Astronomy Community Telescope Reviews

ITEM
Celestron NexStar 4SE Telescope

DATE PURCHASED
December 2010

MANUFACTURER
Celestron Corporation
2835 Columbia Street
Torrance, CA 90503
USA

PRICE (2012)
$500 USA
£460 UK
€450 EuroZone

GENERAL FEATURES

* 4 inch (102mm) Maksutov Cassegrain telescope
* Celestron’s StarBright XLT high transmission coating
* StarPointer (red dot finder)
* Internal flip mirror
* Quick release fork arm mount, optical tube, and accessory tray
* Computerized Altazimuth mount
* Internal battery compartment
* 1.5 inch (38.1mm) steel tripod with a built-in wedge

COMPUTERIZED MOUNT FEATURES
* 38,181 object database with 200 user-definable objects and expanded information on over 200 objects.
* NexStar SkyAlign (alignment using three bright celestial objects with no need to know their name)
* Flash upgradeable hand control software and motor control units for downloading product updates over the Internet
* Programmable DSLR camera control
* DC Servo motors with encoders on both axes
* Double line, 16-character Liquid Crystal Display Hand Control with backlit LED buttons
* NexRemote telescope ...