Celestron 11068 NexStar 6SE Computerised Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope with Advanced GPS, Astroimaging and AutoAlign Features, Black/Orange

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Additionally, a dew shield for the Evolution 6” is de facto necessary if you plan on observing for any significant length of time, and also shields the scope from bugs, stray light, and curious hands-the former means you’ll actually get superior contrast at the eyepiece with the dew shield versus without it under most circumstances. What can you see with the Celestron Nexstar Evolution 6? The NexStar SE range is designed with Celestron’s iconic orange tube, and this range of telescopes has possibly been the most popular computerized models in the past ten years.

The computerized mount and tripod included can locate 40,000+ objects in space for you to view at the press of a button. gaxaies and nebula are hard to see with light pollution. Although aperture helps, no amount of aperture makes galaxies and nebula look good in heavy light pollution. With its aperture and focal length, there is little limit on what you can see through this if the night sky conditions are right. These are versions of compound (or catadioptric) telescopes. These are generally great as they are small, compact, and portable, whilst offering high aperture and good viewing capabilities.

The SLTs will work best using either smartphones (attached with an adapter) or with small, dedicated astronomy cameras. This is because the mounts they come with are limited in the weight they can take, and so attaching a bigger DSLR camera will be difficult. Also, the lower aperture and focal ratios will limit what you could photograph beyond the moon or perhaps some planets. The NexStar 6 SE has all the same features as Celestron's most advanced computerized GoTo telescopes, including our revolutionary SkyAlign™ alignment technology, a sky tour feature, a database of over 40,000 celestial objects and easy to use hand control. Neptune and Uranus can be seen as small, colored points in the night sky. However, this will be mostly all you can get of the two outer gas planets with any consumer-grade telescope. Portability and serious performance come together in the NexStar 6 SE. Celestron's first new Schmidt-Cassegrain optical system in over a decade is now available in a high performance altazimuth computerized telescope. With a total weight of 30 lbs including the tripod, the ultra portable 6 SE features a precision optical system with 1500mm focal length (f/10) and offers 44% more light gathering than a 5" telescope.

Key Specs: Schmidt-Cassegrain optical design, 150mm/5.91" aperture, focal length of 1499mm/59", focal ratio of f/10, included eyepiece has a focal length of 25mm/60x, single-arm fork, alt-azimuth mount type, total kit weight of 21lbs/9.53kg. If or when I got a telescope I will continue read and ask for my next steps I already bookmarked few topics Alternative models: The Unistellar eQuinox 2 is up there amongst the best GoTo telescopes and is well worth your consideration. If you've got a tighter budget, give the Celestron NexStar 4SE a look: it uses the same SkyAlign software as the 6SE but comes in at a much lower price. I've spent at least 6 months reading through a ton of incredibly useful information on this forum -- now my first question/post.For a finder, the Evolution 6 includes a simple red dot unit, which is really all you need to line the telescope up with a few bright stars and let the GoTo system take over.