Side by Side Comparison of: Celestron vs Barska
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eComparisons ScoreThe "Comparison Score" Is calculated based on the average number of times this item was compared with other items in this category by our users | 8.2 | 6.6 |
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Five Star Reviews: | 63% Arrived nice and fast August 17, 2017 Arrived nice and fast, and for my first telescope ever it's awesome, it works fantastic, the family and I love takin out, we have to make do with the park in our town, we can see the ring around saturn and jupiter with its moons all lined up, can't wait to buy more eyepieces for it and a camera holder, that's why there isn't any pictures to put here Very happy. Might be a bit tricky for someone with ... August 3, 2017 Very happy. Might be a bit tricky for someone with no experience at all but it's far far better than my first scope from years ago. The sight is especially helpful. It's very easy to use. Some have commented that there is no rear alignment reference. This is because it's not required. Just look in the sight. The red spot always points where the sight is pointing. No need to be exactly behind it. You do need to align the sight with the scope as mentioned in the instructions. The one down side is that it does not accept front filters too easily. The front of the main tube is molded plastic that is curved somewhat. This creates an issue with the mounting of front filters. I made some minor mods to make it work for a sun filter. Amazing amateur telescope January 6, 2017 With only this telescope and a cell phone, we took this. It works REALLY well. I am impressed. Highly recommend it! March 20, 2016 This was a gift for my Nephew who lives in Montana...in the mountains above Helena. He just loves it !!! Highly recommend it ! | 34% Great for the Moon and the Price September 15, 2017 Great for lunar gazing. It came to my deployed ship in 2013 and I used it at night on the fantail. Made deployment that much more bearable. Still have it in 2017 and looked at Saturn with it. Great Buy March 24, 2016 Unit was easy to assemble with a clear image not to difficult to obtain. Lite weight and easy to move, this is a great starter unit before moving on to bigger and better. AWESOME!!! January 31, 2016 I bought this for my kids, but once I took my first look at the moon through the smaller lens I was hooked. The tripod is a little wobbly so a different tripod should help with being able to stay on one object but overall this is a GREAT telescope for the money. I recommend this highly if you are looking for a beginner telescope. Great telescope for beginners and younger kids February 13, 2014 I bought two of the BARSKA Starwatcher 400x70mm telescopes for my two grandsons. Their faces lit up when they opened them - boys love their toys. It was fairly easy to set up, and we are planning to do some daytime field scoping to practice using them, before using them at night to look at the moon and stars. These were well worth the money for a beginner telescope, since you do get a table top tripod with it. You can always purchase an inexpensive larger camera tripod later. I also got The Everything Kids' Astronomy Book for each of them. I liked what I saw in the book, but haven't heard from the boys what they think. I thought it would be good to have some type of easy to read reference for them. Viewing the moon and stars November 16, 2013 A wonderful item for the price. Comes with its own carrying case and is perfect for those learning about the universe. Great quality. It made a perfect gift for my 17 year old granddaughter. |
Four Star Reviews: | 22% first telescope February 1, 2017 a good newbie telescope..I am a newbie.. took a while to find the moon, it was in a small cresent phase. when i was able to find the moon,the image was bright and well focused. spotting scope is "iffy". it was this or more ammo !!!! After putting it together it works great. NOTE November 29, 2016 After putting it together it works great. NOTE: Watch videos on how to operate, read the directions, find someone to teach you! You can see Saturns rings, but not knowing how to set the auto horizon motor keeps you looking for Saturn! This is an excellent BEGINNER telescope May 24, 2016 My telescope came early and well packaged. This is an excellent BEGINNER telescope. Works very well on large objects like the sun and the moon. I also use it for spotting game. Do not let the assembly of the telescope intimidate you. The hardest part was installing the center support/storage tray on the tripod. There are several instructional videos on Youtube on how to assemble and properly use this telescope. Excellent investment for good fun with the family. | 19% good telescope to learn on. December 29, 2016 got it for an eleven year old who wanted to see the stars. he likes it but it has a learning curve when you try to find them. but for the price you cant beat it to see if its a hobby he is going to enjoy. Great quality for a good price October 26, 2016 My husband has really enjoyed this for a beginner scope. Great Quality for the price, bags make it easy to tote around. Great Telescope for Beginners May 23, 2016 Great beginner telescope. We