Celestron's Nexstar SE are larger aperture, go to telescopes.

Nexstar SE - available in August 2006

Description	Price
Nexstar 4SE Maksutov-Cassegrain 102 mm (4.02 in) aperture 1325 mm (52.17 in) focal length f/12.99 StarPointer Finderscope Dovetail compatibility - Quick Release Tube Clamp Single Fork Arm Altazimuth Mount Aluminum optical tube One eyepiece Star Diagonal Internal Flip mirror for straight through or 90° viewing angle Camera Shutter Cable Steel trikpod with built-in wedge NexRemote CD Rom V1.6.14 & The Sky Power supply 8-AA batteries (not included) Magnification range from 14x to 240x Limiting stellar magnitude of 12.5 Resolution of 1.36 arc seconds Resolving power of 1.14 arc seconds Angular filed of view 1° Linear field of view @1000 YDS - 52.5 ft (16 m) StarBright XLT optical coatings Secondary Mirror Obstruction - 1.38 in (35.05 mm) Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area 11 % Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter 35 % Optical Tube Length - 13.5 in (342.9 mm) Telescope weight - 11 lb (4.99 kg) Tripod and Mount Weight - 10 lb (4.54 kg) Motor Drive integrated with D.C. Electronics Computer Hand Control - Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display with 19 fiber optic backlit LED buttons Nine slew speeds: 4°/sec, 2°/sec, 1°/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x Tracking modes - Alt-Az, EQ North & EQ South Several alignment procedures - SkyAlign, Auto 2-Star Align, 1-Star Align, 2-Star Align, SolarSystem Align 38,181 accessible objects database 24bit, 0.08 arcsec calculations for software precision RS-232 communication port on hand control, Aux. port, Camera Control port Sidereal, Solar and Lunar tracking rates	$549 top
Nexstar 5SE Schmidt-Cassegrain 125 mm (4.92 in) aperture 1250 mm (49.21 in) focal length f/10 StarPointer Finderscope Dovetail compatibility - Quick Release Tube Clamp Single Fork Arm Altazimuth Mount Aluminum optical tube One eyepiece Star Diagonal Internal Flip mirror for straight through or 90° viewing angle Camera Shutter Cable Steel tripod with built-in wedge NexRemote CD Rom V1.6.14 & The Sky Power supply 8-AA batteries (not included) Magnification range from 18x to 300x Limiting stellar magnitude of 13 Resolution of 1.1 arc seconds Resolving power of 0.91 arc seconds Angular filed of view 1° Linear field of view @1000 YDS - 52.5 ft (16 m) StarBright XLT optical coatings Secondary Mirror Obstruction - 1.38 in (35.05 mm) Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area 11 % Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter 35 % Optical Tube Length - 11 in (279.4 mm) Telescope weight - 17.6 lb (7.98 kg) Tripod and Mount Weight - 10 lb (4.54 kg) Motor Drive integrated with D.C. Electronics Computer Hand Control - Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display with 19 fiber optic backlit LED buttons Nine slew speeds: 4°/sec, 2°/sec, 1°/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x Tracking modes - Alt-Az, EQ North & EQ South Several alignment procedures - SkyAlign, Auto 2-Star Align, 1-Star Align, 2-Star Align, SolarSystem Align 38,181 accessible objects database 24bit, 0.08 arcsec calculations for software precision RS-232 communication port on hand control, Aux. port, Camera Control port Sidereal, Solar and Lunar tracking rates	$769 top
Nexstar 6SE Schmidt-Cassegrain 150 mm (5.91 in) aperture 1500 mm (59.06 in) focal length f/10 StarPointer Finderscope Dovetail compatibility - Quick Release Tube Clamp Single Fork Arm Altazimuth Mount Aluminum optical tube One eyepiece Star Diagonal Internal Flip mirror for straight through or 90° viewing angle Camera Shutter Cable Steel tripod with built-in wedge NexRemote CD Rom V1.6.14 & The Sky Power supply 8-AA batteries (not included) Magnification range from 21x to 354x Limiting stellar magnitude of 13.4 Resolution of 1.1 arc seconds Resolving power of 0.92 arc seconds Angular filed of view .83° Linear field of view @1000 YDS 43.8 ft (13.35 m) StarBright XLT optical coatings Secondary Mirror Obstruction - 2.2 in (55.88 mm) Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area 14 % Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter 37 % Optical Tube Length - 16 in (406.4 mm) Telescope weight - 21 lb (9.53 kg) Tripod and Mount Weight - 9lb (4.08 kg) Motor Drive integrated with D.C. Electronics Computer Hand Control - Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display with 19 fiber optic backlit LED buttons Nine slew speeds: 4°/sec, 2°/sec, 1°/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x Tracking modes - Alt-Az, EQ North & EQ South Several alignment procedures - SkyAlign, Auto 2-Star Align, 1-Star Align, 2-Star Align, SolarSystem Align 38,181 accessible objects database 24bit, 0.08 arcsec calculations for software precision RS-232 communication port on hand control, Aux. port, Camera Control port Sidereal, Solar and Lunar tracking rates	$879 top
Nexstar 8SE Schmidt-Cassegrain 203 mm (7.99 in) aperture 2032 mm (80 in) focal length f/10.1 StarPointer Finderscope Dovetail compatibility - Quick Release Tube Clamp Single Fork Arm Altazimuth Mount Aluminum optical tube One eyepiece Star Diagonal Internal Flip mirror for straight through or 90° viewing angle Camera Shutter Cable Steel tripod with built-in wedge NexRemote CD Rom V1.6.14 & The Sky Power supply 8-AA batteries (not included) Magnification range from 29x to 480x Limiting stellar magnitude of 14 Resolution of 0.68 arc seconds Resolving power of .57 arc seconds Angular filed of view .63° Linear field of view @1000 YDS 33 ft (10.06 m) StarBright XLT optical coatings Secondary Mirror Obstruction - 2.5 in (63.5 mm) Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area 10 % Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter 31.3 % Optical Tube Length - 17 in (431.8 mm) Telescope weight - 24 lb (10.89 kg) Tripod and Mount Weight - 9lb (4.08 kg) Motor Drive integrated with D.C. Electronics Computer Hand Control - Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display with 19 fiber optic backlit LED buttons Nine slew speeds: 4°/sec, 2°/sec, 1°/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x Tracking modes - Alt-Az, EQ North & EQ South Several alignment procedures - SkyAlign, Auto 2-Star Align, 1-Star Align, 2-Star Align, SolarSystem Align 38,181 accessible objects database 24bit, 0.08 arcsec calculations for software precision RS-232 communication port on hand control, Aux. port, Camera Control port Sidereal, Solar and Lunar tracking rates	$1,319 top

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