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Fastar Celestron’s long history of being a leader in innovation began in the early 1960’s when it was the first to mass produce the Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope (SCT), known to all as the C8. Today, the term "C8" is synonymous with the SCT. Celestron was also the first to introduce a Schmidt Camera and a completely computer automated fork mounted telescope to the amateur astronomer. In keeping with this tradition of innovation, Celestron has designed multi-focus Fastar compatible SCT telescopes. In addition to using your telescope in the traditional photo/visual configurations, these telescopes are optimized for f/2 (f/1.95 with the C8 and f/2.1 with the NexStar 11 and CM1400) prime focus CCD imaging. Now, all Celestron worm driven 8", 11" and 14" Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes are equipped with the Fastar compatible optical system, with removable secondary mirror, as a standard feature. You can easily convert Fastar compatible telescopes to f/2 prime focus use in a matter of seconds!
With the Fastar's f/2 focus, your telescope can provide a field of view larger than CCD systems twice its chip size and costing thousands of dollars more. Objects like M33 and the Veil Nebula, which were previously too large for the narrow fields of view of most commercial CCD's, will easily be seen with the Fastar system. The Fastar compatible C8 used at f/1.95 delivers a field of view 5 times wider than imaging at f/10 and requires exposure times that are 25 times shorter. No more spending valuable observing time trying to locate and frame deep-sky objects in a small field of view. Unguided track and accumulated images of 30 seconds or more capture deep sky objects in their full glory. It's like having a professional observatory in your own backyard!
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It’s
so advanced that as you turn it on, the integrated GPS and compass system
automatically pinpoints your exact location and points to your first
alignment star. No need to enter the date, time, longitude and latitude or
even know the position of north.
The
Fastar lens assembly comes with the optical lens assembly, and protective holder
for the secondary mirror while removed from the telescope. A rear cell
counterweight to ensure proper balance when imaging at f/1.95 is also included
with the 8" and 11" systems.