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title: "Celestron Ultima 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope for Wildlife"
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# Waterproof & fogproof with nitrogen-purged optics 20-60x zoom for razor-sharp long-distance spotting 80mm objective lens for bright, clear views Celestron Ultima 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope for Wildlife

**Brand:** celestron
**Price:** ₨9337
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## Summary

> 🔭 See More, Miss Less: Your Ultimate Wildlife & Target Spotting Companion

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Celestron Ultima 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope for Wildlife by celestron
- **How much does it cost?** ₨9337 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- celestron enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted celestron brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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## Key Features

- • **Digiscoping Ready:** Includes integrated T-adapter for effortless smartphone or DSLR attachment—capture and share your epic nature shots instantly.
- • **Lifetime Confidence:** Backed by Celestron’s Limited Lifetime US Warranty and expert US-based support, ensuring your investment lasts a lifetime.
- • **Zoom Into Every Detail:** Powerful 20-60x zoom eyepiece with smooth manual focus lets you lock in on wildlife or targets with precision and ease.
- • **Weatherproof Durability:** Fully waterproof, fogproof, and nitrogen-purged to keep your view crystal clear in any weather—rain or shine.
- • **Brilliant Brightness & Clarity:** 80mm multi-coated optics deliver 50% brighter images than smaller scopes, perfect for dawn or dusk adventures.

## Overview

The Celestron Ultima 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope is a rugged, high-performance optical instrument designed for outdoor enthusiasts and professionals. Featuring an 80mm multi-coated objective lens, 20-60x zoom eyepiece, and a 45° angled viewing design, it delivers bright, sharp images even in low light. Its waterproof, fogproof, and nitrogen-purged construction ensures reliable use in all weather conditions. Complete with a T-adapter for digiscoping and a suite of accessories, it’s ideal for wildlife observation, birdwatching, and precision target shooting. Supported by a Limited Lifetime Warranty and US-based customer service, it offers exceptional value and durability.

## Description

Product Description The Celestron Ultima 80 series was designed to perform well in a range of viewing situations. Outdoor enthusiasts and adventurers will love it for observing nature and sharp long-distance spotting. The 80mm refractor features excellent multi-coated optics packed into a portable and durable housing and includes a powerful 20-60x zoom eyepiece. The Ultima spotting scope is completely waterproof and fogproof. It’s been filled with dry nitrogen gas and sealed to prevent internal fogging of the lenses. You’ll be able to enjoy your viewing activities to the fullest even during extreme weather conditions The Ultima 80 angled spotting scope also includes a T-mount adapter for digiscoping; this allows you to capture bright, sharp images through your spotting scope. Simply attach your DSLR camera equipped with a T-ring, and you’re ready to go Each Celestron optical product is engineered for the highest performance, durability, and quality in its class. Celestron optics provide you with a lifetime of viewing enjoyment at an unbeatable value Buy with confidence from the world’s #1 telescope brand and a leading sport optics brand, based in California since 1960. You’ll also receive a Limited Lifetime warranty and unlimited access to technical support from our team of US-based experts. From the Manufacturer The Ultima 80mm 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. This series was designed to perform well in a range of viewing situations, making it a great all-around optical instrument. Youll love it for observing nature and long distance spotting. The green metal optical tube allows for subtle observation in any nature environment. Ultima spotters are a great companion for any nature or outdoor enthusiast.

