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Celestron - PowerSeeker 50AZ Telescope - Manual Alt-Azimuth Telescope for Beginners - Compact and Portable - Bonus Astronomy Software Package - 50mm Aperture

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  • PERFECT ENTRY-LEVEL TELESCOPE: The Celestron PowerSeeker 50AZ is an easy-to-use and powerful telescope. This 50mm refractor telescope offers enough light gathering ability to see planets, the Moon's craters, and more.
  • MANUAL YOKE MOUNT: Navigate the sky with ease. The yoke mount features a slow-motion altitude rod for smooth and accurate pointing. Adjust the rod to the desired position, then easily secure it by tightening the cross knob.
  • COMPACT AND PORTABLE: The ideal telescope for adults and kids to use together, the PowerSeeker is compact, lightweight, and portable. Take it to your favorite campsite, a dark sky observing site, or simply the backyard.
  • MULTIPLE ACCESSORIES: The Celestron PowerSeeker 50AZ Telescope comes with 4 eyepieces plus a 3x Barlow lens to triple the power of each. You'll also receive a FREE download of one of the top-rated astronomy software programs.
  • UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.
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PowerSeeker 50AZ

PowerSeeker 50AZ

Embark on your voyage across the Universe with the Celestron PowerSeeker 50AZ, the perfect choice for beginner astronomers.

PowerSeeker 50AZ

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Includes three eyepieces (4mm, 12mm, and 20mm), a 3x Barlow lens to triple the power of each, and a 1.5x erecting eyepiece that allows for right-side-up viewing of terrestrial objects. You’ll also receive a 5x24 finderscope to help you center objects.

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Optical Design
Refractor Refractor Refractor Refractor
Aperture
50mm (1.97”) 60mm (2.36”) 70mm (2.76”) 80mm (3.15”)
Focal Length
600mm (24”) 700mm (28”) 700mm (28”) 400mm (16”)
Focal Ratio
f/12 f/12 f/10 f/5
Magnification
30x, 50x, 150x 35x, 175x 35x, 175x 20x, 100x
Limiting Magnitude
11 11.4 11.7 12
Lowest Magnification
7.14x 8.57x 10x 11x
Highest Magnification
118x 142x 165x 189x
Software
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Assembled Weight
5 lbs (2.26 kg) 7 lbs (3.17 kg) 8 lbs (3.62 kg) 10 lbs (4.53 kg)

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Customer Ratings
Easy to assemble
4.3
4.5
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4.7
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For beginners
3.9
4.4
4.1
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Easy to use
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focal length
500 millimeters
400 millimeters
600 millimeters
focus type
Manual Focus
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Manual Focus
Manual Focus
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Manual Focus
eye piece lens
Barlow
Barlow
Barlow
Barlow
Barlow
Barlow
objective lens diameter
50 millimeters
50 millimeters
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70 millimeters
80 millimeters
50 millimeters
telescope mount
Altazimuth Mount
Altazimuth Mount
Altazimuth Mount
Altazimuth Mount
Altazimuth Mount
Equatorial Mount
lens coating
Fully Coated
Fully Coated
Fully Multi-Coated
Fully Coated

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  • Three eyepieces (20mm, 12mm, and 4mm), star diagonal, a finderscope, and a Barlow lens.
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    Product Description

    Whether you’re an amateur astronomer or becoming more comfortable with using a telescope, you’ll love the technology and user-friendly features packed into Celestron’s PowerSeeker refractor telescope. The Celestron PowerSeeker 50AZ is a powerful yet easy-to-use telescope. Our PowerSeeker Series telescopes for astronomy beginners have been designed with a combination of value, quality, power, and user-friendly features. They are built to enhance the experience for beginners but are also exceptional for mid-level experienced astronomers. This 50AZ telescope features powerful magnification and easy-to-use controls that allow users to obtain crisp views of the Moon, the rings of Saturn, and Jupiter’s Galilean moons.

