Celestron’s signature orange-tube telescope combines advanced features and excellent optics in one easy-to-use system the nexstar 8se. It’s the perfect choice for your first serious telescope offering impressive views at an economical price. Our founder’s vision reimagined for the 21st century in the 1970s the classic celestron 8 brought the hobby of astronomy to the masses and established celestron as the world’s premier telescope maker. Our founder tom johnson invented celestron’s proprietary method of producing schmidt corrector plates for superior views and maximum portability. Johnson believed in creating high-quality optical instruments at an affordable price and inspired a generation of amateur astronomers. Four decades later we’ve improved upon this design by adding cutting-edge features while staying true to our founder’s intent. Big mirror small price with a full 8 inches of aperture the 8se reveals details in even the faintest celestial objects. With this much light-gathering ability you’ll clearly observe cassini’s division in saturn’s rings the cloud bands on jupiter and the great red spot. Beyond the solar system your 8se will show you hundreds of pinpoint stars in the hercules globular cluster the spiral arms of the whirlpool galaxy and more. And don’t forget the moon you’ll see craters and geographic features like never before. Revolutionary single fork arm mount we know the best telescope is the one you will use most often. That’s why celestron’s engineer...
Brand: Celestron