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- 8 inch Schmidt Cassegrain tele.
- 2032 millimeter focal length.
- Aluminum optical tube construction.
- Starbright XLT high performance optical system ; Convenient remote hand control holder - Allows you to view information hands-free while using the .
- SkyAlign alignment technology ; 9x50 finder to help accurately find objects.
Product Description
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A rock-solid dual Fork arm and large aperture At an
affordable price: that’s what makes the CPC tele series a
favorite among experienced amateur astronomers. Celestron’s
revolutionary skyalign plus an internal GPS make alignment a
snap. Use the Computerized hand control to quickly slew to over
40, 000 celestial objects, then track your target precisely as it
moves across the night sky. Imagers can place the CPC dual Fork
arm on an optional HD Pro wedge to polar align it for
long-exposure astrophotography. Thoughtful ergonomic design makes
setting up and breaking down your CPC quick and painless.
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Celestron CPC 800 XLT Computerized Tele with Tube and
Tripod Celestron's CPC 800 XLT tele combines excellent
Schmidt-Cassegrain optics with a state of the art computerized
featuring GPS technology and user friendly design. This
tele is a solid all around performer likely to please both
the experienced observer and the new astronomer.
After using older computerized teles, Celestron's new
SkyAlign system seems almost like magic. I don't need to remember
obscure star names or use a star chart, I just point the
tele at three bright stars or planets and the CPC 800 tells
me the star names! SkyAlign is one of several alignment options,
and some options can even be used during daylight.
The drive base and heavy duty CPC tripod are unusually solid,
it's the same base and drive system used on the larger CPC 1100
tele. When I rap on the tele fork the vibration is gone
in less than a second. In practice this means easier focusing
even at high magnification. The solid base and precise tracking
is a real advantage while viewing the planets and while
photographing them. I've been able to image the planets at focal
lengths of f/30 and f/40 which would be quite difficult without
perfect tracking.
Mars as seen through the Celestron CPC 800 XLT computerized
tele.The excellent optics of the CPC 800 XLT tele show
me excellent views of the planets. When I look at Jupiter with a
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eyepiece (about 160x magnification) I see multiple cloud bands
and I can see the pale color of Jupiter's famous Great Red Spot.
One night when the air was unusually still and clear I used a
7.5mm Ultrascopic ( http://www..com/dp/B0000XMWL2/$%7B0%7D )
eyepiece with a 2x Barlow for a magnification of 533X. Jupiter's
moons were plainly resolved as tiny disks that night. When I look
at Saturn at 200X I can usually see the Cassini division in the
rings and make out four or five moons. When Mars comes closest to
Earth every two years I've even been able to spot dust storms
blowing across the Martian dessert.
The CPC 800 XLT also delivers beautiful views of deep space
objects. The CPC 800 is large enough that galaxies begin to
reveal their structure and globular star clusters are well
resolved. At a recent Astronomy viewing night at a local school,
some of the students liked globular cluster M13 the best. They
said it looked like a snowflake made of tiny stars! The well
known Orion Nebula is a winter highlight. Most teles will
show four stars in the Trapezium, the bright multiple star inside
the Orion Nebula, but with the CPC 800 I can often pick out faint
stars "E" and "F" as well.
The accessories with this CPC 800 XLT package include an 8x50
finder , a 40mm plossl eyepiece (50X magnification), the
NexStar computer hand control, and a 12 volt car battery adapter.
You'll also need a 12 volt power supply. An AC adapter is
available, but I like using a 12 volt battery pack because I
don't need to be near an extension cord to use the tele.
A few good eyepieces help me take full advantage of the CPC 800's
excellent optics. Plossl eyepieces like the ones in Celestron’s
Accessory Kit ( http://www..com/dp/B00006RH5I/$%7B0%7D ) would be
an economical way to get started, and of course premium eyepieces
like the TeleVue 10mm Radian offer delightful views of the
planets. If I were choosing just two eyepieces to add to the CPC
800, I'd pick a 10mm X-Cel eyepiece
( http://www..com/dp/B00008Y0T4/$%7B0%7D ) (200X for planet
viewing) and a 21mm X-Cel eyepiece
( http://www..com/dp/B00008Y0TF/$%7B0%7D ) (100X for globular
clusters and galaxies) to go with the standard equipment 40mm
(50X) eyepiece.
