Hello,
For sale: Telescope and accessories $699. If you are interested, please contact me at kahlan20@comcast.net or my home phone 303-988-2859. If you call my home phone please leave a message as I don't answer phone calls I don't recognize.
Telescope:
Celestron 8” NexStar GPS (Global Positioning System) Telescope.
The original purchase price for the basic telescope and tripod was $1859.93.
Specifications:
Design: Schmidt-Cassegrain Catadioptric.
Aperture 8” (203.2 mm).
Focal Length 2032mm.
F/ratio of the optical system: 10.
9 slew speeds.
Tracking rates: Sidereal, Solar, Lunar.
Tracking modes: Alt-Az, EQ North & EQ South.
Alignment procedures: GPS Align, AutoAlign, Two-Star Align, Quick-Align, EQ North Align & EQ South Align.
(Please note, the US Government initiated a GPS satellite rollover modification on August 19, 2019. The GPS unit on this telescope cannot update the correct date so the date must be entered in manually with the hand controller).
Visual Back.
Star Diagonal.
Main optical tube is constructed of carbon fiber.
Accessories:
NexStar 8” GPS Instruction Manual.
NexStar User’s Guide, Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. 296 pages.
AC Power Adapter.
12VDC cigarette lighter adapter.
Orion 9x50 Finder.
Special accessory: NexStar Bracket for Hand Controller.
Special accessory: Eyepiece holder tray for the tripod.
Included accessory: Orion Star Pointer Finder Scope with Mounting Bracket.
Celestron 26mm PLOSSL 1-1/4” Eyepiece, Multi-Coated.
Celestron #94162 Astro Solar Filter 8”. (This filter fits over the front of the telescope for safely viewing the Sun.)
Handmade solar sighting fixture which makes slewing to the Sun very easy.
Extra heavy-duty tripod. Extremely stable.
Hand Controller with built-in database of 40,000+ astronomical objects including NGC Catalog, Messier Catalog, Caldwell Catalog, Abell Galaxies, Solar System Objects, Famous Asterisms, etc.
This telescope is extremely well made and taken care of. This telescope is in very good condition with very few exterior cosmetic blemishes.