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product_id: 65559804
title: "Celestron 21038 Travel Scope 50 Portable Refractor Telescope Kit with Backpack - includes Two Eyepieces, 3x Barlow Lens, 45° Erect Image Diagonal, Height-adjustable Tripod and Accessory Tray, Black"
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# Lightweight 2.2 lb with custom backpack 50mm fully-coated objective lens Tool-free quick assembly Celestron 21038 Travel Scope 50 Portable Refractor Telescope Kit with Backpack - includes Two Eyepieces, 3x Barlow Lens, 45° Erect Image Diagonal, Height-adjustable Tripod and Accessory Tray, Black

**Brand:** celestron
**Price:** VT56689
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌌 Take your stargazing on the go — see the universe like never before!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Celestron 21038 Travel Scope 50 Portable Refractor Telescope Kit with Backpack - includes Two Eyepieces, 3x Barlow Lens, 45° Erect Image Diagonal, Height-adjustable Tripod and Accessory Tray, Black by celestron
- **How much does it cost?** VT56689 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/65559804-celestron-21038-travel-scope-50-portable-refractor-telescope-kit-backpack)

## Best For

- celestron enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted celestron brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Ultimate Portability:** Weighing just 2.2 pounds, this travel scope fits perfectly in the included backpack for spontaneous stargazing adventures.
- • **Versatile Power Options:** Includes two eyepieces (20mm & 8mm) plus a 3x Barlow lens for customizable magnification from wide views to detailed close-ups.
- • **Precision Sky Navigation:** Smooth Alt-Azimuth mount with clutch handle ensures effortless tracking of stars and planets.
- • **Bonus Starry Night Software:** Free astronomy software download with sky maps and celestial data to elevate your night sky experience.
- • **Crystal-Clear Views Anywhere:** Fully-coated 50mm glass optics deliver sharp, high-resolution celestial and terrestrial images.

## Overview

The Celestron 21038 Travel Scope 50 is a lightweight, portable refractor telescope designed for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Featuring a 50mm fully-coated objective lens, two eyepieces, a 3x Barlow lens, and a 45° erect image diagonal, it offers crisp views of celestial and terrestrial objects. Its manual Alt-Azimuth mount with clutch allows smooth tracking, while the included adjustable tripod and custom backpack make it perfect for travel. Bonus astronomy software enhances your exploration, all backed by Celestron’s trusted 2-year warranty.

## Description

Product Description               Designed with American innovation for beginner stargazers, the Celestron Travel Scope 50 is a professionally engineered refractor telescope that is perfect for celestial or terrestrial viewing on the go. It’s the perfect telescope for adults and kids to use together with its fully-coated, high-quality glass optics, including a refractor-style 50mm objective lens. The aperture allows high-resolution viewing, without adding a lot of extra weight. Added coating on the 50mm lens allows light to enter, providing sharper, crisper viewing of celestial and terrestrial objects during the day or at night.The Celestron telescope for beginners is designed with several operating features that make it exceptionally user-friendly. Our precision manufacturing standards and high-quality materials are unmatched in the industry. We’ve included two quality eyepieces (20mm and 8mm), 3x Barlow lens, and a star diagonal for crisp low- and high-power viewing during the day or at night, allowing you to enjoy close-ups of wildlife in nature or stargaze with family and friends.The Celestron Travel Scope 50 weighs just 2.2 pounds and assembles in seconds with no tools required. It’s easy to use to navigate the sky. When your observing session is over, everything packs up into the handy included traveling backpack.Your purchase also entitles you to a FREE download of Celestron’s BONUS Starry Night Astronomy Software with information on thousands of celestial objects, printable sky maps, and more. It’s the best way to learn about the night sky and plan your next observing session.                  Manufacturer's Description               The Travel Scope 50 is a refractor telescope perfect for terrestrial and celestial viewing on the go. The Travel Scope can view the planets, moon, star clusters and brighter deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy at night and with the erect image star diagonal makes the optical tube ideal for using as a spotting scope during the day. Setting up the telescope is a breeze and will have you observing in no time. Even on your first time out, you can assemble the telescope and its accessories in just a few minutes. The adjustable tripod legs allow you to customize the telescope’s height or place it on raised surfaces like a picnic table. The total telescope kit weighs in at just 2.2 pounds—perfect for impromptu observing sessions or transporting wherever life’s adventures take you.

