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Product Feature
- 4-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope; StarBright XLT high transmission coatings come standard
- StarPointer finderscope to help with alignment and accurately locating objects
- Quick-release fork arm mount, optical tube, and accessory tray for no-tool setup
- SkyAlign allows you to align on any three bright celestial objects, making for a fast and easy alignment process
- Nearly 40,000-bject database with 200 user-definable objects and expanded information on over 200 objects
Product Description
Let a Celestron NexStar 4 SE Telescope help you find thousands of stars, planets, galaxies, and more at the touch of a button! In the tradition of Celestron's famous orange optical tubes, the NexStar SE Telescope Family combines the classic heritage of the original orange tube telescopes with state-of-the-art features, including a fully computerized operating system, flash-upgradeable hand control, superior coatings, and much more. Requires 8 AA batteries (user-supplied). With the Celestron NexStar 4 SE, you are in the driver's seat. Simply choose an object from the menu and the telescope will find it for you. Using Celestron's patented NexStar technology, the SE scopes have the ability to locate nearly 40,000 objects. All you have to do is look through the eyepiece and enjoy the view! Don't know what object to choose? Let the intelligent Celestron NexStar 4 SE Telescope give you a guided tour of the night sky! The ''Tour'' feature offers a customized list of the best objects in the sky to view for your exact time and location anywhere in the world! Not only can your Celestron NexStar SE Telescope find objects, it can teach you about them as well. Information on the most popular objects can be viewed in the LCD screen of your hand control. Whether you are a seasoned astronomer looking for a portable telescope with advanced features, or just starting your astronomy adventure and looking for an easy way to enjoy the night sky, a Celestron NexStar SE Telescope will help you take a closer look. The days of complicated telescope assembly and setup are over.
Product Detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #6823 in Camera & Photo
- Size: One Size
- Color: black
- Brand: Celestron
- Model: 11049
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 13.40" h x27.20" w x32.40" l,30.00 pounds
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91 of 92 people found the following review helpful.
Pretty good telescope.
By Ken N. Wickham
Found this easy to use. I chose this one to buy as my first telescope after reading several reviews concerning a few different telescopes and comparing prices vs features.
The NexStar 4 SE telescope set up rather quickly. Sky align worked well, though sometimes the scope seemed to become less accurate as the hours went buy, and I tried to re-align to different stars but eventually I encountered the same alignment results.
The motor does sometimes jump and looses track of objects. Approaching the objects from a certain side seemed to help, as mentioned in the instruction book.
I did have to buy the additional eyepiece/filter kit. Clarity was rather good up to 6mm eyepiece, though the 4mm was pretty blurred, even for moon views.
Although the AC adaptor is a necessity for continuous power, I found out I already had one that fit my telescope from a car seat back massage/heater cushion which also had a car cig adaptor (which I bought for $19.99).
The computer info included in the hand controller is great though some of the 40,000 objects might not be viewable. I had problems finding some nebula and galaxies, maybe that are too faint.
I have seen Andromeda Galaxy, Orion Nebula, great Moon views, a very blurred mars view (cannot see any features), and extremely blurred Uranus (basically just blue color blurred).
I would have given it a 5 out-of 5 had the motor tracking been smoother, alignment stayed accurate. Besides that it met my expectations.
70 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
Fantastic Telescope
By Sky Observer
This is a great telescope for many reasons. First, it is very easy to use. Most telescopes out there, even if they are computerized, are still difficult to align to the night sky before beginning use. The Nexstar 4SE with the sky align makes it fool proof because you only need to point it to 3 bright objects in the sky with no need to know what they are. One of the easiest ways to align it to the night sky is using a the Solar System Align. If you don't want to choose and point it at 3 bright objects, you can choose the moon. The moon is very easy to spot and easy to point the telescope. To me, this is the easiest alignment of all. After a few minutes setting them up, I found Jupiter easily after using the moon as the alignment object.
Secondly, for the price range, it is very well made and sturdy. Most of the components are metal which appears to make them rigid and durable. A rigid telescope makes them sturdy and shake free. It's 40,000 object database gives you enough things to look at for years and years.
The 4" optics on this is superb and the overall package is well worth the money. It is great for looking at planetary objects and deep sky.
Highly recommended.
44 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
A Very Good Portable Go-to Setup
By Curmudgeon In Training
This Maksutov-Cassegrain (Mak) go-to package has many good features. It also has some limitations and areas that may be of concern.
I have owned several larger Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes (SCT). Larger equates to superior performance and to more weight and a longer time for the scope to reach ambient temperature when moved outside. This so-called cool-down period stops air currents within the tube from degrading image quality. The smaller the scope the sooner it is ready to use.
