"Shirish" wrote in message ...
Does anyone have any experience with this scope? It's a celestron product. I
have assembled everything with the 8-pack AA batteries plugged in the
teescope. But it refses to power on. Asking for suggestions...

It's actually a Synta-made product, and it shows.

Previous reports indicated that about 5-10% of them have the inner leaf in
the power socket (in the arm) bent inwards, so they don't power up. If you're
not all thumbs and have a long needle-nosed plier, you may be able to fix it
quickly yourself though it'd be easier just to replace the socket if you really
want to keep the scope and don't want to wait a month for Celestron to fix it.

Once you get it powered up you'll note there are many other problems, mostly
centered in and about the hand controller which will require replacement.

You should join the "BabyNexstar" Yahoo group for additional support.