can see the moon very clearly - on a clear and bright night, we can make out craters and other large features.We can find Jupiter and Saturn, although they are very small. We could just barely make out the equatorial bands on Jupiter and barely make out the rings of Saturn. Easy to set up and find objects, a little hard to make small adjustments when viewing. I purchased this telescope because it did get some good reviews and also the price was very reasonable January 29, 2016 I am really just a beginner when it comes to star gazing. I purchased this telescope because it did get some good reviews and also the price was very reasonable. I feel its a very good telescope. It does just what its suppose to do. The moon looks great when viewing through this as do the stars. If star gazing is more of a hobby for you then I wouod recommend this scope. The only down fall is the tripod size. The small tripod just isn't practical. I went and purchased a full size tripod from walmart for about 12 bucks and it works better for my needs. Like I said, you can't beat this for the price. Easy to use, even for me. January 12, 2016 My daughter loves this. We (cough, Santa) gave this to her for Christmas. We were able to see the amazing full moon in all of it's crater-ours glory. For a guy who has never touched a telescope, this was insanely easy to use. Intuitive and quick to set up and get going. It seemed to be made of quality materials and was easy to focus. I would give it a 5 star rating but I have no reference with telescopes and while I am perfectly satisfied with this product I recognize that I may be basking in my ignorant bliss. I can honestly say this is the telescope of my budget restricted dreams. |
Three Star Reviews: | 7% Pretty good scope October 22, 2015 Pretty good scope. Hard to find what you wanna see though. I think like a lot of things you really get what you pay for. | 16% Three Stars June 24, 2016 Good for looking at the moon that is about it. Gave it three stars because for looking at the moon it is better than binoculars but only slightly. not good for looking at the Planets a better telescope will be needed for that. Pretty disappointing. February 18, 2016 We bought this for my 11 year old daughter and it's.... not what we expected. Next time we will spend more money and get what we really want (which is a telescope that can SHOW you the Moon and also some of the closest planets) We haven't been able to see much of anything with this. I suspect a pair of binoculars are more effective. Travel and basic use January 9, 2015 Out of the bag and box it works ok. Great views of the moon and it's features, but limited with others. This has been hampered due to use through windows due to weather. Recommended to get a larger tripod for use as this one is far too small. It is very difficult to focus with the 4mm lens. It is a great size for travel. Have telescope, will see the sky. May 15, 2014 Great little telescope and delivery was quick as promised but i gave it a three star rating because of enclosed instructions. They were so confusing i went to a friendly local place and smiled nicely and asked for assistance in assembling it. I thought pieces were missing but not so; i am usually good in this stuff and like assembling stuff but this one had me scrambling to understand. Even the nice guy who helped was surprised. . Eventually it got put together. These directions should be written as if we know nothing as usually that is true. Other than that little set back, and now knowing that a good pair of field glasses also suffices as well, i am ok with what i bought. Decent moon telescope for beginners. January 28, 2014 I bought this as a way to see if my wife's new astronomy hobby was going to be a serious hobby or not. This scope works fine for the moon, but anything else you see will more or less look the same as with the naked eye.A few issues we find:1. Its not very stable. Not the tripod itself, but every part feels loose, so when you adjust the x or y axis you have to over adjust because it will 'snap back' a few notches.2. The only supplied eye piece that works is the 20x. the 3x barlow and the 100x apparently either don't work correctly on mine, or don't work at all. I mean its not hard to find the moon, and all I see with either of those pieces (together or separate) is black.3. The scope can't tilt too far back with the supplied tripod, so you're very limited in what's in your viewing angle.That being said, all it took was one look at the moon with the 20x eye piece for us to realize this is going to end up being a full blown (and expensive) hobby that my wife really enjoys. pretty good starter telescope for the price January 21, 2014 I'm not an experienced telescope user or astronomer and so some of the troubles I had may not be applicable to others.* To begin with, I was expecting aluminium tubing for telescope's body, but the plastic/PVC pipe is not bad either!* But getting the telescope and the viewport/finder scope(/or whatever that small tubing is) in sync is not easy at all - even with the three mount screws, it was much difficult to set it up right!* The table-top tripod and its fine-tuning controls, though plastic, feels good like metal controls and they work fine too!* No comments about that 4mm lens or the advertised 300x or 400x magnification! Yet to use the 4mm lens as it doesn;t seem to gather enough light and focus on distant object wasn't easy. And I don't know what formula they used to arrive at the 400x magnification!I know, I was trying to point out the problems here, but like I said earlier, I'm new to this and I'm not sure what to expect for around 60$. I used the 20mm lens during the day 'bird-watching' and for sure I was happy with the results - much better than my binoculars! |
