer in production and that they will send me a replacement, 11049, a relatively fancy telescope I was told would work fine as a spotting scope. Again, about three weeks passed with no action, so I called and happily got a helpful person on the phone. After hearing my story and checking, he said he had to talk with his supervisor. He returned to say he could not send the 11049 as promised, that the C90 is still in production but back ordered, and that he would send a C130 which he called a "hopped up" C90. By then I was so tired of the situation that I just said, "Fine." The C130 finally did arrive, and proved to be a large, heavy, blown up version of the C90. It has the same crude set screw adjustments for the finder scope, the simple finder scope is hard to use as it pictures everything upside down and backwards, and I cannot center the cross hairs on the target with the little set screws. Neither of my two high quality tripods will adequately support the heavy C130 so I have ordered another. If I can't make this scope useful, I'm not sure I'll contact Celestron again.