Advanced search: Telescopes Shopping Wizard                 Call the experts at 1-800-303-5873

Celestron C6-R GT Refractor

Item CELE117

List Price: $1,997.95
Our Price: $1,099.00



Free Shipping FREE Ground Shipping Today! (Offer only in Contiguous USA)
This product is available for shipment to the USA and Canada only.
Ships Next Business Day
Availability: In Stock


Quantity

Product Details

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
    Product Information
    Product Info
    ACCESSORY CHOOSER
    Shop add-ons to enhance your purchase