Two Star Reviews: | 4% ... don't know where to go and view not so good and finally I don't know what the motor is ... February 22, 2017 Instructions not clear and some of the items don't know where to go and view not so good and finally I don't know what the motor is for did not do anything at all! Waist moneys and probably will sitting and collecting dirt! | 10% Not the greatest! January 8, 2017 Not the greatest. My binoculars are more powerful and easy to view. This looks bad ass when it's set up in the living room but really performance sucks. flimsy October 10, 2016 very cheap flimsy design. spotting scope is unadjustable so useless. must remove spotting scope mount, and eyepieces to fit it into carrying case. one lense had come apart during shipping. difficult to reassemble...lots of trial and error. Will probably make my 9-year old grandson happy but $80?!?! Really???? Don't do it... December 10, 2015 I am by no means a meteorologist, but I don't think this is worth the money. Spend a bit more and buy something you know will be legit. You can feel the cheapness in the product material and it is very hard to stabilize directly where you're trying to point it. I could not even get a good look at the moon. THE MOON! I sent it right back. If I would have paid half of what I paid for this, MAYBE I would have kept it just as a decoration piece. |
One Star Reviews: | 4% Motor stuck. January 22, 2016 The motor doesn't move! I need to check on returning it, just haven't had an opportunity. | 21% One Star July 15, 2017 I was very disappointed with the quality. I feel I should have paid $25.00 at most for this. I don't remember the reviews being so low for this ... June 12, 2017 I don't remember the reviews being so low for this when I bought it. Save yourself some trouble. Do not buy it. I got it as a gift, and it was hard to put together, and once I saw it put together (gave it as a gift in the box), it looked cheap. The tripod is short and flimsy plastic, even the case is cheap looking and feeling.. Looks like it was used and repacked March 12, 2017 Looks like it was used and repacked. One of the lense was unpacked and stickers on some parts looked worn. I'm not happy! Cheap plastic kiddie telescope. I can't even get it ... May 14, 2016 Cheap plastic kiddie telescope. I can't even get it to work. I was so excited to try it out with my kids but had a major let down. I tried several times but too late to return now! =( Opened box and case for the telescope had large water ... November 15, 2015 Opened box and case for the telescope had large water spots all over it yet everything else was sealed in plastic, didn't bother to open any further and returned it. |
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Price | $159.99updated: Mar 17, 2020 from 1 sellers | $52.72updated: Mar 14, 2020 |
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Article Number | ||
Article Number | - | 0634392767885 |
Binding | ||
Binding | Electronics | Electronics |
Brand | ||
Brand | Celestron | Barska |
Color | ||
Color | - | Silver |
Currency | ||
Currency | USD | USD |
Department | ||
Department | - | Sporting Goods |
Formatted Price | ||
Formatted Price | $397.90 | $142.90 |
Height | ||
Height | 440.9 in | 157.5 in |
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Legal Disclaimer | - | The package does not come with the original boxing. But, it does come with a bag including all the kits and accessories. |
Length | ||
Length | 1283.5 in | 570.9 in |
Manufacturer | ||
Manufacturer | Celestron | Barska |
Minimum Age | ||
Minimum Age | - | 96 |
Model | ||
Model | 31042-OP-DS | AE10100 |
MPN | ||
MPN | 31042-OP-DS | AE10100 |
Number of Items | ||
Number of Items | 1 | 1 |
Number of Parts | ||
Number of Parts | 31042-OP-DS | AE10100 |
Product Group | ||
Product Group | Photography | Sports |
Product Type | ||
Product Type | TELESCOPE | SPORTING_GOODS |
Publisher | ||
Publisher | Celestron | Barska |
Quantity | ||
Quantity | 1 | 1 |
Release Date | ||
Release Date | - | 2009-03-11 |
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Score | ||
Score | 9.6 | 7.2 |
SKU | ||
SKU | - | WY-WOAE10100 |
Studio | ||
Studio | Celestron | Barska |
Warranty | ||
Warranty | - | Limited Lifetime Warranty |
Weight | ||
Weight | 101.6 oz | 13.6 oz |
Width | ||
Width | 669.3 in | 153.5 in |
Feature | ||
Feature | Entry-level telescope with 300x power and 400mm focal length Coated glass optics for enhanced image brightness Interchangeable eyepieces with 3x Barlow lenses for versatility Includes beginner's version of Deepsky Astronomy software Adjustable tripod and soft carrying case; limited lifetime warranty |
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