Review: Sample rifle target photos - Added 2/9/2016: I've used it on 300-yard targets now, and my .223" / 5.56 mm holes are visible, especially on white paper. Holes in the colored part are harder, of course, but visible. I also want to mention that the focus knob is perfect. It turns easily and smoothly, without being loose. It's placed on top, just behind the tripod mounting point, so you can rest your hand over the balance point of the scope and gently roll one finger over the focus knob, causing very little motion in the image. [Original text -->] I read a lot of reviews and Q & A's on desertcart before purchasing the Celestron 80mm Ultima Zoom, and I have a little to add for future shoppers. While I hope to use this for viewing wildlife and maybe the moon and neighboring planets, I bought it mainly for rifle shooting, to see little holes in paper downrange. The photos I'm posting today are all the same shot through the scope, left full-frame to show how my smartphone camera sees it, and cropped to better see the holes. The target is 200 yards away, and the holes are .223 inch / 5.56mm. The grid lines on the targets are spaced at 1 inch / 25mm. Camera was an LG G4 smartphone, mounted to the Celestron's eyepiece with a Gosky Universal Cell Phone Adapter Mount, also purchased from desertcart. Photo conditions were less than ideal: a very gray afternoon, shooting through 200 yards of light rain. The full-frame photo was reduced in size from 5212 x 2988 down to 1600 x 900, in hopes desertcart won't ruin it with extreme compression. The other two were severely cropped, but left at full resolution to show detail. It was taken at 60X, the maximum zoom, and the image suffers a bit from being pushed to the max, but not terribly. The colors aren't as sharp as at the lower end of the zoom range, and as other reviewers have mentioned, that's a compromise. If you want perfect sharpness through the whole zoom range, buy the ED (Extra Dispersion) version of the scope. It's built with lens elements made of more exotic glass that corrects the focus of the different colors of light. It will cost you about 4 times as much. This Ultima 80 is good enough for me. Something I hadn't noticed until I viewed the photos is the curvature of the bottom board of the target frame. That's not bent wood, it's a defect of the scope, called pincushion distortion. If I was using the scope for some kind of architectural photography, where straight lines must show straight, this would be a problem, but I bought this to see where holes are punched in paper, and a bit of curvature is no problem at all. If you're photographing duck on a pond surface and don't want your water horizon to be curved, position the scope so that horizon is in the center of the frame. The top board of the target frame is centered, and it doesn't look bent at all. Better yet, back off the zoom to a lower ratio and get straighter lines and a sharper image. The two detail shots aren't perfectly sharp, but more than good enough to see every hole, even the ones in the dark blue target. I'm impressed. The range I go to also has targets at 300 yards. That might be pushing this scope's capability. I'll try it some time when I have better weather and have settled on ammunition I can trust to fly straight that far. On the drive home from the range I passed a tree with a huge new nest in it, and today a bald eagle was perched near it. But I was cold and tired, and if I'd stopped and got out of the car to reach the scope in the back, the eagle would have left. Would have been a great inaugural wildlife shot for my new spotting scope, but I'm left with only the memory of it, and you'll have to picture it in your mind until you get your own spotting scope and venture into eagle country. Hope you like yours; it's just right for me, at a price I can justify.
Review: A great value and a decent image, easy to carry and well-built. - After going on a few bird walks with our local Audubon Society, I decided to bring my own scope. I’m using this primarily for birdwatching. If you haven’t tried it for birdwatching, a scope is much better than binoculars once you have found your subject. The key factor being a higher magnification with no shaking. Your tripod has a lot to do with that so make sure it’s pretty steady and the right height. The scope yields nice sharp images at 20 power, but as you increase power on the zoom eyepice, the image does degrade a bit, some refocusing will be necessary. The blue fringing becomes quite noticeable at 60 power. Still reasonably sharp. Focus helps, but the fringing is purely because it does not have the ED glass. Those scopes will cost about three times more. For the money, this is a wonderful value. I highly recommend it. For the semi casual birder or backyard viewer it’s ideal! The 80 mm objective means nice, bright views, and decent field of view so finding your subject becomes a little easier. The little slight tube on the side helps to get the scope in the general direction you’d like it to be. The build is nice and sturdy with a metal main tube. Be careful installing the eyepiece when you receive it. The threads are quite fine and easily damaged. Once assembled, you probably won’t be disassembling it. It comes with a cheap-feeling lightly padded zipper case that can be applied to the scope, while it is mounted to the tripod. A handy feature for storing or just walking around, or putting in your trunk. Great choice for the budget conscious birder.

