Celestron Omni XLT 120 Telescope BRAND NEW

I love the telescope. The tripod is a bit heavy and I have to take the telescope apart to carry it to the backyard. However, when it gets bumped it stays focused which is fantastic! I haven?t been able to see any deep space objects yet because I live in the city. I can see the cloud bands on Jupiter. I?m looking forward to taking it to the hills when the fires are out.

Well built. Solid be quality. Very good price. Iam a quality inspector and this equatorial mount is solid. It's heavy and the tripod legs are thick. I am would definitely recommend any one who is looking for a good, affordable, well price, well built mount

Great telescope. Great quality. Easy to set up , put together. Easy to use. Plus it looks awesome in the home.

I love Adorama. The scope is perfect.

I'm a beginner and love it

I received my new Omni XLT 120 refractor about 3:00 pm Friday, July 20th. I set it up to get familiar with this scopes features. [...] First was the size, wow this is a large scope. The tripod and the mount especially the mount are quite heavy. This makes for a really stable platform. Considering the weight once fully assembled, slewing the scope was effortless. Just balance the scope as described in the manual. Note to Celestron: The box with the tripod and the box with the OTA both had manuals and software. The only problem I have to report is that I had to take apart the 1.25" star diagonal as the mirror was not positioned correctly. Two minutes to fix, no big. Also want to mention that the fine tuning knobs are so close together laterally on the mount and so large that they come into contact with each other. I will be getting flexible extender cables though for ease of reach, so again, no big. That night (last night) I took the new Omni out to the dark site ( two hours west of Chicago, Light pollution capital of the world ) to meet several astronomy club members and go for a test viewing. Another WOW! Everybody was impressed by the handling and optics. I have never seen the quarter moon so sharp and clear. Craters inside craters. The patterns of Jupiter were quite clear, after putting the light reduction cap on the lens though, as the light transmission is so strong. I was using eyepieces that are just to much for my 10" Dob; 5mm or 9mm on a 2X barlow. 25mm and 38mm really were the best for seeing open clusters. Even managed to spot that comet between Alkaid and Izar. This was my fifth or sixth viewing session with these new friends of mine and I saw more last night than all other nights put together. The Equatorial mount takes some study, but even so, try just looking for faint "fuzzies" through the finder scope and you might find M6, the "butterfly cluster," like I did. All in all an awesome scope for the price with great potential. I already have a wish list started.

Needs some adjustment on equatorial mounting for a use in low lattitude location.

For general use it is relatively capable, cheap, sturdy and easy to use and learn, well matched with the mount. Main negative is that it is achromat, you will see chromatic aberration in general use, for it rating is 3 stars. However, it is almost perfect for my specialist use - Solar observing in HAlpha and CaK lines. For it chromatic aberration is irrelevant and the combination of aperture and focal length is exactly where I need it with Quark filters&Apollo M camera while the mount provides all that is needed for this specific case.

A lot of chromatic aberration. Minimal improvement of picture quality and planet details as compared to my old 2 1/2? refractor<br /><br />It only comes with one eyepiece.