If you are going to spend that kind of money, join the CloudyNights forum and get some custom-tailored recommendations from other TeleVue users. Around $300-$800 each depending on what you choose. They are the high-end in the telescope world. Most people will tell you that you can get by with about three eyepieces initially. If you have the financial means to 'do it all right the first time' without buying the same type of things twice, I would recommend that - instead of buying the 2' starter kit - you buy the Celestron 93527 2' diagonal, which has the Starbright XLT coatings and can be used with 2' eyepieces as well as the 1.25' eyepiece that comes with the telescope, the Celestron Luminos 2.5X Barlow lens (#93436) which will allow you to more than double your magnification with any eyepiece, and some better eyepieces. You can buy that for starters to get you going with 2' eyepieces at the lowest cost. Again, the scope, out of the box, only comes with a single 25MM 1.25' eyepiece, which has a narrow field of view and not enough magnification to really enjoy your first astonishing views that get you hooked on astronomy, like looking at Saturn and seeing the gaps in the rings.Ĭelestron sells a kit that has a diagonal, 2X Barlow Lens and three 2' eyepieces (Kit #94305 - $300.00). I strongly recommend that you buy a 2' diagonal and eyepiece setup. You will immediately want some eyepieces that allow you to zoom in further, so let me help you with that process. The human eye cannot see the color and detail that a long exposure (30 seconds or so) can reveal when you hook a camera up to this telescope.
However, don't expect to see great detail and have the image fill up the view as some of the pictures in these reviews indicate. It will blow your mind if you've never seen those planets with your own eyes. Anything less will adversely impact the enjoyment of it.Įxpectation management: With the above, yes, in the summer in the Northern hemisphere, you can see the rings of Saturn and you can clearly make out Jupiter. The above is the bare minimum I would order if buying this telescope. Although the scope can run on AA batteries, it will eat them up in less than an hour, rendering the scope slow and eventually unusable.Ģ) Buy a dew shield (Celestron #940009 for 8' scopes), which is only $23.00 or so.that will keep the night dew from forming on the front of the telescope's 'corrector' (the front of the telescope) as the temperature drops at night. The power tank uses cigarette lighter style power cords which you can also plug into your car's dashboard if observing remotely next to your vehicle and you buy the car adapter. Out of the box, however, so you are not disappointed, there is a bare minimum of two accessories that you MUST have:ġ) Either an AC adapter to power the scope or a Celestron 'PowerTank' or a car or motorcycle battery with a car adapter cord to plug in to your telescope. Don't let other reviews or Youtube videos try to convince you that you should go with the 5' or 6' since they are smaller and more portable.light gathering ability is EVERYTHING in a telescope, and the 8' gathers ~78% more light than the 6SE model.
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