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Celestron Travel Scope 70 refractor telescope

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Achromat · Alt-Az

Celestron Travel Scope 70

Ultra-light refractor built for quick trips, travel, and daytime spotting

Price in India

₹12,000

Price exclusive of GST. GST (18%) is added at checkout.

  • Free shipping across India
  • In stock
  • Setup and first-light guidance over WhatsApp

A grab-and-go 70mm refractor with backpack portability, upright daytime views, and minimal setup friction.

Not sure how big it will look? See it at real-world scale in your own space.

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Aperture
70mm
Focal length
400mm
Focal ratio
f/5.7
Mount
Alt-Az

See the Celestron Travel Scope 70 in your room

Stand it on a sample balcony, or in a photo of your own space. We have not published measured dimensions for this telescope yet, so the size shown here is indicative rather than exact.

About the Celestron Travel Scope 70

The Travel Scope 70 is designed for portability first: a light optical tube, compact tripod, erect-image diagonal, and included backpack make it easy to bring astronomy along on road trips, hikes, and family outings.

Travel and campingKids and familiesDaytime nature viewingBeginner casual astronomy

Full specifications

Brand
Celestron
Model
Travel Scope 70
SKU
NS-008
Optical design
Achromat
Telescope type
Refractor
Aperture
70 mm
Focal length
400 mm
Focal ratio
f/5.7
Mount type
Alt-Az
Computerised GoTo
No — manual
Recommended level
Beginner
Best suited to
Portable

Why this telescope

  • Only a few pounds for true take-anywhere convenience.
  • 70mm refractor works for both celestial viewing and daytime spotting use.
  • Included backpack keeps the full kit organized and easy to carry.
  • Simple alt-az mount is approachable for children and first-time users.

In the box

  • 20mm eyepiece
  • 10mm eyepiece
  • 45-degree erect-image diagonal
  • 5x24 finderscope
  • Tripod, mount, and custom backpack

Optical performance, in plain terms

Every figure below is calculated from this telescope's own specifications using standard optical formulae. None of it is a marketing number.

Light-gathering power

100× the human eye

Compared to a dark-adapted 7mm pupil. This is what determines how faint an object you can detect.

Resolving power

1.66 arcseconds

The Dawes limit for this aperture — the finest detail the optics can theoretically separate.

Limiting magnitude

~11.7

The faintest star reachable under a genuinely dark sky. Expect two to three magnitudes worse from a city.

Maximum useful magnification

140×

Twice the aperture in millimetres. Atmospheric conditions usually impose a lower practical limit.

Magnification with 25mm eyepiece

16×

Your low-power, wide-field view — used for finding objects and framing large clusters.

Magnification with 10mm eyepiece

40×

The workhorse range for planets, lunar detail and globular clusters.

About magnification claims

The optical ceiling for a 70mm aperture is about 140x. On a typical Indian night, atmospheric seeing — not the telescope — limits you to roughly 150x–200x. Most of your observing will happen between 16x and 40x, and the view will be brighter and sharper for it.

Why telescope magnification claims are misleading →

What you'd actually see

The Moon, two planets and a nebula through the Celestron Travel Scope 70, drawn from its own aperture and focal length rather than from a photograph taken through something bigger.

Through the eyepiece at 16×, to scale

At 16×, the whole Moon fits in the eyepiece, spanning about 17% of the field.

At 70mm aperture

  • Dark maria, bright highlands and the larger craters
How we calculated this
Magnification: 16×
400 mm focal length ÷ 25 mm eyepiece = 16×
True field of view: 3.13°
50° apparent field ÷ 16× = 3.13°
How big it looks: 8.29°
31′ across × 16 = 8.29° — 17% of the 50° field
Resolving power (Dawes limit): 1.66″
116 ÷ 70 mm = 1.66″ — the finest detail the optics can separate in perfect air
Limiting magnitude: 11.7
7.5 + 5 × log₁₀(7 cm) = 11.7 — the faintest star under a truly dark sky
Light grasp: 100×
(70 mm ÷ 7 mm pupil)² = 100× your dark-adapted eye
Smallest crater you could pick out: ≈ 7 km
the larger of 1.66″ (resolving power) and 60″ ÷ 16× = 3.75″ (what your eye resolves at this power), × 1.864 km per arcsecond at the Moon's distance

Magnification uses the same 25mm (Moon, nebula) and 10mm (planets) reference eyepieces as the specifications above. Which features appear is not a formula: each is shown from the aperture at which our own guides say it becomes visible. Star positions and crater positions are illustrative; how many appear follows the limiting magnitude and resolving power.

Illustration of a typical view under a dark sky. City skies and atmospheric conditions will show less.

Customer reviews

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Celestron Travel Scope 70 — common questions

What can I see with the Celestron Travel Scope 70?
With 70mm of aperture you will see lunar craters and mountain ranges in sharp relief, Saturn's rings clearly separated from the planet, Jupiter's cloud belts and its four Galilean moons, and the phases of Venus. Deep-sky objects are more limited at this aperture — expect the Orion Nebula as a distinct misty patch and bright open clusters such as the Pleiades resolved into individual stars, rather than detailed galaxy structure.
What magnification does the Celestron Travel Scope 70 support?
The optical ceiling for a 70mm aperture is about 140x. With the 400mm focal length, a 25mm eyepiece gives 16x and a 10mm eyepiece gives 40x. In practice, atmospheric conditions over most Indian cities limit useful magnification to roughly 150x–200x, and the majority of your observing will happen between 16x and 40x where the image is brightest and sharpest.
Is the Celestron Travel Scope 70 suitable for beginners?
Yes. It is rated for first-time owners: the mount is steady enough to hold a target while you focus, and the supplied eyepieces give sensible rather than inflated magnifications. The alt-azimuth mount moves up-down and left-right, which needs no learning at all.
Does the Celestron Travel Scope 70 need collimation?
No. Refractor optics are sealed and fixed, so there is nothing to align. This telescope performs the same on its five hundredth night as on its first, with no maintenance beyond keeping it dry and dust-free.
Can I do astrophotography with the Celestron Travel Scope 70?
Only in a limited way. Smartphone photographs of the Moon through the eyepiece work well, and short lunar exposures are achievable. Deep-sky astrophotography requires a precision equatorial mount with autoguiding, which this telescope does not have.
What is included with the Celestron Travel Scope 70?
In the box: 20mm eyepiece, 10mm eyepiece, 45-degree erect-image diagonal, 5x24 finderscope, Tripod, mount, and custom backpack. We recommend budgeting for one good mid-power eyepiece and a red torch, which together improve your observing more than any other purchase at this price.
How much does the Celestron Travel Scope 70 cost in India?
₹12,000 through Nakshatra Scopes, shipped nationwide. We include first-setup and first-light guidance over WhatsApp so the telescope is working before you are left alone with it.

Where these specifications come from

Specifications on this page are taken from Celestron's official product documentation. Derived figures — magnification, resolving power, limiting magnitude — are calculated from those specifications using standard formulae, and observing expectations reflect what this aperture realistically delivers under Indian skies.

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Similar telescopes

Considering more aperture? The Celestron AstroMaster 90AZ is the next step up at 90mm, for ₹25,000.

Before you decide

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