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The Advanced VX800 pairs Celestron's 8-inch Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph optical tube with the Advanced VX German equatorial mount. The RASA design puts the camera at the front of the tube, giving a fast f/2.0 focal ratio and a wide, flat field built for deep-sky imaging rather than visual observing. The VX mount carries the load and tracks well for its class, but the whole package is heavy and needs a solid setup routine. Compared with slower 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrains, it collects far more light per exposure but cannot be used with an eyepiece.
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Lowest price we've seen: $2,899.00 on Nov 10 at Adorama. Tracked across 2 stores since Nov 10.
Owners treat the RASA 8 as a serious wide-field imaging scope that rewards patience. They praise how much signal it captures in short exposures and the flat field, and complain about weight, collimation and the fussy camera spacing.
