Celestron C150-HD Telescope

price: $599.00

Sales Rank: 13215

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Product Description

The C6-N uses a diffraction-limited parabolic primary mirrors for razor sharp star images across a wide field of view. The optics of this heavy-duty telescope are manufactured to Celestron's uncompromising standards with star images that are classic textbook Airy disks. Both C4-R and C6-N are mounted on the CG-4 mount. The mount features precision gears for extremely smooth motion. A counterweight, latitude scale, setting circles, and slow motion controls on both axes are standard, so you have a fully loaded telescope right from the start.

Product Specification

ApertureModes:: 100mm-150mm
Binding:: Electronics
Brand:: Celestron
EAN:: 0050234310567
Feature:: 1,000mm focal length
Adjustable tripod
1 eyepiece (50x)
Auxiliary correction lens reduces aberrations
150mm aperture
Label:: Celestron
Manufacturer:: Celestron
NumberOfItems:: 1
ProductGroup:: Photography
Publisher:: Celestron
SpecialFeatures:: 150mm (6.0 inch) Reflector Optical Design
750mm f/5 Focal Length
Sturdy, Adjustable Aluminum Tripod with Accessory Tray
Telescope Weight: 35 lb.
Studio:: Celestron
Title:: Celestron C150-HD Telescope
UPC:: 050234310567
MPN:: 31056

Customer Reviews

Good Telescope but the tripod is cheap and weak!!

Alternatives:If you're willing to go the extra mile, I would recommend Meade ETX telescopes. I upgraded from my C150-HD to a Meade ETX-125PE!!(...)The CONS:The tripod is a piece of junk, its badly designed, its too light for the scope and the plastic becomes brittle and can easily break. For a nice telescope, and mount, they sure dropped the ball with the tripod itself. I've had Celestron replace 2 legs on the tripod. I've had the telescope almost "fall" twice because the tripod became brittle and...

8/11/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

bad choice for a beginner or intermediate observer

I enthusiastically purchased this telescope.The images with the 20mm eyepiece that was supplied with the scope were fine (50x magnification), but every attempt to increase the magnification resulted in blurry images.I tried a Televue 17mm, University Optics 12mm, Celestron Ultima 12.5mm, Meade Research grade 7mm ortho eyepiece, all great eyepieces, but the images quality was poor.I have a friend who is a life long astronomer (he sells dobsonian tracking platforms and has owned a dozen large telescopes...

9/17/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Very good telescope package for the advanced beginner

The Celestron C150-HD is a nice, solid scope for the serious beginner. I was happily pleased with the production and optic quality of this scope, since this particular model is made in China and there have been issues with China-built scopes in the past. However, I found all the parts and components to be very high quality for this price range. The tube is a painted metal tube, not pressed paper/particle board. This helps decrease the time to come to ambient temperatures, and has less potential...

9/4/2002 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

A great beginner or budget enthusiast's scope

It had been years since last getting a new telescope, so I spent a lot of time researching what to get this time. In reading magazines, talking to other astronomers, and studying the facts, the C-150HD seemed to be a pretty good choice for planetary objects versus deep sky viewing, and quality versus price.If your budget can't take you to an 8 inch or bigger scope, but you don't want to settle for something less (and for heaven's sake, stay away from cheap stuff) this scope is a good choice.As for...

8/19/2002 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

piece of junk!

I have a 250mm reflector and if you expects see things in the eyepiece like you do in a book well be prepared to be dissapointed. in teelscope of this size you won't relly anything so don,t spend your money on it!!...

5/22/2002 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

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