Celestron NexStar 6 SE (11068)

To continue the Special Edition line of telescopes, Celestron presents to you it’s new members of the SE series of telescopes. Available in 4″ Mak, 5 & 6″ Schmidt-Cassegrain and the well knowned 8″ SCT, the SE series will please the beginning amateur or even the more advanced amateur astronomer looking for a ultra-portable instrument.

– Optical Design: Schmidt-Cassegrain
– Aperture: 150 mm (5.91 in)
– Focal Lenght: 1500 mm f/10
– Finderscope: StarPointer
– Mount: Single Fork Arm Altazimuth
– Optical Tube: Aluminum
– Eyepiece: 25 mm (60x)
– Star Diagonal: 1.25″
– Other Equipment: Camera Shutter Cable
– Tripod: Tubular steel
– CD ROM: NexRemote V1.6.14 & The Sky L1
– Power Supply: 8-AA batteries (not included)
– Highest Usefull Magnification: 354x
– Lowest Usefull Magnification: 21x
– Limiting Star Magnitude: 13.4
– Coatings: StarBright XLT
– Optical Tube Lenght: 16 in (406 mm)
– Telescope Weight: 21 lb (9.53 kg)
– Tripod and mount weight: 10 lb (4.54 kg)
– Motor Drive: Integrated D.C. Electronics
– Slew Speeds: Nine slew speeds: 4°/sec, 2°/sec, 1°/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x
– Tracking modes: Alt-Az, EQ North & EQ South
– Software features: Camera Control
– Alignment proceedures: SkyAlign, Auto 2-Star Align, 1-Star Align, 2-Star Align, SolarSystem Align
– Database: 40,000+ accessible objects
– Communication Ports: RS-232 communication port on hand control, Aux port, Camera Control port
– Tracking rates: Sidereal, Solar and Lunar