With Christmas only a little over a month away, Mummy Alarm wants to help you tick off those Christmas wish lists without getting your bank card out. This time, we have teamed up with the lovely people from PicStop, who are offering the full range of Celestron Telescopes and many other great digital accessories in their online shop.
If you want to have a closer look at the moon and everything else that’s up there, then this competition is perfect for you or your budding astrologist, because one lucky reader will take home a shiny new Celestron Firstscope 76. The Celestron Firstscope 76 was named Official Product of International Year of Astronomy 2009 and pays tribute to the men and women who brought us one step closer to understanding the universe around us by displaying their names around the optical tube.
In 1609, world-renowned Italian scientist, Galileo Galilei, introduced an elementary telescope to the growing astronomy community which sparked interest into the mysterious night sky for centuries to come. Four centuries later, Celestron brought out the portable Celestron Firstscope 76.
This quality Dobsonian style telescope features a 76 mm aperture reflector optical tube and is an ideal entry level astronomical telescope that can be used by the entire family. The compact design makes it easy enough to take with you on your next outdoor adventure and is stylish enough to be a decorative fixture on your bookshelf or desk.
If you would like to win, follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter below. Please note, incomplete and double entries will be deleted!
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how cool would it be to win this? my kids would love it. everytime time theres a meteor shower or the spacestation goes by we are always trying to spot it
i will give to my hubby he like seeing the star
the stars
I would give it to my son who is really interested in space and the constellations and hopefully he would tell me exactly what to look at, since err stars in general and the moon is about all I could look for.
I would look at the moon
I would start with the moon as its easy to find then try and find other planets
I would look at the microlights that fly overhead to see if they are shivering in this cold weather
now i can locate mars……..would have to be mars……….
I would look at Saturn. True story: My husband once said "look what I've found! its a UFO!" and showed me Saturn….I believed him.
I am fascinated by Saturn though and always have been and it's my favourite to look at.
I'd look at the moon.
the stars
I would try and find the star i bought for my husband the 1st christmas after we got together 😀
I would look at all the star outside my house 🙂 we have seen a few weird orange lights on occasion too even reported them would be great to see aliens closer up 🙂
the stars
I'd start with the Milky Way then the galaxy then mars, twin, wispy,curly wirly
Hehe, I might have to pre-warn your local corner shop 😉
the stars
I want to see a shooting star! 🙂 Or a friendly alien sitting on the moon! x
The stars.
would look at all the stars and moon, wuld be so educational to look through with my kids
@ummziyad
ooh my children would love this, we would look at the moon and stars
@toc83
The neighbours!
Been wishing for a telescope for ages. We'd look for Jupiter through it.
I Would look at the moon
l'd like to focus it on……the wild blue yonder
l'd like to focus it on………..the wild blue yonder
both kiddies would love this, looking up at the stars and the moon… they love to look at the moon
the stars in the night sky
What's across the other side of the channel… maybe binoculars would do the job though….
I would look in to the night sky and look for anything,it would be good fun trying to spot things!
We would see if we could spot any planets & the moon is a must to look at as it's so unusal.
The kids are always asking about the moon and the stars so they'd love trying to spot the different constellations. (Oh and Juliette would be looking for the man in the moon too !)
I'd look for shooting stars
Aliens on Mars 😉
A star or 2
The stars:)
Awesome prize!! Love star spotting with L 🙂
The stars
So many times I hear that Venus is in sight or the space station is 'visible' I will spend hours looking and enjoying
Would love to look at the stars!
I would like to look out for shooting Stars
Elizabeth had a national geographic one that she loved using to watch the starts and aeroplanes but it broke so she would love this
To the Heavens to see my two little baby angels x
Fantastic prize!
the moon
I would look at the stars with my son
all the stars with my son who wants a telescope for christmas
My son wants Santa to bring him a telescope so that he can look for life on the moon!
I'd look at the dozens of resident squirrels in the tree in my garden
Brilliant prize – would love to explore the universe with it.
I'd look at the moon.x
It's give it to my children who would use it to look at the stars. they're science mad!
The moon is the best thing to look at. The detail is awesome.
Look at the whole universe to which I could see on a bright night I'm my back garden
My hunky neighbour! Lol only joking …I would look at the stars with my son 😉 xx
This would a wonderful Christmas present for my husband as he would love to look at the stars, especially shooting stars!
