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Stellar refractor!
A member of Celestron's Advanced telescope series, this refractor is packed with great features and excellent optics. The refractor-style telescope features a 2-inch, rack-and-pinion focuser.
CG-5 Mount
The CG-5 is equipped with Celestron's CG-5, German Equatorial mount. This has precision worm gears on both axes for extremely smooth stability. The scope also comes with a heavy-duty tripod with larger, more substantial legs offering excellent damping characteristics for more stable views. The CG-5 has a convenient latitude scale for easier alignment and can accommodate an optional polar finder scope for the ultimate in precision alignments.
C6-RGT specifications:
150mm (6-inch) diameter, Refractor;
1,200mm focal length;
f/8 focal ratio;
Fully multi-coated optics;
20mm Plossl eyepiece (60X);
9x50 finderscope;
1.25-inch star diagonal;
Heavy-duty (CG-5) German equatorial mount,
Computerized hand control.
This telescope comes with a 20mm, 1.25-inch eyepiece, star diagonal and 9x50 finderscope.
Computerized GOTO Specifications
40,000+ objects;
400 user-defined, programable objects;
Enhanced information on over 200 objects
Hand controller with double-line, 16-character liquid crystal display;
DC servo motors with encoders on both axes;
4-degrees/second maximum slewing speed;
RS-232 communication port on hand control,
Auxiliary port and autoguider port on motor drive.
Standard accessories
1.25-inch, 20mm eyepiece (60X);
9x50 finderscope and mounting bracket;
CG-5 equatorial mount and tripod;
1.25-inch star diagonal;
The Sky Level 1 CD ROM,
Accessory tray.
Car Battery Adapter
Optional CN-16 GPS (sold separately)
Use the Power and Accuracy of GPS satellites to align your telescope!
Plug the 16-channel GPS module into your telescope's drive-base port
to link up with, and automatically download information from, one of many global positioning satellites. Controlled with the NexStar computerized hand control, the CN-16 will greatly improve the accuracy of star alignments by locating north and leveling the optical tube with more precision than can be achieved by hand. --jtyl
Shoot the planets with the Celestron NexImage Solar System Imager.
About Celestron
Since manufacturing its first telescope in 1960, Celestron has grown to become one of the world’s leading telescope makers, enjoying brand-name recognition among serious amateur astronomers for superior optics, outstanding design, and innovative technology. Celestron is also a leading designer, manufacturer, and importer of other high-quality optical products, including binoculars, spotting scopes, and microscopes in addition to their computerized and non-computerized telescopes and related accessories. Their innovative products continue to receive numerous industry and consumer media accolades, adding to an already impressive list that includes awards for product innovation from Reader’s Digest, Popular Science, PC Magazine, Popular Mechanics, the Consumer Electronics Association, and more. Celestron is a privately held company with corporate offices and manufacturing facilities in Torrance, Calif.
