Celestron 21041 PowerSeeker 60AZ Telescope

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I guess if one knew the thread pitch and diameterand happened to have a die large enough to cut the threads, a custom transition piece could be made. Another option might be to cut the end off the plastic one and make a transition piece out of it in some way. I enjoy just seeing what level of performance I can squeeze out of just 60mm - take this post on another forum as an example. The scope came with one 25mm MA 0.965" eyepiece. I modified a 1.25" 10mm eyepiece, and later a 1.25" 6mm Orthoscopic by adding home-made 0.965" barrels. Buttercup handles the increased magnifications beautifully.

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I have been using a 1.25" Tak prism for planetary. While I typically use the 3-6 Nagler zoom for the shorter ratio refractors on planets, I have used my 7T1 with the 80 f/11.3 and a 9T6 with the f/15 Mak because that is wherethe latter scopes have topped out so far on planets. At least future star testingwill be easier now that I have added rings to the OTA and don't have to rely on the unbalanced, shaky EQ1 mounting system. After the holidays I will see if I can get Celestron to send me a replacement objective. your 60mm might have not been f17, but even if it was a f13 which was very common, CA should have been quite controlled. 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.The PowerSeeker mount comes with two slow motion control knobs that allow you to make fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both Right Ascension and Declination axes, also referred to as RA and DEC. I wandered over to M42 with 12mm UO Konig and split the trapezium with no effort and the nebula began to form out of the darkness as my eyes dark adapted. I switched to the 16mm Konig. After a few minutes I could follow the long arms halfway around and see the dark lanes and mottlings. The smoothness and deep contrast impressed me. I think it is a decent budget telescope OTA. I imagine the 60mm is too. Also, get a decent 32mm Plossl to max out field and exit pupil. There are plenty of choices here with reasonable prices. this scope was given to my someone who got it as a gift recently and didn’t want it. Like you I’m curious on how a modern 60mm f/15 compares to the scopes of vintage past I would look at the 18.2mm TV DeLite. It would give you 33x and almost 2.0 deg TFOV. The 18.2mm DeLite has been excellent in 60mm f/6, 72mm f/6 and 80mm f/7 APOs so it should be just fine in your 60mm f/10 as well.

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The TV60 is a little work of art. Compact, light, well built and the optics, oh the optics. Tiny 60mm perfection. First light for me was Jupiter. At 70x using a 5.2mm Pentax XL color correction and sharpness were breathtaking. I have not been so excited about a medium power view of Jupiter well, since I had my Sears scope. I also observed open clusters and Omega Centauri with it. Yes, binoculars will sometimes be part of my travel kit. But, the ability to change magnification allows more flexibility and the mandatory lunar/planetary fix.It's a mystery to me, why so many of the cheap 60mm makers decided to make a complete mess of an eyepiece as simple and cheap as the huygenian. If made correctly, a huygenian, when used on a long focal length achromat, can be a very sharp and enjoyable eyepiece to use, with a moderately wide 40° - 50° AFOV. It has only two single lenses, but apparently it was beyond the capabilities of budget telescope makers at the time to even space those two lenses correctly and use the correct focal lengths. Sad. The 60mm f/12 objective was in mint condition (after a cleaning). Optically, the scope performs beautifully. It makes use of its full 60mm aperture. It's essentially free from chromatic aberrations. The star-test patterns (using a 1st magnitude star) were absolutely "beautiful". I've used Buttercup for solar, lunar, planetary and deep-sky visual astronomy -- and enjoyed every minute of my eyepiece time!

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From your first telescope to precision, observatory-grade instruments, we have the perfect telescope to suit your experience level and budget. Find out why Celestron is the world's #1 telescope brand. Something to give the best contrast lunar and planetary views at the high end of magnification my little scope can comfortably handle. My usual seeing conditions aren't great. Thinking 100x is maybe a good range to aim for, so maybe 6mm but maybe too small exit pupil?I am pretty sure the problem is in the bottom element with the spacers attached. The color offset rotates with the bottom lens, independent of the top lens or the objective cell. If the cell was tilted then the orientation would not rotate when only the objective lenses were rotated. This is a relief since trying to correct focuser and objective cell orientations has proven difficult in the past. Accessories include: two eyepieces (20mm and 8mm), erect image star diagonal, Barlow lens, moon filter, and finderscope. Celestron’s FREE planetarium app is an astronomy suite that redefines how you experience the night sky. 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. Thx to this group, I now have an 18.2mm DeLite on the way - looking forward to the views! I also have a couple of Televue barlows (2x, 3x) sitting around from my brief forays into planetary imaging. Think I'm going to play around with these for a bit and see if that helps me firm up my thinking on the higher magnification eyepiece. Those Tak UWs sure look nice, but that price!

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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. can sure scratch an itch for sure and be a lot of fun and enjoyment. I have a little 60mm Bausch & Lomb Discoverer zoom. I absolutely love this little spotter. The optics of this are amazing. I have had a few other little 60mm's but this hands down blows them away. It puts up awesome, very well defined images of Jupiter's banding. Great images of the moon and it's craters. I know it's a spotter and zoom that is maxed at 60x but it is a 60mm, and one with some amazing lenses in it in my opinion. It also gets used quite a bit as it came with a little dovetail shoe on it and it mounts on my fluid head tripod with ease.The Travel Scope 60 is a refractor telescope perfect for terrestrial and celestial viewing on the go. By night, you can use your Travel Scope to view the planets, Moon, star clusters, and brighter deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy. During the day, attach the included erect image diagonal and the optical tube is ideal for using as a spotting scope to view landscapes, wildlife, and more. but at least providing 675x capability in a 2.4" scope is consistent with "Powerseeker" in the name. For the higher magnification I found the 3.4mm Vixen HR was a little dim (108x) with a 60mm f/6 APO for planetary observations. You might look at a 7mm DeLite (86x). Accessories include: two eyepieces (20mm and 4mm), erect image star diagonal, finderscope, and a Barlow Lens.