    The telescope’s sturdy and durable yoke mount and slow-motion rod deliver smooth and accurate pointing. Move the slow-motion altitude rod in an up/down fashion to pinpoint and track your object. The 3x Barlow lens is added to triple the magnification power of the included 20mm, 12mm, 4mm, 1.5x image erecting eyepieces. We’ve included an accessory tray to store accessories conveniently and a free download of our BONUS Starry Night Basic Edition astronomy software with information on 36,000 celestial objects, printable sky maps, and more. The software can be used on your Mac, PC or laptop. It’s the best way to learn about the night sky and plan your next observing session. Additional accessories include a tripod.

    You can purchase this Celestron telescope with confidence from the world’s #1 telescope brand, based in California since 1960. You’ll also receive a 2-year warranty and unlimited access to technical support from our team of US-based experts.

    Tom Johnson founded Celestron in 1960 after building a telescope to share the night sky with his sons. Since then, Celestron has established itself as the world’s #1 telescope brand. Celestron telescopes are used by scientists in world-class research observatories and even aboard the International Space Station.

    Customer reviews

    4.2 out of 5 stars
    4.2 out of 5
    6,500 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the value of the telescope, saying it's worth the purchase. They appreciate the difficulty, and appearance. However, some customers have issues with stability. Opinions are mixed on the quality, ease of use, performance, and image quality.

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    138 customers mention113 positive25 negative

    Customers like the value of the telescope. They mention it's great and worth the purchase.

    "...all my other smaller group of scopes, so all in all I think it’s worth the buy, as with all scopes ,it’s a must to have good lenses, , could one do..." Read more

    "...My telescope budget was limited so I opted for this one based on the low price and glowing review by Astrobiscuit where he captures Jupiter, Ganymede..." Read more

    "...Overall is good for the price, specially for setting the moon, but you'll have to buy a good 8mm or 6.5mm eyepiece to take advantage of greater..." Read more

    "...This came with a 3x 1.25mm Barlow lens, which for the price is really nice, I'd recommend the Celestron PowerSeeker Accessory kit, which is well..." Read more

    87 customers mention87 positive0 negative

    Customers find the telescope easy to set up and use. They say the quick start guide is good and the telescope is easy to customize.

    "I bought this for my 8 yr old granddaughter and it is a great starter scope. The moon looks totally amazing through it...." Read more

    "...He absolutely beloved it. I love it too. Will buy again great product keep directions." Read more

    "...Overall, this scope is utterly perfect for beginners as-is, but any higher level of dedication requires much additional equipment." Read more

    "...Other than that. Perfect telescope for beginners. Buy a phone adapter and bluetooth trigger to take steady pictures." Read more

    40 customers mention37 positive3 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the telescope. They mention that it looks decent from afar, is beautiful, and is great to look at the moon with. Customers also appreciate the pristine images that they are able to view with the telescope, and the great views it provides.

    "...I really need it , probably not , want won out , besides it looks good on my wall with all my other smaller group of scopes, so all in all I think it..." Read more

    "...out the gap of dark space between the rings and the planet, but it was pretty, and then I put in the 5mm eyepiece and the size was about the size of..." Read more

    "...The moon looks totally amazing through it. But, it's really just a starter." Read more

    "...The sullied 20mm eyepiece is great and delivers crisp sharp images. Beautiful...." Read more

    124 customers mention70 positive54 negative

    Customers are mixed about the quality of the telescope. Some mention that it's well-made, solid, and simple, while others say that it is cheap, flimsy, and disappointing. The stand is not great, and the eyepiece feels cheap.

    "...It was easy to put together and seems like good quality. I looked at the moon the first time I put it up. Got some nice views of it...." Read more

    "...The tripod is fairly flimsy but even so, I was able to align the spotter scope during the daylight my first day with the scope...." Read more

    "...Eye pieces and entire scope seem to be well-made with only a few pieces being plastic.* Fast shipping and everything was packed extremely well...." Read more

    "...other reviews were right about the tripod of this, it's cheap and sorta loose. There is no way to lock a certain position...." Read more

    112 customers mention71 positive41 negative

    Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the telescope. Some mention it's easy to set up and use, simple to learn, and easy to focus. Others say that it'd be hard to use if you have never had a telescope, the instructions are a little complicated, and require great patience. The instructions manual is really thin and almost useless when trying to find something.

