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Celestron Advanced VX 8 Inch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope - 12026

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  • All new Advanced VX Mount
  • 8" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope
  • Features All-Star Polar Alignment for fast polar alignment
  • Flash upgradeable NexStar Hand Controller
  • High performance features in a travel friendly size
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  • Description

    The iconic Celestron Advanced VX 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope has been known for decades as Celestron’s most beloved telescope. Now beginner to intermediate astroimagers can have their own “C-8” at an extremely affordable price. This classic design has been upgraded with our StarBright XLT coatings for maximum light transmission. Combined with our fully featured Advanced VX mount, you have a setup that is ready for both imaging and visual observing.

    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.

    • 8” (203mm) f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain includes StarBright XLT coatings for better light transmission
    • 84% more light gathering than a 6” telescope.
    • 6x30 optical finderscope for locating alignment stars
    • Integer gear ratios and permanently programmable Periodic Error Correction eliminates recurring track errors from the worm gear.
    • Autoguider port for long exposure imaging
    • New motors offer improved tracking performance & provide more power to overcome load imbalances
    • Updated industrial design offers more rigidity, less flexure and improved aesthetics
    • New design allows viewing or imaging across the meridian without interference from the motors housings
    • Improved latitude range.  Can be used between 7 – 77 degrees latitude.
    • NexStar+ hand control offers multiple language programming (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish).

    Celestron All-Star Polar Alignment Technology

    German Equatorial Mounts (GEM) have long since been recognized as the mount of choice for astrophotography. Needing to track in only one axis for long exposures; adjustable counterweights and tube position for perfect balance, the GEM has few short comings when it comes to imaging. In order to do long-exposure astro-imaging, an equatorially aligned telescope is needed to allow your telescope to properly track the motion of the sky. However accurate tracking still depends on an accurate polar alignment. Even with a visible star very near the North Celestial Pole (NCP), the true celestial pole can be a very elusive place to find without assistance. 

    Now select Celestron mounts can utilize a new innovative Polar alignment procedure called All-Star™. All-Star allows users to choose any bright star, while the software calculates and assists with polar alignment.

    Here's how it works.

    Once your telescope is aligned with two bright star, All-Star allows you to choose any bright star listed in the NexStar hand control to assist in accurately aligning your telescope's mount with the North Celestial Pole. Using the telescope's Sync function, the mount is able to point and center a bright star with a high degree of accuracy. Once centered, the mount will point the telescope to the exact position that the star should be if the mount were precisely polar aligned. By simply adjusting the mounts altitude and azimuth controls to re-center the star in the center of the eyepiece, you are actually moving the mounts polar axis to the exact position of the North Celestial Pole.

    FAQ'S

    Can I use Polaris to polar align my telescope?
    Since Polaris is very close to the NCP and not very bright, it is actually not a recommended star for the "All-Star" method. The advantages of being able to use stars other than Polaris are two fold:

    Polaris is not always visible. So not only can you use a variety of other stars but they are also brighter and more prominent. The star you choose will be farther away from the NCP thus allowing for greater accuracy when centering the star in your eyepiece.

    Which stars are best to use for polar aligning?
    For best results choose a bright alignment star that is near the Meridian, preferably close to the celestial equator. Try to avoid stars that are close to the west/east horizon or directly overhead because they can be more difficult to center using the mount's altitude and azimuth controls. Also stars too near the celestial pole are less accurate than those further away.

    Will I lose my alignment after I polar align?
    No, the mount will retain its alignment but some amount of accuracy may be compromised depending on how much the mount has been moved during polar alignment. Although the telscopes tracking may be very good, pointing accuracy may need to be improved, especially if you are trying to located small objects on a ccd chip.

    What are the steps to polar align my telescope using "All-Star" polar alignment?

    • Align the telescope with the sky using the "Two-Star Alignment" method.
    • Select a suitable bright star from the Hand Control's database and slew the telescope to the star.
    • Press the Align button and select Polar Align => Align Mount from the list.
    • The telescope will then re-slew to the alignment star and ask you to center it in the eyepiece in order to "Sync" on the star.
    • The telescope will slew to the position that the star should be if it were accurately polar aligned.
    • Use the mounts altitude and azimuth adjustments to place the star in the center of the eyepiece and press the Align button.
    • Update the telescope's star alignment if necessary.

    Supplier SKU

    12026

  • Dimensions & Specifications

    Aperture

    203mm

    Brand

    Celestron

    Eyepiece 1

    20mm (102x)

    Features

    GoTo
    Equatorial Mount

    Finderscope

    6x30

    Focal Length

    2032mm

    Focal Ratio

    f/10

    Good for Astrophotography

    Yes

    GoTo

    Yes

    GPS

    No

    Highest Useful Magnification

    480x

    Mount Design

    Equatorial Mount

    Object Database

    40000

    Objective Lens Size Code

    203

    Optical Design

    Schmidt-Cassegrain

    Recommended Usage

    Astrophotography
    Viewing the Planets
    Viewing Galaxies/Star Clusters
    Viewing the Moon
    Viewing Nebulae

    Telescopes Series

    Celestron Advanced VX Telescopes

    User Level

    For the Enthusiast

    Warranty

    2-Year

    Weight

    59 lbs.


    Documentation

    Download the Celestron Advanced VX Telescopes User Manual
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