Celestron - 50mm Travel Scope - Portable Refractor Telescope - Fully-Coated Glass Optics - Ideal Telescope for Beginners - Bonus Astronomy Software Package
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Size: 50 with Backpack
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- SUPERIOR OPTICS: The Celestron 50mm Travel Scope features high-quality, fully-coated glass optics, a potent 50mm objective lens, a lightweight frame, and a custom backpack to carry it all. Its quality is unmatched in its class and against competitors.
- POWERFUL EYEPIECES FOR UP-CLOSE VIEWING: Our telescope for astronomy beginners is equipped with two high-quality eyepieces (20mm and 8mm) that provide low- and high-power views of celestial objects at night and terrestrial objects during the day.
- 50MM OBJECTIVE LENS: Our refractor telescope is equipped with a 50mm aperture objective lens that provides enhanced, brighter views. Setting up and using the Travel Scope is quick and easy.
- BONUS BAG, TRIPOD, AND SOFTWARE: This Celestron telescope and full-height tripod can be taken anywhere in the included travel backpack.
Description
The Celestron Travel Scope 50 weighs just 2.2 pounds and assembles in seconds with no tools required. It’s easy to use to navigate the sky. When your observing session is over, everything packs up into the handy included traveling backpack. Your purchase also entitles you to a FREE download of Celestron’s BONUS Starry Night Astronomy Software with information on 36,000 celestial objects, printable sky maps, and more. It’s the best way to learn about the night sky and plan your next observing session. Celestron is the world’s 1 telescope brand, with telescopes in world-class research observatories and even aboard the International Space Station. Now your family can enjoy a quality Celestron telescope in a portable package and at a price to fit your budget.
Brand: Celestron
Model Name: Travel Scope 50
Optical Tube Length: 70 Millimeters
Eye Piece Lens Description: Barlow
Objective Lens Diameter: 50 Millimeters
Telescope Mount Description: Altazimuth Mount
Product Dimensions: 28"D x 7"W x 14"H
Focus Type: Manual Focus
Finderscope: Reflex
Item Weight: 2 Pounds
Product Dimensions: 28 x 7 x 14 inches
Item Weight: 2 pounds
Item model number: 21038
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: January 28, 2010
Department: mens
Manufacturer: Celestron
Country of Origin: China
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Size: 50 with Backpack
I have 40 years’ experience with telescopes and hope I can help. First, the 50mm is a great first scope. This is designed as a travel scope and so is small (12 inches long) and light. The tube and screws are the only metals pieces, which helps with the portability and backpack use. The tripod included with the 50mm is adequate for most sitting uses but it is not tall for standing or sturdy at high powers. For example using the 3x barlow and the high power eyepiece it would be difficult to have a stable view. In that case a stronger tripod (at the cost of some portability) would be best. A standard camera tripod could be used with better results. The 1.25 eyepieces included with the 50mm are fair but not the best for people with glasses because you have to hold your eye close to the eyepiece. There are better eyepieces with better eye relief if you plan to stay with the hobby or if you are over 50. I would not recommend replacing the eyepieces for the smaller scopes for two reasons, (1) more expensive eyepieces will add more weight to your setup and (2) if you don’t need the portability a larger scope may come with better eyepieces. Many scopes come with low quality eyepieces to cut costs. The 50mm optics produces a sharp image and the scope focuses well with the supplies eyepieces. It is important to know that a law in optics is a larger aperture will produce a brighter image because it is able to capture more light. Example a 90mm scope will provide a better view at night when compared to the 50mm. This is not a big issue for daytime use with the 50mm scope. Also the supplied diagonal is best used as a spotting scope for daytime terrestrial viewing or bird watching. A con is the finder scope which I had to turn the diagonal sideways to use the finder; there is no room for a straight through view. On a clear, dark night the scope will show good images of star fields, a few star clusters and a few other objects. The included 45 degree diagonal is harder to use when viewing objects that are high in the sky; for those items a 90 degree diagonal works better. Expect to see good sharp views of the moon although a moon filter would help cut the brightness when the moon is full. With practice you can see Jupiter’s moons as well as Saturn’s rings but a larger aperture (80-90-102mm) would provide more detail. In a smaller scope don’t expect to see much detail and Mars, Venus and other planets will only appear as small colorful dots even with an 80mm scope. The 50 /60 /70mm will not provide detailed view of any galaxies. Bottom Line: this is a good portable scope but at this price point don’t expect the quality you would get from a larger 102mm scope which is 3 times more expensive. This scope is perfect for daytime and travel use. The scope is good for kids under supervision (don’t ever look at the Sun). If you want to do nighttime astronomy I would look at an 80mm scope for portability or a 102mm which shows more details and is much better but less portable. If you need better eyepieces and a new tripod buying a larger or more expensive scope will be a better choice. If you already know you will stick with this hobby the go with the 80 or 102 mm and replace the eyepieces with better quality ones.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2020 by RWB
Size: 50 with Backpack
This was present for my friend and now he is watching Saturn.