## Features

- SUPERIOR OPTICS: The Celestron 50mm Travel Scope features high-quality, fully-coated glass optics, a potent 50mm objective lens, a lightweight frame, and a custom backpack to carry it all; Its quality is unmatched in its class and against competitors
- POWERFUL EYEPIECES FOR UP-CLOSE VIEWING: Our telescope for astronomy beginners is equipped with two high-quality eyepieces (20mm and 8mm) that provide low- and high-power views of celestial objects at night and terrestrial objects during the day
- MANUAL ALT-AZIMUTH TELESCOPE: Navigate the sky with a pan handle Alt-Az control with clutch for smooth and accurate pointing. Move the clutch in an up/down, left/right fashion to track your object in the eyepiece
- BONUS BAG, TRIPOD AND SOFTWARE: This Celestron telescope and full-height tripod can be taken anywhere in the included travel backpack; Accessories also include a FREE download of one of the top consumer rated astronomy software programs
- UNBEATABLE WARRANTY AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from the world’s #1 telescope brand, based in California since 1960. You’ll also receive a 2-year warranty

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Package Dimensions L x W x H | 46 x 29.2 x 14 centimetres |
| Package Weight | 1.97 Kilograms |
| Product Dimensions L x W x H | 71.1 x 17.8 x 35.6 centimetres |
| Item Weight | 1 Kilograms |
| Brand | Celestron |
| Colour | Black |
| Country of Origin | China |
| Included components | Travelscope, Two Eyepieces (20mm and 10mm), 45° Erect Image Diagonal, 5X24 Finderscope |
| Lens Fixed Focal Length | 360 Millimetres |
| Max Focal Length | 360 Millimetres |
| Min Focal Length | 400 Millimetres |
| Model year | 2016 |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 50 Millimetres |
| Part number | 21038-CGL |
| Size | 50mm with Two Eyepieces and 3x Barlow Lens |
| Telescope Mount Description | Altazimuth Mount |
| Focus type | Manual Focus |
| Style | Travel Scope 50 Outfit |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Celestron
- **Model name:** Travel Scope 50 with Backpack
- **Optical tube length:** 304 Millimetres
- **Eye piece lens description:** Plossl
- **Objective lens diameter:** 50 Millimetres
- **Telescope mount description:** Altazimuth Mount
- **Product dimensions:** 81.3D x 81.3W x 139.7H centimetres
- **Focus type:** Manual Focus
- **Power source:** manual
- **Finderscope:** Finderscope

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What is the focal ratio?**
A: F 5.7

**Q: How tall does this stand? Is this better for adults or children?**
A: It’s good for both

**Q: How can I get a replacement inner lens for this telescope?  One of the 2 main lenses inside the telescope broke**
A: Might be easier and cheaper to purchase a new one.

**Q: Does this use 1-1/4 inch eye pieces and diagonals?**
A: Yes it does. The eyepieces are actually pretty good but the diagional is pretty cheap and made of plastic. The mirror has a noticesible seam down the middle  that can be seen looking at bright moonlight. Invest in a better one from Scopestuff.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Travel scope, not a dedicated astronomical telescope
*by E***E on 27 November 2012*