## Features

- ULTIMA ANGLED ZOOM SPOTTING SCOPE: This versatile all-around spotting scope with an 80mm objective lens, 20-60x zoom, and a 45° viewing angle is the ideal choice for any outdoor enthusiast. It's perfect for observing nature and long-distance viewing.
- INCLUDES ESSENTIALS FOR BETTER VIEWING: The Celestron Ultima 80 comes complete with a soft carrying case, an extended tripod mounting plate, a zoom eyepiece with an integrated T-adapter for digiscoping, an eyepiece pouch, a lens cloth, and more.
- MULTI-COATED OPTICS: Every lens surface is coated multiple times with anti-reflective coatings to improve color and contrast and maximize brightness. You'll enjoy brighter and sharper images, even when ambient lighting conditions are dim.
- SHARP ZOOM EYEPIECE FUNCTION: The large focus dial allows you to bring your subject into razor-sharp focus before it moves away. The powerful 20-60x zoom eyepiece helps you zero in for detailed views of distant subjects in seconds.
- UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & CUSTOMER SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading optics brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a Celestron Limited Lifetime US Warranty & US-based expert tech support.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0002CTZ70 |
| Additional Features | fogproof, full-size, uv-protection, waterproof, zoom |
| Best Sellers Rank | #99,685 in Sports & Outdoors ( See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors ) #20 in Spotting Scopes |
| Brand | Celestron |
| Coating | Multi-Coated |
| Compatible Devices | Cameras and Smartphones |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 1,349 Reviews |
| Exit Pupil Diameter | 26.67 millimeters |
| Eye Piece Lens Description | 20-60x zoom |
| Field Of View | 64 degrees |
| Finderscope | Reflex |
| Focal Length Description | 480 millimeters |
| Focus Type | Manual Focus |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00050234522502 |
| Item Dimensions D x W x H | 7.5"D x 3.5"W x 19.3"H |
| Item Weight | 3.6 pounds |
| Manufacturer | Celestron |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 52250-CGL |
| Model Number | 52250-CGL |
| Mount | Millimeters |
| Number of Batteries | 1 CR2032 batteries required. |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 8 centimeters |
| Optical Tube Length | 21 millimeters |
| Optical-Tube Length | 21 millimeters |
| Product Dimensions | 7.5"D x 3.5"W x 19.3"H |
| Telescope Mount Description | Millimeters |
| UPC | 050234522502 |
| Unit Count | 1 Count |
| Warranty Description | Limited Lifetime Warranty |
| Zoom Ratio | 3:1 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Celestron
- **Compatible Devices:** Cameras and Smartphones
- **Eye Piece Lens Description:** 20-60x zoom
- **Finderscope:** Reflex
- **Focus Type:** Manual Focus
- **Item Weight:** 3.6 pounds
- **Objective Lens Diameter:** 8 centimeters
- **Optical Tube Length:** 21 millimeters
- **Product Dimensions:** 7.5"D x 3.5"W x 19.3"H
- **Telescope Mount Description:** Millimeters

## Images

![Celestron Ultima 20-60x80 Angled Spotting Scope for Wildlife - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61sfAGiNnML.jpg)

## Available Options

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

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is the Celestron 52252 100 worth the extra money over the Celestron 52250 80?**
A: Lexie,On the positive side, the larger aperture will provide brighter views in dim lighting and at higher magnifications.  In addition, the increase in size will afford an increase in resolution--lens quality being equal.  On the negative side, the 100mm scope is big and heavy which if used for birding can be a real burden.  In addition, the large aperture might have a bit more chromatic aberration (blue fringing) than the 80mm.  This really bothers some people.If your primary use is birding, I might be inclined to stay with the 80mm scope; it is vastly more portable and lessens the demands of the mount.  If it will be used for target shooting where lugging the additional weight around isn't a concern, the 100mm will provide brighter views at extended distances.If money is no object, the Regal 80, which uses low-dispersion glass in the lens, is a great value at the entry price range for HD scopes.  The image will be superior in every respect to the 5225x series scopes.Good luck,Southern birder.

