All's not as it appears, this tale has many twists -
but if I wasn't here documenting the story
would that mean that the plot did not exist?

— Peter Hammill

Celestron FirstScope Telescope

I purchased this telescope from BJ's just to see for myself how good it was.  It was cheap.  The sale price I got with a coupon was $40.  The scope comes with a dobsonian mount that is pretty good, but a bit lightweight.  That's suppose to be a selling point according to Celestron.  It moved very smoothly.  The scope comes with two Huygen eyepieces 4mm and 20mm or 75X and 15X.  I used both and at low power I had no problem, but the eyepieces are usually the weak spot of any telescope at that price.  I used my own 12mm plossl, 7.4mm Teleview and a 18mm orthoscopic and found the scope did much better.
 
At high magnification, there was a hallow or coma.  You could see the airy disk.  I focused in on Jupiter and clearly saw the four moons, but the bands I didn't see.  Maybe I should have waited a bit, but that hallow did it in for me. 
 
I saw M31 Andromeda, but I found it with luck.  The scope doesn't come with a finderscope.  It would have been much easier if it came with a 1x bracket type.  You know the type, a piece of sheet metal stamped with ring on either side for at least aligning the scope.  The mounting bracket is there, but you can order this extra stuff from Celestron. 
 
I do want to see the moon with this.  All I wanted was a cheap no worry scope to keep in the porch.  My homemade copier lense scope is pretty bad compared to this scope.  This is a big improvement. 

 
 

Celestron FirstScope Telescope