OK, let's get this straight; this is not an astronomical telescope per se, yet you can do some astronomical observations with it with care. But if you are after a purely astronomical telescope then you had better look at Celestron's other more dedicated astronomical telescopes rather than this one. This is a scope that is intended that you can sling over your back, use as a spotting scope for bird watching, terrestrial scenic views & some night time astronomical use. So if it is a multi-use scope that you require then this is more for you. And for the price you pay for this then even with the rather poor tripod that comes with it that makes night time astronomy a little tricky, you still get a great versatile scope that will cope with most daylight viewing well, and with some care also night time viewing too.So, let's get down to brass tacks; the weakness of this scope lies in the tripod. As it has to be small & light to fit into the supplied backpack then I knew when I bought this scope that for my nocturnal astronomical forays that it wasn't going to cut the mustard much. Hence, when I use it for observing any of the planets or the moon I use a more robust camera tripod that I used to use for my old (now defunct) SLR camera. This makes moving the scope around a much smoother operation, and more sturdy too. The supplied tripod will work OK'ish, but you have to be a little more careful & precise when aligning it up to a planet, star or satellite. For day time viewing the supplied tripod would suffice for most occasions as you could keep the tripod as low as possible to the ground & sit on the ground or a small chair to use it. The fixing to use any other tripod with the scope is the standard camera fitting, so fitting the scope on any other tripod is simple. You could of course buy an equatorial mount to fix the scope too if you wanted the best mount for it for astronomical use, but this would set you back quite a bit & also makes the system less portable. Equatorial mounts take some setting up, and to be honest if you were going to pay the price for a mount like that you would most likely also go for a dedicated astronomical telescope too.The lenses supplied with the scope (4mm,10mm & 20mm) give good magnification. As I mostly use this scope for astronomical purposes this gives me good views of the moon, most of the planets (the gas giants Uranus, Neptune & demoted ex-planet Pluto are out of range really with this small scope). Saturn looks great as ever through the scope, especially with the rings open wide; Jupiter & its Galilean moons are a jewel; Mars at closest approach to Earth is good; Venus really doesn't show too much except its phases & the same with Mercury too accept smaller & harder to spot closer in to the sun. The 45 degree viewing prism makes observation with the lenses easy, except when trying to view anything close to zenith. This is always a hard thing to do with the kind of tripod used, even with a sturdier camera tripod as well. The 3 x Barlow lens is a little too much for this scope; a 2 x Barlow lens I think would suit it better, especially for astronomy. For daylight viewing it is more suited, but remember the higher up the viewing magnification you go the less bright the view through the scope is going to be, so that is why unless you use it to view the moon then you are not going to see much with it at night time; coupled with the fact that the tripod (whether the supplied one or a camera one) will not give you the fine control that you need to zoom in on these high magnifications on any objects you are trying to view. The finder scope is a little tricky to set up, so if you intend to do any night time viewing then it is best (if possible) to set this up in the daytime on a stationary distant object, rather than trying to do it at night on a slow moving star or planet.The quality of the scope itself is good, given the price range. I can view M31 quite easily through it on a clear night in the city, so if you have great dark skies where you live then it & a few other galaxies should be quite easy to spot too with this scope. I can pick out quite a few globular & open star clusters with the scope, & of course Orion's nebula is wonderful to view as well through the scope. The view through the scope is normal as we see it, so remember that that if you do decide to go for a dedicated astronomical telescope this may not always be so, hence making terrestrial use of any astronomical telescope annoying in the fact that the view may be inverted.I have had this scope now for nearly six months. I have owned much more expensive & more technical telescopes than this, yet strangely I get more reward & fun out of using this scope for things rather than the more expensive ones. Unless you intend to spend some serious time on astronomy (when the weather permits in the UK at least) then like me you may find that this small scope is all you need. Even at the low price you pay for this scope you still get a large amount of satisfaction from any views from it. And if the worst should happen & you drop or damage it, then you haven't lost too much money on it. Now could you say the same for any serious astronomical telescope? Methinks not!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ the telescope not that I am an expert in such things but being a photographer I do understand light and lenses appears to be exc
*by G***F on 22 August 2015*

Where do I start, this was bought a year ago for my 13yr old son who decided to take Gcse Astronomy, so this is a parents revirw with a little input from him. Its a lovely affordable kit and comes in one box, the telescope not that I am an expert in such things but being a photographer I do understand light and lenses appears to be excellent the eyepieces are good quality and similar to a camera with an added lens can be improved upon by buying set of more expensive ones but then this is for a child and they arefit for his pruposes.The bag is lovely as it means the whole kit is in one place and easily stored a massive plus point for anybody whose the parent of a teenager who sees his or her bed room as a massive skip with a door.Now for the negative in my eyes the tripod if you can afford it replace it, it is a really low end budget model and is not very stable and easily adjusted in my eye's, the good news is if you are the owner of one for photographic purposes they fit on this base perfectly.Overall I would say this was a perfect compromise between cost and quality. Having used it now a few times over the last year I think it is good value for money and a great starter kit if like me you have a young person taking up a new hobby and can't afford to purchase an all singing all dancing model.If you wish to use this for Astrophotography and have a Digital Slr all you need to purchase is a T-Mount ring for your brand of camera. There is a celestron adaptor eyepiece which we do have but you dont necesarilly need to purchase one as it has a t2 thread on the focusing barrel.my advice is if you can find one of these for about £60 buy it you won't be disappointed. I have also used it as a day telescope bird watching it is not ideal or looks the part when amongst "professional" bird watchers but does a reasonable job.Update we have just decided to up grade this product Sept 2015. Its good!! made sure I did not waste £500 pounds but after almost a year we are upgrading and its going to be a big hit. We have used it for astro photography but it needs a motorised mount to get better pictures hence the upgrade. With wildlife things are great and we've managed some decent bird pictures and lovely landscapes can be zoomed in on. I bought a barlow adaptor and t2 adaptor for my Nikon Digital SLR and it give a lovely picture but you do need to take the pictures in manual setting as all the gizmos on my D90, D80 and D50 bodies do not work due to no electrical connections.I have learnt a lot and my son has also last nights blood moon was lovely through the lens just ensure you have a moon filter.

## Frequently Bought Together

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