Celestron Nexstar 4SE Telescope

The Celestron Nexstar 4SE Telescope is a powerful, versatile, and user-friendly catadioptric-style scope that can be used for observing everything from the moon and planets to bright deep-sky objects like stars, galaxies, and nebulae. While the focal ratio is a relatively slow f/13, the scope's optical performance, added to the mount's precision tracking system and integrated equatorial wedge, allows it to be a competent astrophotography/imaging platform for the moon and planets.

Using Celestron's proprietary StarBright XLT multicoating system, light transmission is increased throughout the entire optical path with anti-reflection multicoated lenses, highly reflective multicoated mirrors, and crown optical glass elements. Similar to their Schmidt cousins, the Maksutov design exchanges the conventional front corrector plate with a convex meniscus lens, which results in a smaller secondary mirror—limiting obstruction and increasing contrast, while eliminating the need for periodic collimation.

• 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope
• 1325mm Focal Length, f/13 Focal Ratio
• NexStar+ Computer Hand Controller
• 40,000+ Object Database with Sky Tours
• SkyAlign Alignment Technology
• Single-Fork Motorised GoTo Alt-Az Mount
• 25mm Eyepiece, StarPointer Finder
• Stainless Steel Tripod with EQ Wedge

Capable of being used in the Northern or Southern Hemispheres, the NexStar has sidereal, lunar, and solar tracking speeds to accurately follow near- and deep-sky objects, plus nine slew speeds and the ability to automatically trigger a camera's shutter release.