Bring your Astrophysics and Cosmology lessons to life with the Celestron Advanced VX 6-inch Refractor GoTo Telescope. The night sky is teeming with life and this telescope will allow you to see the moon, stars, planets and all the other wonders the sky has to offer. Stargazing will never be the same again after you allow yourselves a look into this Refracting Telescope.

6-Inch Refractor Optical Tube

Astroimagers who demand the highest possible contrast for planetary imaging and brighter deep-sky object viewing choose the Celestron Advanced VX 6-inch Refractor Telescope. Where Schmidt-Cassegrain and Newtonian type telescopes are designed with secondary mirrors in, refractor optical instruments offer no obstruction of the aperture. Equipped with a 6-inch f/8 objective lens and a focal length of 1200 mm, this refractor telescope may be paired with one of Celestron's Nightscape CCD cameras (sold separately) to image brighter deep-sky objects. Alternatively, astroimagers may also create dazzling planetary pictures with the addition of Celestron's NexImage 5 Solar System Imager (sold separately). 

Advanced Computerized GoTo Mount

Celestron's Advanced VX Mount is an integrated telescope support, alignment and guiding system and was specifically designed to provide optimum imaging performance for smaller telescopes. This mount packs some of the features found on more sophisticated German Equatorial mounts, minus the added bulk or cost. Now your smaller telescope can take advantage of All-Star Polar Alignment and autoguider support. Advanced VX features significantly larger base castings than the previous design, improving stability under heavier loads.

Motors

To enhance tracking performance, the mount features permanently programmable Periodic Error Correction (PEC). PEC eliminates recurring track errors from the worm gear to prevent trailing and improve photographs. You’ll also be able to track through long exposures using the PEC. The Advanced VX improved motors offer more torque and can handle slight load imbalances with ease.

Features

An updated industrial design offers more rigidity, less flexure and improved aesthetics. The new design allows viewing or imaging across the meridian without interference from the motors housings, so you can seamlessly image the best part of the night sky. With the enhanced latitude range, the telescope can be used between 7 – 77-degree latitude allowing for a larger range of view. The improved electronics contain increased memory for future expansion.

Technologies

Start observing celestial objects with the push of a button on the NexStar+ Hand Control. It's pre-loaded with a huge database of over 40,000 celestial objects. Automatically slew to objects in a variety of catalogs, including the Messier, NGC, Caldwell, and SAO brightest stars. NexStar+ hand control offers multiple language programming (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish). For enhanced pointing and tracking accuracy, the mount features Celestron's All-Star Polar Alignment. This system uses multiple guide stars to assist tracking across the night sky while keeping the optical tube parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation.

SkyAlign Function

Observers and astroimagers will be impressed by the seamless operation the Celestron Advanced VX 6-inch Refractor Telescope's SkyAlign function. It makes computerized aligning of the telescope fast, easy, and accurate--simply point at any three bright objects in the sky and the telescope aligns itself. Navigation and tracking of the night's sky is as easy as pushing a button once the telescope is precision aligned.