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2023 by Elizbar Ramishvili
Size: 50 with Backpack
Seeking telescope for 9 yr to 15 yr ages, to be able to see planets & Galaxy's better than just eyesight. This product is a wonderful tool for that purpose. It comes complete, light weight, excellent lens, easy to setup and fold up, for the CARRY ALL backpack bag. I suggest no one to purchase any lesser products for middle grade schoolers and/or those who do go back packing on short weekend camping trips. As to the MOON viewing it is excellent. It may be possible to capture MOON & SPACE images, but takes some more attachments rigged. The Price Point is the proof it is the minimum SCOPE size for starters of SPACE viewing and it came from AMAZON in excellent safe packaging.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2017 by J S.
Size: 50 with Backpack
First off, I would like to say, I personally love this telescope. It's not the best telescope, and that is something I do have to give an honest review about, hence the knock of two stars, but I still love it. Now onto the honest review. So, my ex purchased this for the both of us. I had been going out with him for a little over a year then, and honestly, we both talked about having a telescope together. Since this is the first telescope we got to have together, that's why I loved it a lot - it's not the best but it does the very bare minimum, and I like it. Now the pros are that the telescope itself seems to feel of decent quality, however as others have pointed out, it is quite blurry if one tries to look at a star. It took me messing with the telescope for a while to get it to try and focus on a star - when it did, it was great. However, that's one of the cons - the stand is VERY shaky and unstable if you try to move it ever so slightly. So even if I plant this in a spot and force it to stay still with my feet, if you so much as moved away from the telescope, you will have trouble being able to have the telescope be where you had it, because the stand moves that much. Pros: comes with different lens to use, and the travel bag. Cons: is not good for if you're looking to see stars SEVERELY close, like galaxy type close. Just shimmers of light in the distant night sky. Conclusion: good telescope for kids who have never used a telescope before. As for an adults first time telescope? Up to you if you want that. I am personally happy with it despite its flaws, because just being able to see the stars at the extent I have seen them through this telescope is more than I have ever experienced before. So it is still exciting for me. But it wasn't exciting for my ex, who has seen stars through telescopes in the past. He had wanted to return the telescope - I told him that I didn't want him to. (YOU CAN THANK ME CELESTRON FOR YOU BEING ABLE TO KEEP THE MONEY - YOU'RE WELCOME), because I really did/do cherish that it was the first telescope that he ever got for us. I haven't had the chance to use it again, partially because I don't like being outside alone in the dark, but I did spend almost 3 hours using it one night (alone).
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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017 by Artsy
Size: 50 with Backpack
I bought this for my daughter to view Mars and she really enjoyed it! It was really great quality for a starter. The tripod was as others rated it in my opinion, that it could have been better. The only thing I wish the barlow magnifier was a bit better it was not as clear as we hoped when compared to another scope we used to view the planets but over all great for a starter.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2018 by angel
Size: 50 with Backpack
I didn't realize it's small. I wanted something a lot bigger. The quality is still fantastic despite the small size. The free travel bag is a bonus.
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2023 by Bryan Lee