**Q: Which tripod would you recommend for this telescope. We wish to use the scope for viewing wildlife at our lake home**
A: To answer your question better, please think about this. Think about a Celestron 100 MM scope and match that to a Celestron coach's tripod. Goes to a 45 inch. height with V & H adjustment flex rods. The 20 MM increase in light will give you much better viewing. These are quality scopes and you will get years of good service. I have three of these outfits and use them..

**Q: Does Celestron make a hard carrying case for this scope? If yes, what is the model number? Thank you.**
A: Celestron does not make a hard case for the scope.  I bought a Zeikos HC-36.  The scope, with the eyepiece removed, fits perfectly and is well protected.

**Q: How well does it performs with a Canon DSLR? Planning to use it for long distance shot, terrestrial and to the moon.**
A: The images were unsatisfactory (muddy) for my long distance shots taken with a Canon 7D.  The lens has aberrations.  It should be ok for moon shots where sharp focus is not a priority.  This is a cheap spotting scope not a camera lens.  What you see with the naked eye may not be captured on the photo image.  You are much better off using a camera lenses for your long distance photographs.  I use a 200mm Canon lens and shoot on the highest quality setting for a larger image.  This scope is fine for sighting targets at the shooting range or watching ships sail past, but it is not for photography.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sample rifle target photos
*by K***E on January 31, 2016*

Added 2/9/2016: I've used it on 300-yard targets now, and my .223" / 5.56 mm holes are visible, especially on white paper. Holes in the colored part are harder, of course, but visible. I also want to mention that the focus knob is perfect. It turns easily and smoothly, without being loose. It's placed on top, just behind the tripod mounting point, so you can rest your hand over the balance point of the scope and gently roll one finger over the focus knob, causing very little motion in the image. [Original text -->] I read a lot of reviews and Q & A's on Amazon before purchasing the Celestron 80mm Ultima Zoom, and I have a little to add for future shoppers. While I hope to use this for viewing wildlife and maybe the moon and neighboring planets, I bought it mainly for rifle shooting, to see little holes in paper downrange. The photos I'm posting today are all the same shot through the scope, left full-frame to show how my smartphone camera sees it, and cropped to better see the holes. The target is 200 yards away, and the holes are .223 inch / 5.56mm. The grid lines on the targets are spaced at 1 inch / 25mm. Camera was an LG G4 smartphone, mounted to the Celestron's eyepiece with a Gosky Universal Cell Phone Adapter Mount, also purchased from Amazon. Photo conditions were less than ideal: a very gray afternoon, shooting through 200 yards of light rain. The full-frame photo was reduced in size from 5212 x 2988 down to 1600 x 900, in hopes Amazon won't ruin it with extreme compression. The other two were severely cropped, but left at full resolution to show detail. It was taken at 60X, the maximum zoom, and the image suffers a bit from being pushed to the max, but not terribly. The colors aren't as sharp as at the lower end of the zoom range, and as other reviewers have mentioned, that's a compromise. If you want perfect sharpness through the whole zoom range, buy the ED (Extra Dispersion) version of the scope. It's built with lens elements made of more exotic glass that corrects the focus of the different colors of light. It will cost you about 4 times as much. This Ultima 80 is good enough for me. Something I hadn't noticed until I viewed the photos is the curvature of the bottom board of the target frame. That's not bent wood, it's a defect of the scope, called pincushion distortion. If I was using the scope for some kind of architectural photography, where straight lines must show straight, this would be a problem, but I bought this to see where holes are punched in paper, and a bit of curvature is no problem at all. If you're photographing duck on a pond surface and don't want your water horizon to be curved, position the scope so that horizon is in the center of the frame. The top board of the target frame is centered, and it doesn't look bent at all. Better yet, back off the zoom to a lower ratio and get straighter lines and a sharper image. The two detail shots aren't perfectly sharp, but more than good enough to see every hole, even the ones in the dark blue target. I'm impressed. The range I go to also has targets at 300 yards. That might be pushing this scope's capability. I'll try it some time when I have better weather and have settled on ammunition I can trust to fly straight that far. On the drive home from the range I passed a tree with a huge new nest in it, and today a bald eagle was perched near it. But I was cold and tired, and if I'd stopped and got out of the car to reach the scope in the back, the eagle would have left. Would have been a great inaugural wildlife shot for my new spotting scope, but I'm left with only the memory of it, and you'll have to picture it in your mind until you get your own spotting scope and venture into eagle country. Hope you like yours; it's just right for me, at a price I can justify.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great value and a decent image, easy to carry and well-built.
*by L***K on August 26, 2023*