    "...My wife purchased this for me for my birthday. It was easy to put together and seems like good quality...." Read more

    "...Instructions are a little complicated, but nothing a Google search cannot fix.Overall this product is a solid 5 stars out of 5...." Read more

    "...I got the Powerseeker 80az refractor. It was easy to put together and use. It’s very lightweight...." Read more

    "...the base was more than I expected, and was in whole easy to set up and adjust.#..." Read more

    109 customers mention75 positive34 negative

    Customers are mixed about the performance of the telescope. Some mention that it works amazing, while others say that it's not the most powerful or high-tech item. Some say that the spotting scope is horrible and didn't work at all, while the finderscope isn't the greatest.

    "...The Performance was absolutely perfect with a nice crisp circle to a point for a clear and sharp star image with absolutely no coma; for those who..." Read more

    "...is right on-par with other Celestron products, in that it is nearly flawless...." Read more

    "...this group I find have legitimate claims, like maybe the Barlow lens doesn’t work, with this scope it doesn’t work , I for the life of me cannot..." Read more

    "...have been edited for definition and clarity but I think they turned out pretty well." Read more

    90 customers mention61 positive29 negative

    Customers are mixed about the image quality of the telescope. Some mention that it provides a clear and sharp star image with absolutely no coma. They also appreciate the contrast and clarity of the image. However, others say that it's a bit hard to see objects through the telescope and that the instructions are not clear.

    "...for Orion Nebula, useind a 62* 6 mm lens found it with ease, the view was great, small of course but was able to see a,b,c,d, stars with separation..." Read more

    "...absolutely perfect with a nice crisp circle to a point for a clear and sharp star image with absolutely no coma; for those who do not know what I am..." Read more

    "...Not clear at all. But decided to look at the moon before returning it. The moon looks amazing! I can see the craters!..." Read more

    "...Bottom line: this telescope is absolutely useable for viewing larger planets, the moon, and (so I’ve heard) Andromeda. I’m sold...." Read more

    56 customers mention5 positive51 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the stability of the telescope. They mention that the tripod offers little stability, the mount is only wobbly when you touch it, and the telescope wobbles quite a bit. The stand is sturdy, but it's a little shakey at the same time, and it sits loose, making it difficult to line up correctly.

    "...It does seem rather shaky as others have mentioned, but for the price, perhaps it is a good start." Read more

    "...Cons:* The screws on the scope seem to come loose easily and I have to adjust them.*..." Read more

    "...The mount provided shakes a lot in response to any contact made with it, making shots taken with a phone immensely difficult to line up...." Read more

    "...The tripod and mount is wobbly making hard to use high magnification...." Read more

    Fantastic entry-level telescope
    4 Stars
    Fantastic entry-level telescope
    I have now had several weeks to get accustomed to the Celestron PowerSeeker 60AZ telescope. I must say it more than lives up to its price point.For casual stargazing, there is not much better of a choice to make. Anything from the Moon to the Andromeda Galaxy can be found easily using the finder scope and provided eyepieces.For basic to intermediate astrophotography, it gets a little iffy. The mount provided shakes a lot in response to any contact made with it, making shots taken with a phone immensely difficult to line up. If you are going to use this for astrophotography, invest in a stronger, heavier mount. Also consider purchasing at least an additional ~10mm eyepiece and an entry-level CCD camera. I am saving up for one as this review is being written.Optical quality is right on-par with other Celestron products, in that it is nearly flawless. Once the scope is properly focused, objects appear absolutely crystal clear.Overall, this scope is utterly perfect for beginners as-is, but any higher level of dedication requires much additional equipment.
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