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The NexStar 8SE is an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain on a motorized single-arm alt-azimuth mount with a GoTo hand controller and a database of thousands of objects. This bundle adds the Revolution Imager R2 video camera with a 7-inch LCD monitor, battery, focal reducer and filters, plus a small Plossl eyepiece kit. It suits observers who want a large-aperture, computer-guided scope and a simple way to view faint objects on a screen instead of through an eyepiece. Against the 6SE it gathers more light and resolves more detail; against equatorially mounted 8-inch scopes it is lighter and faster to set up but cannot do long-exposure astrophotography.
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Owners of the 8SE praise its light grasp and reliable GoTo tracking for visual use, and video-camera users like seeing deep-sky objects on a screen without long exposures. Complaints center on the alt-az mount's limits for photography and on the learning curve of alignment.
This bundle pairs the Celestron NexStar 8SE telescope with the Revolution Imager R2 camera system and an eyepiece kit.
The Revolution Imager includes a portable 7-inch LCD monitor and a hand-held remote control for the camera. A 12v Li-Ion battery with a charger runs both the camera and the screen. A 0.5x focal reducer widens the field of view, and a UV/IR filter is included.
The eyepiece kit has two 1.25-inch Plossl eyepieces, a 2x Barlow lens that also works as a T-adapter, and three 1.25-inch filters.