After going on a few bird walks with our local Audubon Society, I decided to bring my own scope. I’m using this primarily for birdwatching. If you haven’t tried it for birdwatching, a scope is much better than binoculars once you have found your subject. The key factor being a higher magnification with no shaking. Your tripod has a lot to do with that so make sure it’s pretty steady and the right height. The scope yields nice sharp images at 20 power, but as you increase power on the zoom eyepice, the image does degrade a bit, some refocusing will be necessary. The blue fringing becomes quite noticeable at 60 power. Still reasonably sharp. Focus helps, but the fringing is purely because it does not have the ED glass. Those scopes will cost about three times more. For the money, this is a wonderful value. I highly recommend it. For the semi casual birder or backyard viewer it’s ideal! The 80 mm objective means nice, bright views, and decent field of view so finding your subject becomes a little easier. The little slight tube on the side helps to get the scope in the general direction you’d like it to be. The build is nice and sturdy with a metal main tube. Be careful installing the eyepiece when you receive it. The threads are quite fine and easily damaged. Once assembled, you probably won’t be disassembling it. It comes with a cheap-feeling lightly padded zipper case that can be applied to the scope, while it is mounted to the tripod. A handy feature for storing or just walking around, or putting in your trunk. Great choice for the budget conscious birder.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great scope cont'd...
*by R***. on March 6, 2012*

Humm, hit the tab key and my review in progress disappeared! The scope has a very nice overall fit and finish with good deep coatings on all visible lens surfaces. The focus knob is silky smooth with no detectable backlash. The eyepiece eye-relief is ample (I don't require glasses when viewing--see below) and the zoom is smooth. An audible sliding sound is heard when zooming, but it isn't objectionable. Speaking of glasses, if your glasses just correct for near or far sightedness, you don't really nead them at the scope; the focus range of the eyepiece will compensate for your correction without glasses. Those with astigmatism problems will need glasses however. Owning a premium 80mm ED telescope, I was able to do a side-by-side test with it and this scope. Overall, the optical performance is impressive. Some chromatic abberation is present at the higher magnifications, but even then, it wasn't objectionable. At 60X the ED scope clearly edged out the 52250, with sharper fine detail and a slightly brighter image. To be fair though, the ED telescope had fewer air-to-glass surfaces and the eyepieces (10mm and 30mm) were fixed focal length so that is to be expected. I'd say the Celestron 52250 gave 95% of the performance of the high-priced ED scope. At 20X I was hard pressed to see a significant difference. At 40-60X the image didn't have the crisp detail of the ED scope, but it was quite usable. Most of my birding is done at lower magnification anyway, so I'm not loosing much. On the moon, I was really impressed at an almost total lack of chromatic abberation! I could not see any "blue haze"--just a thin yellow edge. As a rough estimation of optical quality, I performed what is called a star test. In this test one looks at a star image inside and outside of focus. Frankly, I was very surprised by the test. I saw no optical defects and in fact, the patterns were text book perfect! It is amazing what can be done with computer generated optics these days. This isn't a $1000 scope, but if you want 90% of the performance at a fraction of the money, this scope will work for you. I'd recommend it to a friend. At the %154 price I paid for it, this is a real value!

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