Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First of all, note that this is not a classic Newtonian reflector. It's a Bird-Jones reflector which uses a spherical mirror instead of a parabolic one and it has a corrector+2x barlow under the focus tube. That being said, it is inherently hard to collimate with lasers but its design allows it to be this compact. It would be almost twice as long if it's a classic Newtonian. The image quality is quite great and be sure to collimate well before using it. Collimation can only be done with collimation caps, but the one from Celestron can't fit into the eyepiece (too long and will hit the corrector lens in the focuser.) A shorter one from other brands is recommended. The mount weighs only about 6lb. Super light but not sturdy enough. You may have to add some weights to it. The counter weight is not heavy enough if you add any accessories to the OTA. I would have my counter weights all the way down to the stopper. The scope is impossible to balance in declination as the plastic pad writes "Celestron" limits the travel of the rings that holds the OTA. Solution? Saw it off. (or put a heavier finderscope in the front) But this is still very good value! It's so compact and light that anyone can physically carry it out. What can you see: -Moon in detail -Jupiter with color bands & its four moons -Saturn with rings. Cassini division not resolvable -Mars as featureless small discs -Venus as featureless small discs -Nebulae as little smoke smudges -Some double stars