Celestron 21036 PowerSeeker 70AZ Telescope

Starter scope for grand daughter easy to set up and easy for her to use only on the moon so far, will try saturn when it's higher in the sky ,the finder scope is basic will up grade to 9×50 for her apart from that excellent scope

This telescope is light and easy to use .

What can I say about this one it's a nice low budget telescope and looks really smart in the front room but then it's not meant to be an ornament is it, it was easy enough to assemble took me about half an hour between unboxing and assembly, that was the easy part, it appears to be quite well made with a reasonably steady tripod it's not heavy to carry either, my problem was trying to focus it I found the finder scope very hard to focus and the whole experience very tedious and freezing trying to view the moon in the month of February isn't a lot of fun in the west of Ireland,with your eyes watering from the cold,alot of foustering in the dark also even with red headlight which wasn't a whole lot of good either I couldn't see much but I think I need to learn more on YouTube so I'll try to get more info before the next full moon when I hope I'll see more and it'll be a bit warmer too, I need to learn how to focus it properly and then might be happier, it's a hobby you need a lot of patience for, the romantic idea you have of it and the reality are two different things, I think you need a really large scope from what I see on YouTube to see anything in great detail which will entail a lot of extra cost that I don't think I'd be prepared to pay, anyhow I'll soldier on with the pseeker 70az for now and hope for a more rewarding experience in the future , in fairness I'm in a great place for observing as there's no light pollution or buildings in the way ideal for astronomy just walk out the back door as they say, so hopefully I'll have a better idea next time out, I tried to see Jupiter also but couldn't focus on it, as I say I'll try to learn more as Im just a beginner and I can't return it now anyway so I'll have to stick with this one, it's something that takes time to know how to use right, my expectations might have been to high

Makes a great present, and stimulates a new interest in astronomy

the mount is very poor and when moving scope the action is not smooth no matter how you adjust it. Once you manage to focus on something the lenses do their job fine, it's just the mount that is a problem.

Excellent product for beginners using telescopes.

Great product

The telescope is great for viewing the stars and moon. Have not yet used it to look at planets.