Celestron Telescope Astro Master 90Az

I bought this to possibly see planets with some details. I looked at Venus and could see that is looked like a crescent moon.

Delivery was quick, easy to follow instructions to assemble - only had bother with one part but only took around a half hour to build the whole thing. So far viewing has been limited -loads of cloud cover- however what I have seen so far has been worth it. The detail you can see is fantastic.

Telescope very nice,and does what its supposed to.Better detail than reflecter scope,ive got reflecter and refacter,if you want more detail,Refacter.The AZ stand is disappointing,,short legs,and siff to use,i had to disassemble,grease moving parts,then it was working fine,go gor EQ tripod.

the 2 generations younger than we are were duly impressed.

I got this telescope for my birthday as I have always been interested in astronomy, however, we had a cheap supermarket telescope when I was younger, which put my parents and me off from telescopes at the time. This AstroMaster Refractor is a great starter telescope in my opinion mainly because of it's ease of use. However, I would say that it is most suited for looking at the moon. I saw Jupiter and it's four moons, which was a great experience, however, it is quite difficult to keep track of Jupiter given it's movement across the nightsky and the telescope's handle. I also had difficulties using the finder scope, but that is mainly due to me being as good as blind ;). I would recommend using free mobile apps like SkyView Lite. These are great tools to find your way around the nightsky. Overall, this telescope is great. It is durable and of good quality, but most importantly it is a lot of fun using it to look at the stars. Highly recommended!