The optical alignment (collimation) of the example that I have is very good, typical of what other reviewers noted and of Celestron MCTs in general.MCTs normally do not need any further adjustment which is good, because unlike SCTs, the collimation of a Mak is harder for a user to adjust. If as one reviewer found, your new 4 SE is not collimated (stars not pinpoint, stars having a tail or a seagull wings shape)it is best to return it to the seller and get a replacement.
The red dot finder is now standard on many telescopes. They work just fine for pointing the scope at an alignment star. The tripod is adequate but you must use a delicate touch when focusing the scope.
The 4SE go-to mount is not mechanically identical to the larger 6/8 SE mount, although it looks similar and uses the same hand control. The drive motors and gears are similar to those in the lighter duty SLT series. There are some reports of failure on the web.
Celestron's two-year warranty is very good and they will replace a failed motor or provide a replacement mount. They give priority to warranty claims, but it typically does take about 30 working days for service (not including shipping time). Celestron is now a Chinese owned company (Synta) and all manufacturing takes place in China. Once a product is out of warranty replacement parts may not be easy to get. Celestron does sell some parts on the their web site, but inventory varies. Other parts can be special ordered through a dealer, but expect them to double(!) the price.
The 4SE is a very good scope for visual use; I do not recommend it for astrophotography or astro-video, except for bright objects such as the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and the Orion Nebula. Although the 4 SE mount comes with a built in equatorial wedge which in theory allows for long exposure photos, the wedge is really not very good. Clamp it down tight and forget it. When the wedge is down the mount is an Alt-Az mount. This style of mount is excellent for visual use and for short exposure video. The 4SE however does not always track smoothly; the target sometimes shows tiny hesitations/jumps and while this is acceptable for visual or video use, it would ruin a photograph.
The scope itself is a very nice 4" Mak. Images of Jupiter and the moon are very crisp. The Orion Nebula showed nice detail and the four stars of the Trapezium were sharp. But it is a 4" scope with a central obstruction (the reflective disk on the objective) and that will limit what you can see of fainter objects (deep space objects or DSOs). If you live in urban or suburban skies (bright sky-few stars-no Milky Way) then this is not your scope. You will see many double stars, some in color and the Andromeda Galaxy, but it will be a small bright fuzz ball. Most DSOs will be gray fuzzes. You will be much happier with the NS 6 or 8 SE. The 5SE is another choice. It uses the same mount as the 4SE and is compact but gathers more light. I have a C5 and it works well on the 4SE mount particularly if mounted on a heavy duty tripod.
I live in a suburb not far a large metro area. The Milky Way is visible near the zenith and I can see the brighter stars in the Pleiades Cluster. So why do I own a 4SE-- Portability and video astronomy. My CPC925 is nearly 60lbs to carry and lift onto the tripod and always needs at least some cool down. We get marine weather, it can be very changeable, and that works against setting out the larger scope just on a whim. However, video is equally important.
I purchased a $100 Samsung security camera, a C mount adapter, a .5x reducer and a USB frame grabber. The camera is far more sensitive than the eye and if effect makes the 4SE a larger scope. Now I have a light easy to setup scope that I can view from my recliner on a laptop or on the wall mounted plasma display. How cool is that?
If travel takes me to darker skies, the 4SE goes in the trunk.
The 4SE go-to is the same as on the larger Celestron scopes. In fact initial go-to accuracy was better than the 8SE I used to own. New users are sometimes frustrated with the setup/alignment routine, but give it a chance. The hand controller has an large list of cities you can select for location (you can be some miles away) or you can enter your coordinates (google maps) then enter the time, time zone and date correctly (I will not admit to making this common error more than once). If you don't know any stars by name, select Sky Align and follow the instructions. Sky Align always works if you select three of the brightest stars or the moon, Venus or Jupiter. Avoid stars low in the sky. Sky Align is easy to use in urban and suburban skies.
In summary, the Nexstar 4SE is a very good quality Maksutov-Cassegrain on a good go-to mount and an adequate tripod. The EQ wedge is usable only with great effort or after modification. The mount's drive motors may be a problem. Consider buying replacement motors ($22 each) if you plan to keep the scope longer than two years.
Well collimated with sharp images of some double stars, Jupiter and the moon. Not the best choice for DSOs because of the 4" aperture.
Accesories--
The mount can work from internal batteries, but most find that an AC adapter or car adapter, or a 12V jump start or power tank battery is better.
A dew shield. Buy one or make one (I used Reflctix, spray glue and flat black paint).
Wait for bit before buying eyepieces; use the one that comes with the scope and get to know the mount setup and how things look uneder your sky. Do not rush out and buy an kit with eyepieces and filters. Inexpensive yes, but mostly they will sit unused. The go to a forum such as cloudynights.com. There is a Nexstar forum with folks who can help. Also visit [...].
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