- Celestron NexStar 5SE Computerized Telescope – 5-Inch Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube – Fully Automated GoTo Mount with SkyAlign – Ideal for Beginners and Advanced Users – 40,000+ Object Database

Great telescope for a full year now. I brought the 5'' because it fits my budget and is much more portable than the 6" & 8". The telescope arrived in two boxes and was packaged well. It was quite easy to assemble and was straightforward. But the first night when I tested it the red dot finder failed and would not turn on. I contacted product support and they refunded the price of the red dot finder to let me buy another. I think this is reasonable. The telescope was of good quality and was fairly portable in two pieces. I also brought it with the Nex-yz adapter and eyepiece kit. In my opinion, I would not buy the phone adapter and eyepiece kit because I don't use the adapter and eyepiece often. You will pretty much only use the moon filter, 13, 17, and 32mm eyepieces. I also brought a generic LPR filter which helps somewhat in revealing dim objects and filtering out the light pollution . The goto function was really helpful in finding objects especially DSO's. I will use the auto 2 star alignment procedure and manual location settings. This scope was fine for starting astrophotography but exposures can only be limited to 30 seconds maximum. Even though there was a polar alignment option, it was really hard to do since I am living quite close to the equator in Hong Kong and the mount twists into a really weird position when tracking. In the first few months I viewed only from the city, which was a bortle 9 scale. The planets are easy to see, you can see the belts of Jupiter and its moons, and the rings of Saturn easily. If you want a telescope for ONLY the planets, I would recommend some of the scopes without go to like a dobsonian or maktusov because you will be able to see more detail with increased aperture. You don't need go-to because planets are really bright and sometimes the mount will go off track. The Orion Nebula can be seen though only the bright parts. The andromeda galaxy can NOT be seen at all in light polluted places. Later I was able to go out to a better spot ( bortle 5 ) and it was excellent, and I was able to see the double cluster, Orion Nebula and andromeda galaxy a lot better. I would recommend this scope to beginners and people starting astronomy. You can get good results in the middle of the city, but driving to a deep sky site really makes the view impressive. I will not recommend this for astrophotography but instead will recommend scopes with German equatorial mounts. * images are taken with A6000 camera with remote control.

I have had this telescope since June 2019. I am so incredibly happy with it, great quality, amazing views and I'm able to take pictures with my phone up to the eyepiece. I went with the 5se over the 6se not just for price but because it weighs less and I'm able to transport it and carry it around easily. I am absolutely blown away that it's selling on here now in June 2021 for $989 when I only paid $599 in 2019. That's what it should cost from Celestron directly. I am able to view Saturn and Jupiter in my neighborhood that isn't even that dark. I can see the bands on Jupiter and the ring around Saturn very clearly. The pictures I posted don't even do it justice because actual viewing of Saturn and Jupiter through the eyepiece is clearer than my photos. I also recommend buying different eye pieces so you can zoom in closer

Got this for my birthday, took it out and was able to get it set up and working with some beautiful shots of the moon and stars. At first I was worried as a lot of the professional reviews for the 5se weren't great. Then I remembered I'm not a professional. For a beginning hobbiest I am overjoyed with the quality ease of use and features this telescope offers for a beginner. Also it's worth noting that I this is small and portable enough I can take it with me to friend's houses or to a starviewing get together. I really like this one, sure I may upgrade in the future but not nearly as soon as the professionals would suggest.

I have owned five Meade telescopes of the lX series. Three 10 inch, and two 8 inch. The Celestron 5 in with the built in equatorial wedge provides the ability to effectively use a typical DSLR camera. Albeit for short exposures with an intervalometer. Visually this is versatile scope for viewing but eyepieces upgrades are a plus. This should be your all around light weight portable scope that will last a lifetime. It will become your best all around scope. Should you get supper serious and willing to invest thousands more and incredible amounts of time stacking images I suggest you reconsider the effort in olives. This is your best scope for typical enjoyment.