I would look at the stars!
Great prize
My son would love this and I am sure he would look at all the star and try to spot any constellations
the moon
Nice prize.
The Miky Way
We are all laying in the gutter but some of us re gazing upon the stars – we would to love to win a telescope.
the stars
I'd look for life on other planets
The moon
Wow what an absolutely excellent prize, , gosh I'd look at everything in the sky, the stars and sometimes the moon creeps up as it rises and catches my eye as it appears through my window behind a big old tree outside my window,I've tried to look at it before using the x12 zoom on my camera ha ha , I'd have a closer look at that and maybe a really really close look at the birds nest in the tree!!
the sky at night
I would look at the moon
My girls would love to look at the stars and aeroplanes but they will probably also look cross the street at nanny's house to see if shes in! lol 🙂
This would be a gift for my god daughter when she is old enough to use it. I would look after it for her until then and search for an undiscovered comet which I would name after her.
The people walking their dogs in the woods
Would love to show the kids the moon with this! Great comp! 🙂
Would use it for some general star gazing
Just look at all those stars
I would look at the moon.
my son would love a closer look at the moon 🙂
I would use this for watching for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, my children would love that, then it would be used for learning the layout of the stars and planets
I would hope to see a UFO! 🙂
I would take a closer look at the stars and a make a wish
Wow what a prize !!! The stars and moon would look amazing through it ! I love looking at a full moon
The International Space Station when it passes the UK!
my son already has his room done in a space theme so if we couldnt see any stars or planets we could look through it from outside into his room…hehe
at the starts
My son will look at the stars.
The man in the moon 🙂
saturn of course
Someone on ebay will love this, and will know doubt use it to look at stuff with it.
I would look at the moon
The moon and flying stars 🙂
I'd love to try and find a new planet
love to win this
The stars and the moon
Ooh everything, the moon and the stars to start with ^_^
I'd start by looking at the moon, its fascinating, then see if I could see a planet
the milky way and i would look for ufo's as well
The moon as it shines so clearly where we live.
I would like to show my 9 year old the moon and stars- he has just developed an interest in science and astrology.
I would look at the moon an dtry to learn a bit about the sky at night
The stars
I'd look at Laura Seaton's daughter's face as I give her this prize!!
I would look at the moon
I would love to win this! The first thing I would look for would be Saturn & its amazing rings.
I'd want to study the moon. . the dark side 🙂
I would look for shooting stars – it would be great at my house because I look out across the sea and the stars are always so bright
The Moon
The planets visible to the naked eye – mars and venus. It would be interesting to see these with a bit more depth!
I look for Saturn – would love to see its rings through my own telescope
I'd look out of the back window of our house into the window of the house that backs on to ours and see if they have nicer furniture…I'm kidding, kidding honest! I just thought you'd like a different answer! I love looking at the moon and stars, I commented on how lovely the full moon looked to the Tesco delivery driver but I think he thought I was batty!
the moon
With a strong Solar Maximum expected early next year there should be plenty of activity going on in the skies above, so me & the family would use the telescope to sit back and watch the show.
amazing prize
I'd keep an eye on my neighbours
I would look at Saturn. Can you see the rings with this?
I would give it to my son who loves space, the moon and the stars, and his new "thing" he likes at the mo is the I.S.S
I'd love one of these, could gaze at the stars for hours!
Would love to see the milky way 🙂
Def the moon
The stars and the moon
My little girl would love this to look at the stars and the moon.
Jupiter – it's really bright at the moment 🙂 Betelgeuse and Rigel would be cool too.
The moon to start with, facinating.
At the stars on a clear night
The Moon – on halloween night, the moon and sky looked, erm, different. I would have loved to see up close what was happening there.
I'd like to show my daughter the stars
i would look at the stars x
Would be great fun to try and spy the International Space Station passing over.
My son would use it to try and find aliens although there are days I think he's one of them, teenage hormones
I like bird-watching
great prize
my grandson would love this he would look at the stars
I will give it to my boyfriend who is doing his first year of astrophysics at uni! Such a great present!!
I'm a chocaholic so I'd focus in on Mars
I'd look at the moon first!
Saturn or Jupiter
Uranus – *snigger*
Id try to locate Saturn, My brother in law has a telescope and I was able to see it through his, but it kept moving. He politely suggested it was us that was moving not Saturn – making me look as red as mars 😉 hahaha
Fantastic prize, perfect for budding scientists, and more interesting than a Microscope imo, Id rather look at huge things that look tiny, not tiny things that look huge 😀
my eleven year old is obsessed with space.
