Celestron Nexstar 5 SE star telescope

Big mirror, low price The NexStar SE series reveals even the faintest secrets of the sky. With such an effective light gathering power, you can easily distinguish between Saturn's rings, Jupiter's cloud spirals and the Great Red Spot. Beyond the boundaries of the solar system, with your 8SE telescope you can see the Hercules Globular Cluster, the spiral arms of galaxies and more. And don't forget the moon - you can see the lunar objects and craters more clearly than ever!

In the 1970s, Celestron's Schmidt-Cassegain telescopes brought astronomy as a hobby to everyone and laid the foundation for Celestron's leadership as the world's best telescope manufacturer. Celestron's trademark orange tube telescope combines advanced features and excellent optics into one easy-to-use system. The NexStar telescope is the perfect choice for a serious hobbyist's first telescope, offering excellent star views at an economical price.

NexStar's main mirror has enough light-gathering power to clearly see the best objects in our solar system: Saturn's rings, Jupiter's cloud spirals and lunar science objects. The fully automatic GoTo tripod with a database of 40,000 celestial objects finds and follows the selected object automatically.

SkyAlign technology automatically aligns the telescope and speeds up deployment. Orientation is easy, even if you don't know the night sky - by finding three bright objects, you calibrate the tripod easily. The handy one-arm stand can be easily disassembled into light and compact parts, so it is easy to transport even with small vehicles. Transporting the telescope to your favorite observation spot is easy and setting it up, even in your own backyard, is quick. Alignment methods: SkyAlign, Auto 2-Star Align, 1-Star Align, 2-Star Align, Solar System Align.

• Optical construction: Schmidt-Cassegrain
• Opening: 125mm
• Focal distance: 1250mm
• Focal length: F/13
• Eyepiece 1 focal length: 25mm / magnification 50x
• Corner mirror: 1.25"
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• Stand Type: Single Fork Arm Altazimuth
• Corner wedge: Accessory
• Tripod: steel legs
• Power requirement: 8-AA batteries (sold separately)
• Highest usable magnification: 295x
• Minimum usable magnification: 18x
• Limiting stellar magnitude: 13
• Resolution (Rayleigh) arc seconds: 1.11
• Light collection power (compared to the human eye): 329x
• Field of view: 1.0 °
• Linear field of view 1000m: 16m
• Auxiliary mirror coverage area: 51mm
• Optical coating: Starbright XLT
• Pipe length: 330mm
• Total weight of the telescope system: 12.53kg