As always it was shipped to me just 3 days after I ordered the item. Packaging with this thing was just incredible. instrument came in three layers of bubble wrap!!. The equatorial mount felt solid and the tripod was very stable. Setting it was just a piece of cake and with the quick setup guide it became really simple for me to setup. But, the star pointer mounted on telescope does not work, it's just a mirror with a red LED. It comes with 2 CDs the first one is the digital manual and the other is the first light software CD(used for locating celestial bodies for a particular place and much more. The eyepieces it comes with are of a very good quality, but sadly there is no barlow lense.Would recommend Celestron astromaster 90 or 80 eq as they have a bigger aperture lense. CONTENTS IN THE BOX 1 telescope with star pointer 2 lense cover 3 tripod 3 accessory tray 4 4mm eyepiece 5 25 mm eyepiece 6 Microfibre cleaning cloth 7 Manual 8 Quick setup guide 9 Digital manual CD 10 First light software CD 11 German Equatorial mount 12 other accessories ( wrench, slow motion knobs , nuts , screws etc ) Would recommend buying a 2x Barlow lense which doubles the magnification of the eyepieces