Celestron 21041 PowerSeeker 60AZ Telescope

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I have some doubts about the coatings of the objectives. There seems to be a fairly strong set of reflections when shining a headlamp down the tube. I don't recall other scopes giving such an impression, but I will need to explore this some. I enjoy just seeing what level of performance I can squeeze out of just 60mm - take this post on another forum as an example.

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but at least providing 675x capability in a 2.4" scope is consistent with "Powerseeker" in the name. Accessories include a 20mm and 4mm eyepiece, a finderscope, and a 3x Barlow lens. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views. The 3x Barlow lens triples the magnifying power of each eyepiece. Accessories include: two eyepieces (20mm and 8mm), erect image star diagonal, Barlow lens, moon filter, and finderscope.I received the 60 f/15 scope today. Overcast and sometimes sprinkling, but I did get to point at some street lamps about 300 yards away, some other light poles, a cell tower and the mountains. Only tested up to 100x but I didn't notice anything amiss with the image. The mount actually seemed a little better than I expected. The scope might be useable on this mount with VSP's. The focuser seemed relatively smooth and tight for plastic. I have not tested to see how it handles an eyepiece and diagonal in the vertical though. Finally had a few minutes last night to try out both the DeLite and the Brandon on Jupiter and Saturn in the FS60Q with 1.25" Tak diagonal. Seeing was about 1.5 per Good to Stargaze. Having said that, an argument can be made for having a pair of nice, image stabilized binoculars at hand. Getting both eyes involved always helps.

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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 an FS60Q as a companion to the FOA60Q. I love them both at the same aperture, for different reasons, so I keep them both.I pointed it at Betelguese and it showed as a tiny yellow lightbulb. It almost looked solid. I don't know if it's supposed to show diffractions rings or not, but I didn't notice any. 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 recommendations Very promising: Tak FOA 60 f/8.8 fluorite, just introduced, look forward to seeing one in the flesh.