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$3,199.95Price : $1,999.00
Code : B00CN8XGHG
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Product Feature
- 10% INSTANT SAVINGS! REGULAR $1999 SALE ENDS 8/31
- All new Advanced VX Mount
- 8'' f/10 EdgeHD Telescope
- Features All-Star Polar Alignment for fast polar alignment
- Flash upgradeable NexStar Hand Controller
Product Description
Advanced VX 8” EdgeHD: truly the ultimate entry-level astroimaging package. This package combines the groundbreaking new Advanced VX mount with Celestron’s best optics, the EdgeHD optical system. This setup offers the astroimager maximum versatility – allowing up to 3 different f-stop configurations. Users can attach a camera to the rear of the telescope and shoot at f/10, or attach our 8-inch focal reducer (coming soon) and shoot at f/7. Additionally, EdgeHD is Fastar/Hyperstar compatible, giving imagers the option to shoot at ultra-fast f/2. No matter which configuration you choose, EdgeHD technology gives you pinpoint stars all the way to the edge of the CCD sensor. With an 8-inch optical tube and our portable Advanced VX mount, this setup can be easily transported and assembled by one person. You’ll also have plenty of load capacity to attach your camera and other accessories. This setup is simple enough for a beginner to use, but can also provide years of enjoyment for sophisticated astroimagers. About the Mount The new Advanced VX mount was specifically designed to provide optimum imaging performance for smaller telescopes. Now your smaller telescope can take advantage of All-Star Polar Alignment and autoguider support. You’ll be able to track through long exposures using permanently programmable periodic error correction. Image across the meridian without doing a meridian flip, so you can seamlessly image the best part of night sky. Advanced VX features significantly larger base castings than our previous design, improving stability under heavier loads. Improved motors offer more torque and can handle slight load imbalances with ease.
Product Detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #13163 in Camera & Photo
- Brand: Celestron
- Model: 12031
- Dimensions: 12.00" h x12.00" w x40.00" l,59.00 pounds
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Very Nice Package for Entry Level
By Laura Blackburn
I'm fairly new to astronomy and frank newbie to astroimaging (which I've not attempted yet). I wanted to purchase a scope advanced enough to keep me interested for a long time to come as I have a short attention span. Like once I master something, I get bored very quickly. I like technology so if you are brand new to astronomy and fear technology, you may want to get something more basic. I unpackaged everything and laid it out. I had to actually open the large box and bring in each separate box due to the heavy weight but I'm very small too. So I read the part of the manual for setting up. Very straightforward. Just a word of advice, set this up in the house the first time, learn how to balance it, etc and play with the menus. I'm able to easily carry this setup in 3 separate cases and assemble in the field by myself. The assembled telescope though is far too heavy to move more than a few inches once set up so get your tripod and mount in place and polar aligned before adding the OTA. I live practically in a forest and have one small patch of sky. I can barely see Polaris over top of a pine tree. I bought the polar scope but can't use it much here. So I was unable to polar align the first night out. It's very very cold and I got frustrated quickly. Next night I took the polar scope off and just sighted Polaris through the P scope tube. Did 2 star alignment. This worked great for viewing and I went to Jupiter and could see the bands in a second. I bought several eyepieces because the 40 mm that comes with is nearly useless except for obtaining wide field view to capture alignment stars and such. I viewed a waxing 3/4 moon and it was simply amazing through a 10mm EP to distinguish the mountain ranges and craters in nearly 3D! I also viewed Orion Nebula which was also very cool. I was very limited in what I can see from my yard and with the cold didn't stay out long that night. Haven't been back out at night yet due to 12-16 degree cold. But I also have a solar scope which I've used on the mount several times. I set the mount facing roughly North and it slewed directly to the sun for me. Tracking the sun is a real treat after using a photo tripod so long. Slewing is louder than I expected for an "Advanced" mount but not a sound tracking. I did a horrible thing one day when taking down my solar scope. Took the scope off, then unbolted the mount from the tripod but forgot the counterweight and the mount went slamming to the deck! I immediately plugged it in and lo, it worked fine. So it'll take a beating, but I don't recommend trying that out. I loaded up the scope one day with all my heaviest accessories (large EP,filter wheel, digital SLR and dew shield on front and weighed it all. Only 16 pounds far shy of 35 pound payload limit. This mount will take a lot more weight such as guide scope etc when I start imaging. One problem I had with the finderscope is I ran out of adjustment play before it is centered on target so screws are as tight as I can get them and I'm still off of the crosshair a little. Overall, I'm loving this mount and scope and it's pretty easy to use intuitively after fumbling around the first night out. I'm having fun figuring out all the settings in the menu. When aligning the finder with scope, I pointed at the only thing I could see from here, the top of a power tower at least 1500 yards away and could easily read the small number plate on the pole which I couldn't even see at all naked eye. Another daytime target was top of a pine tree 1000 yards and could see 3 pine cones together and their individual little cone leaves. I was amazed at the clarity. So that is my long winded experience so far. Hope it helps someone.
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