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This is a bundle of Celestron's NexStar 8SE, an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain on a computerised single-arm GoTo mount, with the R2 Revolution Imager, a live video astronomy kit built around a Sony imaging chip and a small color monitor. The 8SE's 2032 mm focal length and 8-inch aperture pull in faint deep-sky objects and resolve planetary detail, and the GoTo hand controller slews to thousands of targets. The R2 lets you watch on a screen instead of through an eyepiece, which suits light-polluted backyards and groups. Compared with a bare 8SE, you trade the simplicity of visual observing for near-live views of nebulae and galaxies; the mount tracks well but the single-arm design is less steady than a dual-fork or German equatorial mount.
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Owners of the NexStar 8SE praise its optics and easy GoTo alignment for a scope of its size, and video astronomy users say the R2 shows nebulae and galaxies on screen within seconds of exposure. Complaints centre on mount steadiness and the weight of the assembled scope.
This kit pairs the Celestron NexStar 8SE telescope with the R2 Revolution Imager, a video astronomy camera. The R2 connects to the included color monitor, so you can watch the Moon, nebulae and galaxies on screen. You can change the camera's exposure, and it uses Sony imaging chips with built-in live automated video processing.
It sits on a patented single fork arm mount and breaks down into several lightweight, compact pieces for transport. The included NexStar+ hand control locates over 40,000 celestial objects and offers a Sky Tour of the best objects currently visible.
Alignment uses SkyAlign: center three bright objects in the eyepiece and press ALIGN. With the StarSense AutoAlign accessory attached, the telescope aligns itself. The telescope also works with SkyQ Link for control from an iPhone or iPad, SkySync for GPS, and Skyris cameras for planetary imaging. It is Fastar-compatible for wide-field imaging. A giant planisphere is included.
