• Reviews around motion (1.46 of 5)

    Celestron - PowerSeeker 127EQ Telescope - Manual German Equatorial Telescope for Beginners - Compact and Portable - Bonus Astronomy Software Package - 127mm Aperture

    • Although the slow motion controls do take a little getting used to if you're like me and never used them before.
    • If you are willing to put up with the cheap slow motion controls and collimating the telescope and aligning the finderscope and only to look at the moon and some planets then this telescope is for you
    • Slow motion controls are good
    • After about 3 months, the RA manual slow motion dial stopped working, it would turn one way but not the other
    • The tripod isn't too bad, but the equatorial mount has a habit of working its locking screws loose, making it hard to use the slow motion knobs.
    • However, one of the slow motion cables I received was badly damaged
    • my problem was how cheap the slow motion controls were it takes forever to find something especially since whatever you are looking at is slowly moving away
    • The Right Ascension axis' slow motion control was very sticky and needed to be greased before it would perform reliably.
    • The controls are a BIG pain to use I was having trouble finding the moon with this thing it takes a while to find things especially with the cheap slow motion controls, the tripod is fairly sturdy it didn't really give me problems
    • The slow motion controls are plastic and feel like they can snap any second when you turn them, they're pretty cheaply made thats the only thing I feel is cheaply made though
    • The slow motion controls are also finicky.
    • The slow-motion adjustments are very jerky and the tripod is not very sturdy.
    • In addition, the slow motion controls felt very cheap like they would break after a couple uses as did the finder scope
    • The motion of the scope is smooth so tracking a planet is pretty easy with the adjustment knobs
    • Support is 9-5 M-F.
    • n’t recommend extending the ‘feet’ much, if at all, or it shakes pretty badly
    • n’t recommend extending the ‘feet’ much, if at all, or it shakes pretty badly