$Celestron C6-R GT Refractor$

Celestron C6-R GT Refractor

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Stellar refractor!

A member of Celestron's Advanced telescope series, this refractor is packed with great features and excellent optics. The refractor-style telescope features a 2-inch, rack-and-pinion focuser.

CG-5 Mount

The CG-5 is equipped with Celestron's CG-5, German Equatorial mount. This has precision worm gears on both axes for extremely smooth stability. The scope also comes with a heavy-duty tripod with larger, more substantial legs offering excellent damping characteristics for more stable views. The CG-5 has a convenient latitude scale for easier alignment and can accommodate an optional polar finder scope for the ultimate in precision alignments.

C6-RGT specifications:

150mm (6-inch) diameter, Refractor;

1,200mm focal length;

f/8 focal ratio;

Fully multi-coated optics;

20mm Pl?ssl eyepiece (60X);

9x50 finderscope;

1.25-inch star diagonal;

Heavy-duty (CG-5) German equatorial mount,

Computerized hand control.

This telescope comes with a 20mm, 1.25-inch eyepiece, star diagonal and 9x50 finderscope.

Computerized GOTO Specifications

40,000+ objects;

400 user-defined, programable objects;

Enhanced information on over 200 objects

Hand controller with double-line, 16-character liquid crystal display;

DC servo motors with encoders on both axes;

4-degrees/second maximum slewing speed;

RS-232 communication port on hand control,

Auxiliary port and autoguider port on motor drive.

Standard accessories

1.25-inch, 20mm eyepiece (60X);

9x50 finderscope and mounting bracket;

CG-5 equatorial mount and tripod;

1.25-inch star diagonal;

The Sky Level 1 CD ROM,

Accessory tray.

Car Battery Adapter

Optional CN-16 GPS (sold separately)

Use the Power and Accuracy of GPS satellites to align your telescope!

Plug the 16-channel GPS module into your telescope's drive-base port

to link up with, and automatically download information from, one of many global positioning satellites. Controlled with the NexStar computerized hand control, the CN-16 will greatly improve the accuracy of star alignments by locating north and leveling the optical tube with more precision than can be achieved by hand. ^--jtyl

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
Weight Complete:	68 lbs.
Finderscope:	9x50
GPS:	No
GoTo:	Yes
Good for Astrophotography:	Yes
Telescopes Series:	Advanced Series Computerized Telescopes with GOTO
Optical Design:	Refractor
Aperture:	150mm
Focal Length:	1200mm
Focal Ratio:	f/8
Mount Design:	CG-5 Equatorial
Eyepiece 1:	20mm (60x)
Highest Useful Magnification:	354x
Limiting Magnitude:	13.4
Resolution:	.92 Arc Seconds
Resolving Power:	.77 Arc Seconds
Star Diagonal:	1.25 inch
User Level:	For the Professional