I give the Nexstar 5se 4 out of 5 stars. The scope itself is well built I love how easy it is to use. The optics are great value for money. I have no issues what so ever with the actual optical tube. However, the quality of the Finder Scope is abysmal. The Finder Scope which is based on holographic scope technology (I used during my military service) which works well. The craftsmanship of the finder scope is horrendous. The battery is visible even with the cover on, the plastic is cheap, the finder scope works for a minute or two then cuts out right in the middle of trying to sight in on an object. I decided I would order a new more robust 'Aftermarket finder scope' so I disassembled the finder scope to see why it failed. I found the absolute worst electrical connections possible. It must have been put together by someone with no technical abilities what so ever. This really winds me up especially for the price we are paying! So word to the wise great scope go ahead and order the NExstar 5se it really is a great scope but keep in mind you'll need to order a better finder scope it is sure to break. You should also think about ordering an eye peace with zoom capabilities as the standard eye peace does not give you the ability to really zoom in on a planet. The basic eye peace works out to 50x zoom. You'll need better to see some cool details on Jupiter and the other planets. Consider the Celestron eye peace and filter accessory kit.

Hola a todos, recibí el telescopio vendido por Amazon ,en muy buen estado, como el cuidado que han tenido de traerlo de reino Unido sin arañazos y nada que se suele encontrar en un pedido de tantos km en tan perfectas condiciones. E leído las reseñas de muchos compradores como yo, y tenía mis dudas ,pero con la confianza de devolución en caso de venir mal,pues me decidí a comprarlo y muy contento con el producto,calidad celestron!!! Básicamente viene como si lo compraras en la misma tienda celestron ( bien colimado)y si, viene con 1 ocular pero no se acaba el mundo hay muchas variedades de oculares y estos son caretes , pero es como todo en esta vida,se paga la calidad si vas a darle 1 uso frecuente,si no, hay más variedades de fabricantes. El telescopio de calidad ,la montura es perfecta para este tubo y la goto funciona perfectamente y si le sumas el módulo WiFi, mejor que mejor. Todo correcto y quien tenga duda,que no se lo piense.

The Amazon price was amazing and I'm not surprised it went up by almost $900, a day or two after I bought it. Delivery was quick in the US and slowed up a bit in Australia, but that's to be expected. We're still using camel trains to transport goods and most communication is done between two tin cans with a few hundred kilometres of string between them. The telescope was well packaged and took about 15 minutes to put together. One of the retaining screws for the Star Diagonal is missing but I'm pretty sure I can find something that will fit. I have only had a chance to test it terrestrially because of rain at night but I'm sure it will be fine. If Celestron and almost every other corporation on the planet didn't gouge Australians so badly on price I'd buy locally but it looks like Amazon is going to get more of my business.

I am a beginner to Astronomy and this is the perfect scope to get started. I found it very easy to set up with very little knowledge of Astronomy. As a suggestion to get started, use the 3 star alignment, its really simple. Within 10 minutes I was up and running with a whole queue of people wanting to have a look. Great fun! The presets work great too. Downside is that is weighs around 16kg including the tripod, but it fits nicely into my large rucksack, and I can tie the tripod onto the back of my Bike and cycle off somewhere with it. To do astro photography with it, you will need the universal T Ring adaptor and T-Ring for your dslr camera, then learn how to do a polar alignment. I've not yet worked out how to do that properly because I am a noob, and the weathers not been so great either, but I think drift align is what you need to do, and maybe interface with a laptop to get spot on accuracy. I've now gone on to buy the Eye piece and filter kit for it for better magnification and viewing pleasure.. Really happy with it all.

ottimo prodotto ma probabilmente ricondizionato, chiesto sconto o sostituzione ad amazon ma non è stato possibile in quanto non disponibile, stranamente questa volta Amazon non è stata all'altezza, ho dovuto tenere il prodotto in quanto promesso come regalo ecc ecc. Peccato, di solito Amazon riesce sempre ad ovvieare a questi problemi.

Es un excelente telescopio para iniciarse en el mundo de la astrofotografía, algunos controladores del software son algo difíciles pero no imposibles de configurar, es un telescopio pesado para poderse transportar pero no imposible de mover, es necesario leer de manera minuciosa los manuales y no desesperarse, una vez configurando todo es un telescopio muy sencillo de utilizar.