Celestron Celestron NexStar 8 SE 8" (203mm) Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope Kit Reviews

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The only thing I can nit-pick on this scope is the motor drives on the mount. They work fine, but they make a little too much noise, and the sound indicates to me that the gear train is not high quality components. It does seem to run very smooth, though! And accurate, every time! from Amazon.com I recently upgraded to the Celestron Nexstar 8 SE. I had the Nexstar 4 GT before it. from Amazon.com I bought a new Mead scope. I returned it. I bought the Celestron 8. Very good and easy to use! from Adorama.com [...] Comes with 6 element 25 mm 1.25" Plossl' eyepiece, 1.25" diagonal, 1.25' visual back, easy to use finderscope, aperture cover, tripod, and accessory/eyepiece tray. Manual and quick start guide are well written. from Adorama.com Cons: Limited field of view. Power hungry. The Bottom Line: The NexStar 8SE makes a larger telescope portable with computer guidance than any other package. It does a lot, works well, and is reasonably priced. from Shopping.com My husband did much research and purchased the telescope as well as ac/dc and portable power supply. I was very fortunate that he purchased those external sources of power as the power source using the batteries is faulty. Loaded up 8 brand new batteries and turned on the scope: NOTHING. Thought perhaps they were loaded wrong, removed them and reinserted the batteries. from Amazon.com I was very excited about viewing the planets and hopefully some deep sky objects. Novice would be the best way to describe my viewing experience. However, I was able to get the scope setup and struggled with the star alignment. Then I used the CD that came with the product and got to know the night sky. from Amazon.com alot better then the MEADE scopes. would def recommend this scope to anyone. worth the price, the Nexstar will take some time to get use too, thats no biggie. other then that, sick lookin scope to have in ur living room. from Buy.com im really picky, did alot of reading this is really nice made scope, better then a cheasy meade i had and returned cuz it was garbage and the view finder was bogus, and didnt work, [...] this scope is soild, steel tripod, steel base where motor sits. battery compartment is good (better the meade design) Solid Solid Built, no cheap parts.def a must buy, spend the extra money and get something you dont have to worry about, [...] is the best, gonna use them for now on. quick shipping, Celestron is the way to go Pros: Accurate, Built well, Comfortable Eyepiece, Quality Lenses, Strong Construction Cons: Difficult to Use, Nexstar is kinda tricky Best Uses: Astronomy from Adorama.com Hand controller cannot be re-mounted in its recess. Telescope will not respond to manual commands while auto-tracking. Celestron tech support takes weeks to respond, all they could offer was "Gee, it should work." My next telescope will not be a Celestron. Bottom Line: No, I would not recommend this to a friend from Adorama.com

Released	over 2 years ago
Optical Design	Catadioptrics
Finderscope	Red-Dot
Mount Type	Altazimuth
Focal Length	2032 mm
MPN	NexStar 8 SE
Max Useful Magnification	x 480
Motorized	Yes
Optical Diameter	203 mm
UPC	050234110693

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