Celestron Nexstar GPS 11 Astrophotographers Dream Scope

Specifications for this Celestron NexStar 11 GPS Telescope - FASTAR READY

 











 

Design: 

  

 Schmidt-Cassegrain Catadioptrics
 

Aperture: 

  

 11" (279 mm)
 

Focal Length: 

  

 2800mm
 

F/ratio of the Optical System: 

  

 10
 

Central Obstruction: 

  

 3.75"
 

Highest Useful Magnification: 

  

 660x (~4mm eyepiece)
 

Lowest Useful Magnification(7mm exit pupil): 

  

 40x (~70mm eyepiece)
 

Magnification: Standard Eyepiece ( 40mm Pl): 

  

 70x
 

Resolution: Rayleigh Criterion Dawes Limit: 

  

 .50 arc. seconds .42 arc second
 

Photographic Resolution (theoretic at 410nm): 

  

 200 line/mm
 

Light Gathering Power: 

  

 1593x
 

Near Focus w/ standard eyepiece or camera: 

  

 ~60feet
 

Field of View: Standard Eyepiece:35mm Camera: 

  

 .66¼.72¼x.50¼
 

Linear Field of View (at 1000 yds): 

  

 34.5 ft.
 

Optical Tube Length: 

  

 25"
 

Input Voltage: 

  

 12 V DC Nominal
 

Maximum: 

  

 15 V DC Max.
 

Minimum: 

  

 9 V DC Min.
 

Power Supply Requirements: 

  

 12 VDC-1.5A (Tip positive)
 

Cord Management: 

  

 Internal Slip Ring Design
 

Motor: Type Resolution: 

  

 DC Servo motors with encoders, both axes .113 arc sec
 

Slew speeds: 

  

 Nine slew speeds: 3¼ /sec, 2¼ /sec, .5¼/sec, 64x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 1x, .5x
 

Weight of Telescope: 

  

 65 lbs
 

Weight of Tripod: 

  

 26 lbs
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PACKAGE INCLUDES THE  OPTIONAL EQUATORIAL SUPER-WEDGE  



Base Features of Celestron NexStar-11GPS Telescope 


      StarBright Multi-Coatings

      Dual Fork Arm

      Carbon Fiber Optical Tube

      Double line, 16 character Liquid Crystal Display; 19 fiber optic backlit Computer Hand Control

      RS-232 communication port on hand control

      Auxiliary Port and Autoguide Port on Drive Base

      40,000+ object database

      16 channel GPS Receiver

      1-1/4" 40mm Eyepieces (70x)

      1-1/4" Star Diagonal

      9x50 Finderscope and Mounting Bracket

      1-1/4" Visual Back

      AC Adapter (car battery adapter is included with some models)

      Heavy Duty Tripod

      NexRemote Telescope Control Software

Add-On GOODIES Included for one LOW price

Eyepieces

      2 inch Erfle 32 mm

      1.25 inch Plossl 4mm, 6mm, 9mm 15mm and 40 mm

      Celestron 2x barlow

Filters

      Celestron #21, #80A, #12, #25, #58A, #56

      Thousand Oaks OIII for 2 inch eyepiece

      moon filter

Guide Scope 

       Sky Watcher 70 mm

Fastar Assembly

      Starizona HYPERSTAR for imaging with DSLR or CCD camera at  1.9 !!

CCD Camera

      Starlight Xpress MX7C single shot High Resolution Color CCD camera 

Deep Sky Video

      ite telescopes DeepSky Pro-Ex - doubles as a night-vision camera

a video frame integrating astroimaging system that allows the real-time observation and video recording of nebulae, galaxies and clusters without an image intensifier.  This is made possible by an in-camera digital memory which accumulates and adds up to 128 video frames producing live images that far exceed what can typically be seen through the eyepiece. 

Solar Filter

      Thousand Oaks Type 2+ Solar Filter - witness the glory of sun spots

Astronomy Software

AWESOME software package included

The Sky 6 Professional addition

control the Nexstar scope remotely !

AstroArt astronomical image processing

fine tune your CCD camera images

Desktop Universe Full version

another excellent remote control program with a huge database of objects

Starlight Xpress CCD imaging software

for use with the MX7C CCD camera image processing features

Additional items

      dewshield

      complete manuals for the telescope, CCD camera, Desktop Universe, Sky 6 Pro and video ITE deepsky Pro

      counterweight

      misc hardware, allen keys etc..

various SLR camera adapters plus eyepiece projection unit for Canon EOS camera