Bought this telescope for my daughter at Christmas. Put it together in 30 min. and we were off to view the moon. She is in Astronomy, so she knows where to look in the sky. Nice telescope, focuses well. It is manual, so it does take time to find the object, but this is okay for her. Thankx.

This is our first scope and we are loving it. Nice crisp views with a 32mm eyepiece. I don't care for the supplies 20mm eyepiece or the star finder. Overall it's nice and I'm happy with the purchase.

Compact; Strong Construction

Heavy

Celestron Am 130 eq...is the best product. You can see sky objects like Saturn Jupiter galaxy nubulas... I am still searching...and learning to use it. How to use mother drive I am still confused ... Quality is good. Easy to set up. Easy to spot stars.

A birthday present that went down very well!!

Accurate; Strong Construction

Gets the kids out of the house (and out of my hair)! We bought this as a xmas present for our 2 kids. For the price we paid, we think the results are excellent (admittedly we aren't experts). Perfect for a young family.

Local camera shop had it on for 1/2 price. Paid $170 CDN for it. well worth the price considering what you get. Wouldn't pay full price for it. Can easily hit the usual targets, Jupiter, Saturn, etc. still trying to get to nebula's etc. maybe too much light pollution.

excellent optics for price

finder is tough to aim to get close to objects

Good for a second telescope after that horrible refractor you got at some chain store.

Beautiful design - looks like a professional scope in many ways

Cheap eyepieces, wobbly tripod; Good for beginners

A winner in the budget category

Affordable; competant

CG-3 is not the sturdiest of mounts

Well let me start by saying it is not that easy to set up if you are inexperienced at these things - it takes a good 3 hours and there were things that didn't seem right. The screw to the one of the balancing weights failed to engage and the actual slow motion controls fail to engage at specific...

this is the best telescope available on net on affordable price, and I know that hs18 services are very best,, plz make this product in stock, I want to buy this product thanks