Celestron Accessory Kit

Product Details

This set makes a great addition to telescopes like Celestron's Firstscope 114EQ or Firstscope 80EQ. A telescope's magnifying power is equal to the focal length of the telescope divided by the eyepiece focal length, which is usually printed right on the eyepiece. Since the Firstscope 114EQ has a focal length of 900mm, the 32mm plossl eyepiece gives a magnification of 28x and almost 2 degress true field of view. This wide field of view is ideal for viewing star clusters like the Pleiades or checking out the Andromeda Galaxy. On a dark, moonless night, when I use the 9mm plossl (100x magnification) to view globular clusters like M13 and M5, the Firstscope 114EQ shows me many individual stars. And when the night air is still and clear I use the 6mm eyepiece (150x magnification) to pick out planetary details like the Cassini Division in Saturn's rings, or even Jupiter's great red spot.

The Celestron eyepiece kit also includes six colored filters and a neutral-colored Moon filter. The Orange and Red filters are handy for bringing out surface detail on Mars, and the Light Blue and Light Green filters can help a small telescope pick out Jupiter's famous red spot. The Moon filter works like a pair of sunglasses to reduce the blinding glare of the Moon. The Yellow and Green filters are sometimes helpful on the moon as well because they overcome the blue glow of "chromatic aberration," the false color that often troubles low-cost refractors.

Overall, the Celestron Eyepiece kit is simply a great value. These eyepieces deliver crisp views in any telescope that accepts 1.25-inch eyepieces, from a Firstscope 60 AZ to a Nexstar 8GPS. --Jeff Phillips

Pros:

• Good anti-reflection multicoatings
• Crisp, high-contrast views

• Minimal eye relief on 4mm and 6mm plossls

Product Reviews

(2 stars) - You get what you pay for I guess
I'm fairly new to astronomy, but I expected better quality when I purchased this eyepiece kit from Celestron. After reading some of the reviews here, I was convinced that these were going to be some decent eyepieces and filters. This kit may be alright for some, but I found them lacking in quality of fit and build and would not recommend them to anyone who has the desire to use the high-power eyepieces (9x, 6x, 4x, etc). I bought these because of the low price tag, and for the most part, I regret not just buying one or two better quality eyepieces from Televue. The filters were really "cheap" too.

(3 stars) - So much for the price.
Since I am a beginner I occasionally use this. But, I keep thinking of purchasing eyepieces of higher grades in the future. Optical qualites are fairly limited. The extreme small ones are too dark to use. It might be better to purchase 15mm and Barlow(sp?) lens seperately.

(5 stars) - Great Price!
You just can't beat the price! Wait they just did! I paid a little over 120 and they just dropped it 5. Great case. Eyepieces all work great and you get the filters also. Has extra room for your other eyepieces. I highly recommend this for all beginners like me,

(1 stars) - Useless without a quality scope
Bought this kit for a Celestron NextStar 8-inch SC scope. Most of these eyepieces are uselss because the Celestron telescopes don't have the quality optics necessary to take advantage of their power. The most powerful eye piece (not lens or filter) would probaly only be usefull for looking directly at the sun (it's soooooo dark).

It's much like mounting a 24-power Leupold scope on an Uzi: It ain't gonna do anything for your accuracy!

(5 stars) - Good set for the money
I haven't compared these to more expensive models too much. I did do a side by side comparison one night, and while there was a difference, I didn't see too significant an improvement in the more expensive one. I am new to the hobby, and I am discovering each night out that I've missed a lot on previous nights. As I get better at viewing, the differences might become more profound. But as for now, I am very happy with the value.

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