Celestron Telescopes

Celestron SE series

In the tradition of Celestron's famous orange optical tubes, the new NexStar SE Family combines the classic heritage of the original orange tube telescopes with state-of-the-art features including a fully computerized operating system, flash upgradeable hand control, superior StarBright XLT coatings, revolutionary SkyAlign™ telescope alignment software and much more.

With the NexStar SE, you are in the driver's seat. Simply choose an object from the menu and the telescope will find it for you.Using our patented NexStar® technology, the SE scopes have the ability to locate nearly 40,000 objects. All you have to do is look through the eyepiece and enjoy the view!

Don't know what object to choose? Let the intelligent NexStar SE give you a guided tour of the night sky! The "Tour" feature offers a customized list of the best objects in the sky to view for your exact time and location anywhere in the world!

Not only can your NexStar SE find objects, it can teach you about them as well. Information on the most popular objects can be viewed in the LCD screen of your hand control.

The days of complicated telescope assembly and setup are over. NexStar SE telescopes can be set up in a matter of minutes with no tools required! Using Celestron's patented SkyAlign, simply input the date, time and location into the hand control then point the telescope at any three bright celestial objects and the telescope does the rest.You do not need to know the names of the stars, you can even pick the moon or bright planets.

Celestron CPC series - from £1570

The Celestron Professional Computerized (CPC) Series with innovative SkyAlign alignment technology provides everything that most amateur astronomers are looking for, quick and simple alignment, GPS, excellent optical quality, ease of use, ergonomics and enhanced computerization.

Schmidt-Cassegrain, focal ratio F/10. 50mm finderscope w/ quick release bracket. Sturdy dual fork arm mount with Aluminium optical tube. 40mm Plossl eyepiece and 1.25" star diagonal Multi-purpose accessory tray, leg brace, eyepiece holder. Adjustable heavy duty steel tripod. Car battery adapter power cable NexStar computer control system via RS-232 port Internal 16 channel GPS, aux Port, autoguide ports Servo motors with encoders .1406 arcsecond resolution Slews at 3° /sec, 2° /sec, .5°/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x Sidereal, Solar and Lunar tracking rates Altazimuth, EQ North & EQ South tracking modes Five alignment modes including SkyAlign Permanent PEC, power requirement 12VDC 1.5A These scopes are excellent and easy to use. You simply line up on three bright stars (or even planets) and you don't even have to know their names or where North is! The GPS system works out your location and time and once aligned you can track down any one of 40,000 objects with ease. Connection to a PC allows remote operation via the included Nexremote software or your favourite planetarium program. By adding a Mintron or Watec camera you can observe in comfort and avoid the cold!

Celestron CGE Pro Series

The CGE Pro Series Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes are part of Celestron's "Top-of-the-Line" computerized German Equatorial mounted astronomical telescopes.

As a visual instrument you can search for all of the Messier Catalog objects, and you can see hundreds of other equally interesting NGC, IC and Caldwell objects. Turn this scope to the 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.

In addition to being fully computerized with a database of over 40,000 celestial objects, the CGE Pro German Equatorial mount has been completely redesigned to offer numerous design advantages.

Celestron SCT optical tube assemblies

Celestron OTA's with Starbright XLT coatings, available with a Synta / Vixen or a CGE / losmandy dovetail.