Product Description

The Ultima 80mm features a 45° viewing angle and offers a step up in aperture from the 65mm, offering 50% brighter images. The 80mm refractor features excellent multi-coated optics packed into a portable and durable refractor design and it comes standard with a 20-60x zoom eyepiece.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18281 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Celestron
• Model: 52250
• Released on: 2008-05-11
• Dimensions: 6.00" h x 7.00" w x 20.00" l, 20.00 pounds

Features

• 80mm Refractor Spotting Scope
• Multi-Coated optics
• 45° viewing angle
• 20-60x zoom eyepiece

Manufacturer's Description
Celestron's Ultima Refractor range was designed to perform well in a range of viewing situations, making it a great all-around optical instrument. Great for observing nature and long distance spotting and since it is completely waterproof you can feel comfortable using it in extreme weather

Customer Reviews

Celestron Ultima 80 - 45º
Bought this after comparing many different spotting scopes including some very expensive ones; mostly all the cheaper ones have fairly poor optics, there might be some good ones but I couldn't find any. It seems fairly difficult to get any objective reviews of the Celestron Ultima scope, most reviews are either advertising hype or people who haven't used it and based on conjecture. The Ultima build quality is very good, optics are nothing short of great especially considering this is not ED glass, image does go a bit dark at 60X but that's in the nature of the beast, at 22X to about 50X it is really excellent. Eye relief is fairly good too, I can keep my spectacles on even at full magnification. I've used this to look at birds at 10m (yes, 10m) to 500m and it's really useable when the light fades after dusk; general spotting up to several miles is excellent too but then you are really at the mercy of the atmosphere - all in all it's excellent, I can only imagine what trebling the price to buy ED glass gives you! It even has a built in T-adapter to mount a cameras, a camera lens of this quality and size would cost many hundreds of £.
I mainly bought this for my daughter for astronomy, she already has a Newtonian but finds that really tedious to set up for quick viewing, no problems with this Celestron though. Although the experts will tell you that spotting scopes do not work well for astronomy work, the Ultima 80 is great. It may not suit the experts but for the casual hobbyist it gives really great images of the moon and planets (Venus is a little small but the rings are clear). It's only drawback is the comparatively small field of view for astronomy, e.g. the best you can get in is two of the stars from Orions belt. Even the experts agree that the best scope for astronomy is the one you use most often, in our case this is the Ultima! It is light, easy to focus, gives, clear images (atmospherics allowing of course) and I (and my daughter) couldn't be happier. You do need a tripod, but that's the same for all spotting scopes. Amazon's price is better than most and delivery was very quick. If you are confused over spotting scopes and can't afford a lot of money then I can wholeheartedly reommend this one, I do not think you will be disappointed.

very pleased with this
This is my first spotting scope which I bought after using someone else's on a bird-spotting holiday. I am very pleased with it and so far have had no problems setting it up or using it. It is fairly light to carry and comes in a handy bag and although I still carry my binoculars, I am using it more now as my first choice to look at wildlife.

Perfect for archery
I purchased this scope for checking my arrows on the target and have been very happy with it. The narrow field of view which is a slight disadvantage mentioned in an earlier review is of no consequence to an archer and the zoom facility is more than I require for easy spotting at 100yards. It is slightly heavier and longer than my old scope but comes with a carry case and shoulder strap. I have had to purchase a heavier tripod but this was no bad thing as my previous scope broke when the old flimsy tripod was blown over. I did a lot of comparisons before buying this scope and it was very good value for money.