Brand and Model: | Celestron C8S-GT |
Price ($USD): | $1299.00 |
Type: | Schmidt-Cassegrain |
Attributes: |
Go-To PEC |
Aperture: | 8" (203.2mm) |
f Ratio: | f/10 |
Focal Length: | 2032mm |
Finder: | 6x30 |
Electric Power: | 12V DC |
Mount: | AS CG-5 |
Tripod: | Adj. Heavy Duty |
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Description: | The ASC8 is an 8" aperture multicoated hand-figured Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tube on a rugged computerized go-to German equatorial mount. Its computer hand control can find and track any of the 40,000+ stars and objects in its database. It has all the optical performance you need for “big picture†visual observing. In addition, a very full roster of accessories let you get into astrophotography, solar observing, terrestrial observing and more. It’s a very flexible big aperture go-to telescope at a very reasonable price. Supplied Accessories
Multicoated 8†f/10 optics; 1.25†25mm E-LUX eyepiece (81x); 1.25†star diagonal; 1.25†visual back; 6 x 30mm straight-through finderscope; heavy duty CG-5 computerized German equatorial mount with setting circles, manual slow motion controls, adjustable height steel tripod, accessory tray, and dual-axis DC slewing/tracking drives; computer hand control with 40,000+ star and object database; TheSky Level 1 star-charting software CD-ROM. |