I'd study Jupiter & it's moons, which is perfect viewing for this time of year.
I would look at the moon
you mean besides being nosy and seeing into everyones houses with this new toy should i win?! well… gotta test it out some how hey 😉 the obvious answer would be the stars! be wicked to try and spot Nibiru
my friends little girl would love to look at the stars and dream of far away adventures…
I'd use it for spotting all of the different constellations.
I would look for nebular and the planets
My son would look for the constellations. He's fascinated by the stars and space.
Our Lovely stars! 🙂
I would love to be able to see a planet like Mars.
i would look for a new star, and name it after my daughter:)
the craters on the moon, they totally fascinate me!
The Kids would love this to explore the sky at night x
I'll be focusing on the people over the road – kidding!
I would look at the stars – especially Andromeda….i remember laying in the back garden one cold crisp clear night and my husband telling me about Andromeda, trying to get a good view with binoculars is not very much good so I would love to see it properly with a purpose designed telescope. Pretty please!!
I'd look at the sky and now that all my family over the world are looking at the same one, so we are closer than we sometimes feel
The stars. We live out in the country and the stars are really great out here, would love to have a proper look at them.
the stars! The boys love searching for planets too.
the stars and moon
I've never really looked at the stars or the moon, this would be great for me and the kids to start star gazing. That's what I'd look at 🙂
The stars
We'd start by looking at the moon, I think
the planets starting with the moon, and would try taking photographs through it to see if it works. I could have said the neighbours but then you would not let me win
I would look at all the star outside my house
I would see if I could see the man in the moon
I would love to see the stars!
i'd try to find Jupiter – it's amazing through a scope
Would it be too childish to say uranus?
Id like to look at the beautiful stars,Since i was little ive always been amazed by them and so is my son 🙂
i would look at everything possible….except through peoples windows haha
id start by looking at the stars and constellations
Mars
the moon and stars
My son would probably take over and try and find Venus!
The moon
My Daughter is very interested in the moon and the stars surrounding the moon i cant answer all her questions about them, but with a telescope she could get a real time look at them close up.
The surface of the Moon
I always love looking at the constellations. Would love to teach my daughter about them.
It would have to bw the stars with my son as he loves anything like that
the stars
The stars of course 🙂 I used to have a neighbour back in Germany who was great explaining them.
I'd take this up the downs on a clear night and watch the stars from the coast road.
I'd look at the moon and stars and also hopefully see some shooting stars or comets on the nights when they are supposed to be visible but i never seem to spot any lol.
This would be great for all the family
Orion!
The moon 🙂
Sound s really good,would love to do some stargazing if i won
My husband is desperate to get a telescope for my son, to look at the stars together
I'd look at the gleaming stars, I'd love to see how pretty the sky is..
The stars and moon
love to stare up at the moon on clear days and look at the stars
The rings of Saturn – if possible 🙂
I'd start with the moon and mars
Everything we could, kids love the moon so imagine that mostly
This would be perfect for taking in the milky way.
The moon !
the moon – to see if it really is made of cheese 🙂
I would look at the stars which make up Orion's Belt
the stars
The moon – I'd love to see the craters in more detail.
Mars just in case
My Husband who as been wanting one for the last 10 years but not been able to afford one, it wuld make his day, and he could teach our son who really likes looking put for the moon and stars now it is dark before he goes to bed
the buff bloke at nos 24
the moon
The moon! It is so fascinating! x
The moon
The moon and the stars!
we would check out the stars!
I would look at shining stars up in the sky with my little boy! 🙂 x
@LilinhaAngel
All of the twinkle twinkle little stars¬
The stars @Susankmann
I would like to see the moon! 🙂
I would look at the moon… and try to find the tennis ball Superman threw there after I beat him in a "balance your tennis ball on your head for the longest time" competition.
I'd love to look at the stars and learn the constellations.
I would look at the moon, my eyesight is terrible!
Meteors! The Leonids are coming up and when the Perseids come around it would be ace.
The stars and moon,I love standing out there every night just looking at them and get so disappointed when it is too cloudy.
The night sky – my son would so love this.
I want to see the stars 🙂
The Milky Way
I would study the constellations.
