Celestron 71198 Cometron 7x50 Binoculars - High-Powered Optics for Astronomy and Nature Observation

bob: I've had other benoculars in the past but I find these to bring a great combination of low power, good field of view, and good aperture for the size. They work really well for spotting objects like the Pleiades and Orion's nebula. I was even able to resolve two of Jupiter's moons. Very hard to beat for the price. An excellent tool for getting started with amateur astronomy.

United Kingdom on Dec 09, 2023

Paulo Cesar Silva Junior: Esse binóculo de entrada é sensacional! Promete e cumpre. Mesmo com a poluição luminosa da cidade que resido - Fortaleza - é possível contemplar o céu, detectar constelações diferenciando as estrelas próximas e não tão visíveis a olho nu. Pela manhã consigo diferenciar algumas letras dos containers de alguns navios próximos da praia, isso do local onde moro. Consigo capturar características incríveis dos pássaros em pleno voo e estacionados nas caixas de ar condicionado dos edifícios ao redor.

Brazil on Nov 30, 2023

Alma: Los compré para observar solamente, no tengo conocimientos astronómicos, pero tienen gran alcance y son cómodos. Se pueden usar sin tripié por su peso. Recomiendo

Mexico on Nov 27, 2023

Julián Simón: Están bien colimados, la calidad de imagen es más que buena (salvo en el mismo borde, por la pupila casi cuadrangular propia del vidrio BK7), el revestimiento también. POR FIN doy con unos prismáticos clásicos 7x50 razonablemente bien hechos y a un precio módico. Por menos de cien euros no se puede pedir más y desde luego es más que suficiente. MUY BUEN PRODUCTO.

Spain on Oct 30, 2023

walperstyle: These are good value for the dollar.

Canada on Sep 19, 2023

John M. Hammer: 7x50 is the sweet spot for binoculars intended mainly for stargazing. 7x magnification is enough to resolve a lot of double stars, give you easy views of Jupiter's 4 largest moons, to see the major features of our own moon, and (with solar filters) to see sunspots. Anything less and you might not see enough detail to feel satisfied, anything more and you're going to have a hard time holding the binoculars steady enough to enjoy the detail being provided by the magnification. 50mm objective lenses bring in enough light to allow you to get truly grand views of the milky way (if you can get to a dark sky location) and clear resolution of images; of course larger is better but also a lot more expensive and often manufacturers pair the larger objectives with higher magnification which is NOT helpful. The specific optics of these Celestron "Cometron" binoculars have a good field of view so they're great on nights with peak meteor activity or for looking at wide swaths of sky at one time for other reasons. The quality of the optics is quite good with little aberration, decently dark backgrounds, and the two elements are well collimated – very important and not always...

United States on Mar 16, 2020

Kratze: I bought these to supplement my stargazing. I am new to the hobby and have been using a bigger brother of these little guys (the 15x70), but while having to order another pair of the giants due to an accident, I decided to toss in a pair of these as well. They are so CHEAP! And so highly rated! I figured for the price it would be hard to go wrong. And this was the case - things went extremely right.

I went to an event our local astronomy club gave for a scout group and set up my 15x70 on its tripod, and hung these around my neck. A little more background: we are in Florida, and the event happened in mid-June, and it had stormed all afternoon and was still dripping when we arrived at the site. The skies partially cleared as we waited, but the humidity could have filled up a filter jug. About 1/4 of the way into our various demonstrations, my large binoculars got fogged up on their tripod. The sides of the big binos - which are not coated with rubber - were literally dripping with dew by the end of the demonstration. The lenses fogged up completely, rendered useless by Florida's humidity. I could see more with my naked eye. So much for my brand-new pair of...

United States on Jun 11, 2016