The thing to do about dew!
Celestron's lens shade/dew sheild is a tube of approximately the same diameter as your telescope's tube. It's designed to fit on the front end of the telescope to reduce the amount of dew that builds up on the corrector plate, ruining your view, and possibly your scope. At the same time, it serves as a lens shade, preventing stray light from falling on the corrector plate. This also greatly improves the view.
Celestron's lens shade/dew cap: it's what to do about dew!
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Celestron Telescope Dew Shields
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Does the job and looks good doing it
This product is made of good material except for the lettering which are poorly attached. This products quality is in it's simplicity. It is easy to use, easy to store away (flat), ...Read complete review
This product is made of good material except for the lettering which are poorly attached. This products quality is in it's simplicity. It is easy to use, easy to store away (flat), and actually enhances your scopes appearance because of it's sleek look. The only slight drawback is that you must connect the Velcro while it is partially fitted on the scope and, of course, near the corrector plate. In other words, you cannot connect the Velcro and then push it onto the scope. It must be wrapped around the scope first. This is a slight problem for me because I do not like to be fumbling around near the corrector plate where inadvertent damage can occur even when installing a relatively trivial item.
The main motivation for buying the lens shade/dew shield was to protect the corrector plate on my SCT from dew and stray light. It does those jobs well.
The additional benefit I didn't anticipate was that it really protects the corrector plate from inadvertent contact from others, as well as a whole host of other potential unwanted contact. I won't use my scope without it. Without the shield my SCT feels exposed to potential hazards.
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Celestron flexible dew shield.
It is decent for the $$ but it could use a better device for fit around the tube. No matter how tight I try to get it, it is still loose somewhat. The ...Read complete review
It is decent for the $$ but it could use a better device for fit around the tube. No matter how tight I try to get it, it is still loose somewhat. The lettering came off in the bag it was shipped in which was somewhat of a let's say, indication of what was to come maybe. The inner part of the shield could use a padded material like the AstroZap dew shield for absobtion of moisture rather than the use of nothing. But for [$]I will not complain too much as long as it does it's intended job. I would recommend the [...] dew shield over this one.
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Comments about Celestron Telescope Lens Shade/Dew Shield:
This product is well built and quite effective even under the humid conditions of the East coast. I received the product within 5 days of placing the order. The free shipping is a welcome bonus.
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I bought this to prevent dew, also it helps block my annoying neighbors light from hitting the front of my scope, I was able to see Orion's nebula for the first time after placing this object on my scope because I was actually able to acheive some darkness.
If you have problems with lights shining directly onto the front of your scope or you have dew problems I would pick this up.
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Comments about Celestron Telescope Lens Shade/Dew Shield:
Simple, light, portable , non expensive! I had 8" dew shield before and was great !! This looks much bigger but it feels it will do same great service for me!
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Comments about Celestron Telescope Lens Shade/Dew Shield:
Immediately my humid Florida viewing session has gone from thirty minutes to over two hours. Nice.
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Great item...matches my 8 se perfectly. Really fast shipping from telescopes.com and packaged well!
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Q1: Would this Lens Shade/Dew shield work for the Celestron FirstScope 114 EQ Short Newtonian Reflector I bought from here last year?
A: Unfortunately, the Lens Shade/Dew Shield made for the C9 scope would be way too big for the FirstScope 114.
Q2: I have a Firstscope 114 / 4.5" Newtonian Reflector Telescope. What I need to know is. Do I have a c5, c14? How do I know which c I have?
A: The Celestron FirstScope 114EQ is a member of the FirstScope series and does not carry the "C" designation. The "C" is reserved for scopes in Celestron's Advanced Series. If your scope were a "C," it would be a C4.5.
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