The stars
The stars.
I would look at the moon – NASA is seriously looking at sending out a new manned moon mission with the purpose of creating a manned outpost beyond the far side of moon, so would love to follow this!
My son would look at the stars
the Milky Way
I'd start off with the North star, then I'd go left.
the planets – if i could find one
Nesting Peregrine falcons in the church spire near me
Fabulous prize
Fabulous prize – I'd focus it on the unspoilt Northumberland skies when visiting the area
We live in a lovely village in the middle of nowhere with no street lights. We would use this to look at all the stars at night because we have such a good view of them on a clear night.
My son would love to see theedge of heaven as that is where all our loved ones go.
I love to look at the stars and would love to introduce them to my little boy.
My dads star 🙂
The Andromeda galaxy. Also love looking at the moon close up 🙂
The stars – and probably the street below if it looks interesting.
I would look at the stars, always been interested in the night sky.
the stars
I would look at the stars with my son
would love to have a good look at the stars
The dog walkers who don't clear up after their pets.
I've always wanted to spot the Perseids, they appear around the time of my birthday but I've never seen them. so I'd look for them with this
We'd gaze into the night sky with wonder
I would look at Saturn and try to get a close up of the rings!
I'd be so thrilled to win this I don't know what I would do! Take a deep breath and look up and look for something like orion as its so easy to find, if I fail to find that I'll check out the moon. I watched Neil Armstrong take the first step on the moon and would love to see it close up. Once I got to grips with it, I'd be taking my granddaughter out to look at the stars, she's only 4, but sometimes we stand out in the dark and look up. This would be fantastic
I'd teach my daughter about the stars!
My old telescope is just that, in fact ancient. I've used it to look at the moon, but it's not very good for much else. So, if I won, I would love to get a glimpse of the stars and beyond too.
The moon. It would awesome to see it really close up!
Seeing is believing
I'd like to look at Saturn's rings
I would watch the Great Red Spot ( giant weather storm ) on Jupiter
The Moon! Usually get a good view from here, and theres not too much light polution around either. 🙂
Simon.
the stars
We love looking at the night sky with the help of the ipad app, so this will take it to a whole new dimension!!
I'd love to see a meteor shower ..
The surface of the moon
I would look for Jupiter
The moon 🙂
I'd think we'd take a long hard look at the moon! Little ones are determind its made of cheese!
The stars 🙂
My daughter is always zooming off to the moon in her rocket (aka bed) I'd look through to see if I could spot her!
I would actually really like to see the moon close up.
What a great prize, I'd focus on the moon first, then the stars
Think I'd start by looking at the moon.
the moon, stars and anything else my nephews tell me to look at…………………..
I'd start with the moon then work my way through our solar system!
I would look to see if there really was a Man in the moon xxxxx
I would try and find the planets
The neighbours!
oooh what wouldnt i want to see? I would love to see the moon close up as when its clear it looks fab – would love to see all those craters close up! Then i think i would check out the stars that are part of my star sign so that would be the Twins as I am a gemini, oooh i think i could be kept busy as there are soo soo many to look at!
The big dipper 🙂
I am fascinated by the moon
Me and my son would look at the moon
My husband would love to look at the galaxy 🙂
The acre of moon I bought for my Dad last xmas lol!!!
The moon!
My Son has autism and he is obsessed with stars so he would love this prize and he will look at the stars through it.
the stars
the galaxy to see what's out there!
I would look at Cassiopeia – and in fact I'd just be agog at everything…. 🙂
I would look at the moon 🙂
I would look at the stars and tell my nephew all about the constelations
The Orion Nebula (Messier 42)
The wildlife in the park opposite my house.
I would try and look for jupiter and venus.
I'd look at all the different constellations 😀
How the Andromeda galaxy is moving slowly towards us
the stars 🙂
I would look at the moon and see if I could spot the man who lives on it!
The moon and the ISS,
The night sky
i want to see a shooting star!
The Moon
the moon
I would love to look at the moon up close!
It would be a gift for my dad who loves to study planets and stars.
My Grandson and I would just love this…we live next to the sea and it's great stargazing territory!
The Moon first but then any planets possible
The constellations
I would find Venus and the moons of Saturn. It would be amazing to see another world x
saturn its a beautiful planet would love to see it for real rather than pictures in a book or on the net
any stars!