The CPC 800 XLT is an excellent all around tele. The C8
optics are large enough to give me delightful views of deep space
objects, and the optics are powerful enough to show me amazing
views of the planets. Even with all this power the whole system
is portable enough that I can easily transport my tele to
the local high school and share the view on Astronomy night.
--Jeff Phillips
Pros:
* excellent optics
* solid drive base
* easy computerized finding and tracking
Cons:* 12 volt power supply not included
Suggested Options: Celestron Accessory Kit
( http://www..com/dp/B00006RH5I/$%7B0%7D ) Celestron Power Tank
battery ( http://www..com/dp/B00008Y0U5/$%7B0%7D ) Celestron
NexImage web-cam ( http://www..com/dp/B0002X5Q72/$%7B0%7D )
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From the Manufacturer
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The CPC 800 GPS XLT is the most portable of Celestron's
top-of-the-line fork-ed astronomical teles and includes
Celestron's premium StarBright XLT coatings. This tele is at
home as a superb visual instrument or, with optional wedge and
CCD cameras, as a serious astrophotographer's tool.
Turn this to planets and see amazing detail on the surface
of Jupiter; see Cassini's Division in the rings of Saturn, and
resolve details on the surface of Mars. Even the distant Uranus,
Neptune and Pluto are within your reach.
Although large in aperture, with its conveniently located
carrying handles and an instrument weight of only 42 lb., this
tele is portable enough to setup in your backyard or take
with you to your favorite dark sky location.
Celestron's new CPC Series with revolutionary SkyAlign Alignment
Technology re-defines everything that amateur astronomers are
looking for — quick and simple alignment, GPS, unsurpassed
optical quality, ease of set-up and use, ergonomics, enhanced
computerization and, most important, affordability.
Internal GPS
The CPC Series' internal GPS receiver automatically downloads the
date and time from orbiting satellites and pinpoints its exact
location on Earth. This eliminates the need for you to manually
enter the date, time, longitude and latitude.
Celestron's Revolutionary SkyAlign
Once the CPC's internal GPS has established the tele's
position, aligning the tele is as easy as 1-2-3! Simply
locate and use hand control to manually point (slew) the
tele to three bright celestial objects. You do not need to
know the names of the stars — you may even pick the moon or
bright planets! Celestron's NexStar software technology will
model the night sky to determine the position of every star,
planet and celestial object above the horizon. Once aligned, the
remote hand control allows direct access to each of the celestial
catalogs in its user-friendly database.
Celestial Object Database
The CPC database contains over 40,000 celestial objects including
Messier objects, the Caldwell Catalog, as well as NGC Galaxies,
nebulae and planets. User-definable filter limits make navigating
through this expansive database quicker and easier. Filter Limits
let you filter out objects that are outside of your local horizon
(ie, if trees or ains were in the way).
Identify feature tells you what you're looking at, but it can
also be a very fun way to tour around the sky. Just point the
tele up somewhere and ask it to identify Messier objects
(for instance) and it will show you the 5 nearest Messier objects
to your position and let you GOTO them. You can keep doing this
for different parts of the sky or for different object types --
it is a lot of fun.
There's also "Solar Sys Align" that lets you align on the sun or
moon for daytime observing -- it is easy to use this to see
planets or bright stars in the day.
Innovative Features
The new CPC Series teles, like our accled Advanced Series
and premium CGE Series teles feature meticulously matched
and hand-figured optical systems that are manufactured in our
facilities in Torrance, California. In addition, all CPC models
are available with StarBright and StarBright XLT High Performance
Optical Coatings.
With the introduction of the CPC Series, Celestron has “gone back
to the drawing board” and re-designed, re-engineered, and
re-invented a tele family that provides superior quality,
unsurpassed ease of use, and incomparable value. All CPC models
ship standard with our NexRemote tele control software.
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