Celestron Astromaster 130EQ Astronomy Telescope

The optics on the telescope are great. The mount is really frustrating though and is really wobbly too. If it came on az mount it would suit beginners better

My son in law has spent some time now getting to know the scope and how to set it up correctly and he is very impressed with the images he can see with it.
Quality piece of kit for a reasonable price.

Telescope was received the day after ordering it but with a part missing. This was quickly resolved by Picstop and Celestron to my complete satisfaction. Excellent service.

I brought this for my husband for his birthday, he is very pleased and it has been set up with no problems, he just has to wait for the night sky to be clear.The purchase was easy and the delivery was very quick, would definitely use this company again.

This is my first telescope, I wanted something that would be OK for a beginner, but something I wouldn't outgrow too quickly.
A bit of research showed that this kind of scope was towards the top of the range for the beginners, which seemed to be what I was aiming for.

I paid and it was delivered, it was the cheapest I could find for this model, and it arrived in 3 days. Setting it up was straightforward, and I was looking at the moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars that night.

The supplied eyepieces aren't great, but that's pretty normal - enough to get you started. I've since bought a better eyepiece and a 2x barlow lens to give me some more options.

The mount is a bit on the cheap side, but it's functional and once you've figured out how to do a reasonable polar alignment it's easy to keep objects in the eyepiece with the slow motion RA control.

I'm very happy with my purchase, and I'm sure I'll spend far too much money on my new hobby in the future!

Excellent Service by Picstop

This was better than i expected and i'm very pleased with this purchase ( i need to mention that this is all new to me so i am an entry level enthusiast). Great price with these guys and speedy delivery.

I bought this as a pressie for my wife who has a celestron travel scope but has taken a keen interest in astronomy.
This is a good 'next step' scope.
The equatorial mount is very nicely put together & is a heavy & seemingly durable bit of kit.
Both the mount & the scope require taking things to the next level with setting up collimation & laser scope etc.
It's very easy to learn on this.
Everything is well made except for the eyepieces which are, frankly, junk.
Picstop are doing this at a daft price but at full price it's still VFM.
We have bought a celestron x-cel 18mm & matching 3x barlow & 7mm Luminos.
The viewing with these lenses instead of the ones provided help show both the limits of the scope but more importantly what it does well.
This is a lot of scope for the money. If you allow the cost of 2 decent replacement lenses + a barlow into the price you'll find that this has a lot to offer the amateur.
The instructions offer a slightly confusing picture guide to setting up the mount but a detailed & very useful users guide that covers a lot & will really help the user start to get to grip with what is needed to begin really enjoying astronomy.
Something the scope, once fitted with good lenses, does too.
Recommended

I think this scope is a good way to have an advance, cost accesible but professional piece of equipment, I can't stop using it every night when is clear.

I have only used a couple of times due to cloud but a great first telescope. Good quick service from picstop would recommend.