My Nephew would like one for Christmas to look at the sky
The moon and stars
I would give it to my son as he has asked for a telescope for christmas,so he can look at the moon because he is facinated by it!
What an awesome prize??! I have no idea what I'd look at – try and fing some constellations I guess. Amazing. What a treat xxx
haha my neighbours…only kidding!
Hopefully a shooting star
black hole
the moon
Something rather far away!
the stars
The dark side of the moon, via a very big mirror that Ill send up
I would look for ET
I would like to look at the moon and the planets as that is my son's interest at the moment
the stars and the moon 🙂
The moon and the constellations
I would like to look at Jupiter which is almost the same direction as the moon tonight.
The stars
my daughter is space mad so i would let her look at the moon and stars through this fab telescope and see her smile 🙂 thanks for the giveaway x
I am a complete novice so I'd start with the moon! I would love to learn more about the stars and learn a few constellations and see them in more detail. I would love to win this! I've always wanted a proper telescope! 🙂
my kids would love this to look out of their loft room window
the plough, north star
The twinkling stars forming fascinating constellations.
The Moons of Jupiter
Everything above!!
The moon when it's full.
i would look up tp the moon lol
The sky at night 🙂 I purchased a telescope last year for my children and I, but it was very poor and we couldn't see anything – the moon was a blur lol x
My hubby would love to watch the stars
Jupiter, and possibly Io, Europa, Gannymede, Callisto if it a decent scope…
I would try to find some planets (probably with hubby insisting on helping)
I would look at the stars and learn which are which
I'd look at the moon, I've always found it fascinating. x
Was so lucky a good few years ago to camp out under a sky full of shooting stars and would love to be able to see more of the stars and planets with a good telescope – I'd love to win this!
I would take the kids out to look for planets 🙂
Anything and everthing in the sky to wow my daughter!
the moon
I'd look at the moon with my son, he's obsessed with space
I'd look for all the constellations
france to start with
jupiter or the moon!
Me and my son would love to see the rings of Saturn… he's got a telescope on his Christmas list already 😉
planets.
Well I asked my youngest son and he said he would look at the moon, to see if it was made of Cheese.
My oldest said the space station.
Me I would just look at 'The Final Frontier!'
I WOULD LOOK BEYOND THE MOON.
I would start by looking at the craters on the moon
my daughter's favourite constellation, Orion
id use it to try find socks, they either vanish or turn into microscopic items i cant find, either way hopefully a telescope will help me locate them lol
I WOULD SEARCH FOR THE STAR I WISHED UPON TO WIN THIS LOVELY PRIZE.
I'd look at the fireworks on New Years Eve. They are just visible to us way off in the distance 😉
I would watch the stars and the moon x
sky at night, no snooping
I would look at the moon and stars with my kids and see what shapes we could make out x
I'd start with the moon and then try & move on to more distant planets
Liverpool, would focus it over the water and look at the buildings and sights at night, it looks absolutely stunning all lit up 🙂
Ursa Minor, Ursa Major…… then I would have to get the map out!
The moon
The rings of Saturn
I would like to watch the stars
the planets
Orion-it was the first constellation I looked through a telescope
Cunard Cruise Ships on my holiday to the isle of white
the sun
The moon & stars
I would look at Orion – particularly the belt and word which is so hard to see with the naked eye.
prams well i am a pramaholic lol i hate when someones up on main street and i dont know what pram they have as its to far away , would also be great for son he love drawing the moon
The moon
id spy on the next door neighbours!!! only joking! id look at the stars and the moon and the planes from leeds bradford airport!
Arg! I'de be spying on those pesky neighbours and their devious doings yarg!
Galileo Galilei lives on
THE MOON
Jupiter at the moment would be great to view in the night sky
THe moon first, then mars, and hopefully track the milky way.
We love taking out 4 year old out in winter to stargaze. We want to see a nebula
Jupiter
the next meteor shower
I'd love to have a good look at the night sky. Sometimes it's so clear that you can see stars everywhere so I'd love to see them in detail.
The Moon, The stars and anything else that is out there xxxx
I would look at the stars
I would point out all the constellations to my little boy, if we had it the other day we'd have had a better look at Jupiter. I find the stars very fascinating 🙂
The stars and the moon! 😀
I would most certainly try and find the Orion Nebula! Simply because its the closest Nebula to the planet. I have always wanted a telescope to do just that! 😀