Features:
- Includes a special kit for adding a computerized hand control and a sturdy Celestron tripod
- 203mm (8-inch) diameter Schmidt-Cassegrain refractor
- Focal length of 2,032mm and focal ratio of f10
- Fully enclosed high-speed motors on both axes
- Auxiliary port for adding optional accessories
Description:
Celestron's affordable, expandable NexStar 8i takes the best of the NexStar 8 to the next level of performance and operating features. This Celestron NexStar 8i also includes a special kit for adding a computerized hand control and a sturdy Celestron tripod. The highly advanced computerized hand control will transform your Nexstar 8i it into a completely automated GOTO system. Just plug it in to access features like automatic star alignment capability, and GOTO provides slewing to over 40,000 celestial objects from its database of the complete Messier, NGC, IC, and Caldwell catalogs. Equipped with the standard electronic hand control, you can manually slew your NexStar across the sky in seconds, or track a star equatorially as the Earth rotates beneath you. The electronic hand controls allow you to move the telescope at six different rates and has a "double button" feature that lets you instantly increase the slew speed without having to change rates. Some of the new features include an autoalign routine function, which guides you through a two-star alignment based on time, date, and location information; and the polar alignment routine function, enabling polar alignment for CCD imaging or conventional 35mm astrophotography. Other features include: - 203mm (8-inch) diameter Schmidt-Cassegrain refractor
- Focal length of 2,032mm and focal ratio of f10
- 6-degree per second slew speed
- Fully enclosed high-speed motors on both axes
- Integrated hand controller built into the side of the fork arm
- Auxiliary port for adding optional accessories
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