Celestron CGE 1400 Schmidt-Cassegrain with StarBright XLT Coatings

Celestron CGE 1400 Schmidt-Cassegrain with StarBright XLT Coatings

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List Price: $12,067.95
Our Price: $6,134.00

Great telescope for the professional
Excellent light-gathering power
Useful for long-exposure photography
356mm aperture
Operate remotely from a PC

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Peak performer!

The CGE 1400 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope is one of Celestron's "top-of-the-line" astronomical instruments. When it's used in visual mode, you can see all Messier Catalog, NGC, IC, and Caldwell objects. Used in the Fastar configuration for f/2 CCD imaging, the CGE 1400 can display the faint detail of a telescope twice its aperture used visually. That means you'll capture stunning images of the moon, planets, star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae for viewing later or for printing and display.

Versatile instrument

The optical tube assembly of the CGE 1400 weighs only 27.5 pounds, meaning the telescope is still portable enough to be taken to dark skies. It also boasts more than three times the light-gathering power of an 8-inch telescope, allowing you to see farther and fainter, even in urban areas. This telescope is especially useful as a solid platform for long-exposure photgraphy with optional CCD cameras or photographic equipment, making it a serious scientific research tool for college astronomy programs or amateur astronomers alike. With sophisticated software features like Hibernate function, too, the CGE 1400 can maintain its star alignment night after night without needing to be re-aligned. That makes it an ideal instrument for a permanent observatory.

High-performance features

German equatorial provides superior stability

Autoguider port

Permanent periodic error correction and equatorial alignments

XLT coatings

The CGE 1400 comes with premium XLT coatings. These use state-of-the-art, thin-film, vacuum-deposition technology. To ensure consistent optical coatings of the highest quality the process is tightly monitored and controlled by highly trained technicians. Prior to coating, each optical element is thoroughly cleaned and inspected to ensure proper adhesion of the films during the coating process. Materials used in our reflective and anti-reflective coatings, including aluminum, hafnium oxide, titanium dioxide, silicon dioxide, and magnesium fluoride are the purest available, exceeding 99.99 percent. The result is image clarity so stunning it must be seen to be believed.

Standard accessories

2-inch, 40mm Plossl eyepiece (98X)

2-inch star diagonal

9x50 finderscope and mounting bracket

Car battery adapter

Operate from a PC

Now Celestron Advanced CGE Series telescopes can be set up and operated remotely from a PC or laptop! NexRemote software duplicates all of the functions and features of our NexStar software on the standard NexStar Hand Control plus much more! You'll find a GoTo system that's precision accurate to 1.5 arcminutes, and there's a 40,000-object database that includes 400 user-defined objects.

Kit includes:

NexRemote Software CD with license

RS-232 Cable to connect telescope to PC or laptop

Serial-To-USB adapter

Shoot the planets with the Celestron NexImage Solar System Imager

Recommended Usage:	Astrophotography , Viewing Galaxies/Star Clusters , Viewing Nebulae , Viewing the Moon , Viewing the Planets
Brand:	Celestron
Usage:	For the Professional
Finderscope:	9x50
Lens Coating:	StarBright XLT
GPS:	No
GoTo:	Yes
Good for Astrophotography:	Yes
Telescopes Series:	CGE Series Telescopes
Optical Design:	Schmidt-Cassegrain
Aperture:	356mm
Focal Length:	3910mm
Focal Ratio:	f/10.98
Mount Design:	German Equatorial
Eyepiece 1:	40mm (97.75x)
Highest Useful Magnification:	840x
Limiting Magnitude:	15.3
Resolution:	.39 Arc Seconds
Resolving Power:	.33 Arc Seconds
Star Diagonal:	2 inch
Weight Optical Tube:	45 lbs.
Weight Tripod/Mount:	41.5 lbs.
User Level:	For the Professional