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Celestron C8-A XLT Optical Tube Assembly Product Description
Celestron C8 A XLT CGE Optical Tube Assembly Product InfoNow you can have your own a la carte assemblage of your preferred optical tube and mount. All Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain telescopes utilize the multicoated Starbright coatings group. Highly reflective coatings are used on the mirrors, with anti reflective coatings employed on the correcting lens for increases in light transmission.
Celestron 39 s optical systems internal baffling ensures the highest contrast levels. To maintain the company 39 s mindset as well as to provide consistently high performance and customer satisfaction, all Celestron Schmidt Cassegrain optical assemblies utilize the same superior optics regardless of their size or configuration.
The StarBright XLT coatings are all that distinguish this offering from the ordinary 8 optical tube assembly. These coatings dramatically decrease the total percentage of light loss incurred by the scope 39 s system of lenses mirrors by a measure of 43%! Light is invariably lost as it passes through lenses or is reflected from mirrors, and this can have a particularly dramatic effect of deep space objects. StarBright XLT coatings are a highly intensive process which diminishes this effect and brings the faintest things your scope can resolve into greater detail. They 39 ll bring the details of bigger apertures without adding to the weight of your rig.
Features- 8 Schmidt Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly
- Aluminum Optical Tube
- Celestron 39 s premium StarBright XLT coatings
- 2032 mm focal length f/10
- 25 mm eyepiece included 81x
- Visual back allows for use with 1.25 accessories
- 6x30 finderscope to help accurately find objects
- Star diagonal provides more comfortable viewing position when observing objects that are high in the sky
- Includes dovetail rail compatible with CGE mount
Specifications
Schmidt Cassegrain |
203.2 mm 8 in |
2032 mm 80 in |
10 |
25 mm 0.98 in |
81 x |
6x30 |
1.25 |
Aluminum |
480 x |
29 x |
14 |
0.69 arc seconds |
0.57 arc seconds |
843 x |
2.5 in 64 mm |
31 % |
9.77 % |
StarBright XLT |
17 in 432 mm |
12.5 lbs 5.67 kg |
CGE Mount |
Package Contents
- Celestron C8 A XLT CGE Optical Tube Assembly