Celestron Nexstar 8 Telescope (Telescope Only)
by Celestron
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: CelestronProduct features:
- Focal length of 2032mm
- 203mm (8-inch) diameter Schmidt-Cassegrain refractor
- Observe immediately with the computerized auto align feature
- Automatic slewing to over 18,000 celestial objects
- Common sense menu descriptions
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Celestron Nexstar 8 Telescope (Telescope Only)
Customer Review: I love this scope
Summary: 5 Stars
This telescope is wonderful. I love the goto - it's very easy to align and put the target in the FOV w/o fail. My rational for getting the goto was to maximize my viewing times in the evening since I don't get much time to do so. For this it works very well. I spend much less time looking for objects and more time looking at them.
Jupiter, Saturn look great - good detail. I live in light polluted area (don't we all) but detail still looked good.
Haven't had a good dark night yet with it (moon has been out every night I've had it so far) - but could still see Andromeda galaxy (albeit faintly) and Orion nebula (not so faintly!) with it. This is literally on my driveway with mercury vapor lights in the street about 30 yds away (I could read my star maps by them).
Needless to say - detail on the moon is breathtaking.
Be sure to get more than the supplied 40mm eyepiece. I got a 25mm, 10mm, and a barlow with it and that seemed to provide a good variety for magnification.
Description of Celestron Nexstar 8 Telescope (Telescope Only)
The Celestron Nexstar 8 is built around ease of use. The 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain optics offer images twice as bright as a 5-inch telescope, and feature Starbright multicoating. The auto-align feature accesses a database of 18,000 objects, and there's even a tour function that seeks out various regularly occurring astronomical events, depending on the month.The Nexstar 8 offers nine different slew speeds, an RS-232 serial port for connection to a PC, computer hand control, a focal ratio of f10, and a focal length of 2032mm.
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