Celestron 114 Telescope

May 12, 2011 in Celestron | No comments

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Celestron 114 Telescope

Celestron PowerSeeker telescopes are a great way to open up the wonders of the Universe to the aspiring astronomer. The PowerSeeker series is designed to give the first-time telescope user the perfective combining of quality, value, features and power.

Amateur astronomy is a outstanding family sparetime activity that may be enjoyed year round, and Celestron’s PowerSeekers are the idealisti choice for families looking for an lowpriced and high quality telescope that will provide a lot of hours of enjoyment for children and adults alike.

PowerSeekers are quick and easy to set up – even for the novice. No tools are required for assembly!

Review I love bargains, so I was eager to undertake out Celestron’s new Powerseeker 114 Newtonian reflector telescope. With it is 4.5-inch mirror, Celestron’s Powerseeker 114 gathers three times more starlight than frequent 60mm refractors. The Powerseeker package includes two eyepieces (K20 and SR4), a plastic 3x barlow, and a lightweight equatorial mount.

Optically, the Powerseeker 114 holds it is own when equated with my Celestron Firstscope 114EQ. Using the K20 eyepiece included as usual equipment, with regards to 45x magnification, it’s easy to see the Andromeda Galaxy and it is littler satellite galaxy M32. When equated to 60mm refractors, the Powerseeker 114 brings out much more detail in the Orion Nebula, reveals a good deal of more stars in Perseus’ Double Cluster and even brings out a few person stars in globular clusters like M13. Saturn looks rather little at 45x with the K20 eyepiece, but using my own 7.5mm eyepiece (120x) I may effortlessly detect the shadow cast by the planet on the rings, and even glimpse the ring’s Cassini Division. When the mirrors are the right way lined up or “collimated,” the images are somewhat sharp up to magnifications of 225x. I find a collimation tool helps get this fine tuning just right.

As good as the optics are, however, the effect of cost-cutting shows up in the mechanical components. The focuser is plastic, the finder scope is plastic, the rings that attach the telescope to the tripod are plastic. Even when the tripod legs are clamped at their shortest setting, the telescope wobbles when I try to focus at higher magnifications. Celestron’s instruction manual in the right way recommends that most looking at be done in the range of 40x to 130x. So what when it comes to that 675x exposure proclaimed on the box? I’d say it’s not worth the trouble.

Overall, the Celestron Powerseeker 114 is a budget priced telescope with good optical performance, specially when using the low power K20 eyepiece. If you’re more than willing to spend a little more money, either Orion’s SkyQuest XT4.5 or Celestron’s Firstscope 114EQ will give you a sturdier mount, an bettered finder scope, and better eyepieces. Also, for with regards to the price of the Powerseeker 114, I like the authenti refractor design of Celestron’s Firstscope 70EQ. –Jeff Phillips

Pros:

Low cost
Good optics
Serviceable K20 eyepiece

Cons:

Wobbly mount
Difficult to collimate
Plastic finder and focuser

Amateur astronomy is a outstanding family sparetime activity that may be enjoyed year round, and Celestron’s PowerSeekers are the idealisti choice for families looking for an lowcost and high quality telescope that will provide a lot of hours of enjoyment for children and adults alike.

PowerSeekers are quick and easy to set up – even for the novice. No tools are required for assembly!

Their sturdy equatorial mounts are perfective for tracking objects in the night sky, and the collapsible alt-azimuth mounts are utterly suitable for terrestrial (land) watching as well as astronomical use.

All of Celestron’s PowerSeekers include a full range of eyepieces plus a 3x Barlow lens that provides an increase in looking at power hundreds of times dandier than that of the unaided eye!

PowerSeekers are designed and fictitious using all to the full or entire extent coated glass optical parts with high transmission coatings for intensified effigy luminance and clarity.

Erect Image Optics are idealisti for terretrial (land) and astronomical (sky) use.