Celestron Accessory Kit by Celestron
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Digital camera reviews of Celestron Accessory Kit
Digital camera Review: Great Price!
Summary: 5 Stars
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,Digital camera Review: Great Service
Summary: 5 Stars
I originally ordered this set back in October but canceled it when it was on back order. I saw it again January 18, and decided to order it. Today is January 22 and they just arrived. I also used the super saver shipping and it projected a delivery date of January 28-February 2, so when it arrived today I was blown away. I just took a quick look through the EP's and they looked great for the price. Definitely recommend.Digital camera Review: Great Value for a Someone Just Starting Out
Summary: 4 Stars
I just got my first decent telescope and I needed some EPs to give me a full range of magnifications. Before I even decided on this kit I went through what I already owned (9mm,25mm and 30mm) and calculated what I needed to fill in the gaps. To my surprise, this kit filled in the gaps perfectly.
Eye Pieces - Let me start by saying, you can go ahead ignore some of the older reviews for this kit. Celestron has obviously changed the EP range from what used to be included with the kit. For clarity sake, this kit currently comes with the advertised EPs (6mm, 8mm, 13mm, 17mm and 32mm) along with the 2x Barlow lens. I don't have a lot of experience but so far the EPs seem to be sharp especially considering what I paid for them. I'm sure that the high-end EPs that are available are going to be better. If, however, you are someone like me who doesn't have a lot of money after shelling out for your scope, the range of EPs are great for letting you know what your scope is capable of. You can always replace the more often used EPs once you get a better idea of what you want.
Filters - I have messed around with these a bit and honestly the only thing they did for me was change the color of the object being looked at and didn't seem to really show any more detail. The exception here is the ND Moon Filter. The moon is so bright when you look at it through your scope it can be blinding. My scope came with a moon filter that tinted it green and it really was ugly. The included ND filter here just reduces the amount of light without losing any color. I will certainly continue to use this filter, the others I'm not so sure about.
Case - The case is nice and though not metal as the pic would lead you to believe. It is still hard plastic and the padding is very good. I definitely feel like my EPs are protected well when packed away. The added "feature" of the key is just awful though. I never really understood why I would want to lock this anyway, but just out of curiosity I tried to use the lock. I fiddled with the lock for a few mins trying to get the key to even fit in to no avail. To me this was a useless part of the kit that could have been skipped.
Overall - I would recommend this kit just based on the fact that you get a lot for what you pay. Sure there are higher quality items available at a price, but the kit is a great start.
Digital camera Review: Great bargain!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not going to imply that these are the best eyepieces available but they are good eyepieces and they are incredibly affordable. They are essentially Celestron's "Omni" series Plossl eyepieces, which are their least expensive series and retail for $30 - $40 each. Just the eyepieces alone are worth the $100. The barlow lens is a quality piece but is fairly redundant with these eyepieces unless you have a very short focal ratio telescope. The color filters are a good all around set but they would only be useful for 8" and larger telescopes and then only for planetary viewing. I don't care for the moon filter. It is better than nothing, but I prefer using polarizing filter for the moon.
So buy it for the case and the eyepieces and if you get any use out of the rest that is just frosting on the cake!
Digital camera Review: Great deal and great quality.
Summary: 5 Stars
Before seeing this kit, I bought separately a 6mm Plossl and a 2X Barlow. Those two items are part of this kit, but they cost me more separately than the entire kit! Tried it out last night and was very pleased. The two original eyepieces that came with the scope plus the 5 included in the kit and the Barlow give me 14 different possible views of the sky, and the color filters should help pick up planetary details.