The third major problem is the accessories that come with the PowerSeeker 50AZ. None of the accessories that come with the PowerSeeker 50AZ are usable. I wouldn’t mind it if Celestron included only one, usable, budget eyepiece. But instead, they chose to fill up the package with plastic, low-quality accessories so that it looks like you are getting high-value from this telescope on the product page.
The worst, and also the most important accessories, are the eyepieces. None of them have high-quality coatings or decent curvatures. The optics of this telescope are high-quality, but the eyepieces are so bad they pull the whole telescope down. All the eyepieces are 0.96″, while the focuser on the telescope is 1.25″. The eyepieces can’t be used with the telescope without an adapter, which will only lower the image quality even more. This reason alone is enough for not buying this telescope.
The 5×24 finder is not a “real” finder. It is a toy. A cheap red dot finder would be a much better choice, but it doesn’t look as good, right?