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Celestron C11 in twilight by Fred_Caron.

CelestronImages.com is an Online Community for Amateur Astronomers and Terrestrial Observers to Share Their Photography with the Masses!

TORRANCE, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Celestron®, one of the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes and related accessories, announced the addition of CelestronImages.com to their growing website collection. CelestronImages.com is an online community for amateur astronomers and terrestrial observers to showcase, discuss and share their stunning photography with the world. What makes CelestronImages.com unique is the integration of Google Maps technology that allows Celestron to display astro photos directly on an interactive map of the night sky. Furthermore, visitors and members can also download and share KML files that allow them to view astro images on Sky in Google Earth.

The creation of CelestronImages.com stems from demand for more interactive venues in the astronomy community. Image sharing has become a very popular function for internet users to display their favorite photography with other hobbyists. “Amateur astronomers are capturing spectacular images of the night sky. Celestron was determined to create a comprehensive website to offer exposure and support to this hobby,” said Joseph A. Lupica Jr., president and CEO of Celestron. “With CelestronImages.com we have accomplished that goal.” CelestronImages.com allows registered users to categorize their images, create albums, comment and rate images and list statistics on their photography.

CelestronImages.com is now live and its registered users and image base are growing rapidly. Be one of the first 1,000 registrants and you will be entered to win a top-of-the-line Axiom LX 31mm Eyepiece! Visit http://www.celestronimages.com/ to register today!

About Celestron

Celestron is a leading designer, manufacturer and importer of high-quality optical products including computerized and non-computerized telescopes and related accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes. Since manufacturing its first telescope in 1960, Celestron has grown to become one of the world’s leading telescope makers, and enjoys brand-name recognition among serious amateur astronomers for superior optics, outstanding design, and innovative technology. Celestron’s innovative products continue to receive numerous industry and consumer media accolades, adding to an already impressive list that includes awards for product innovation from Reader’s Digest, Popular Science, PC Magazine, Popular Mechanics, the Consumer Electronics Association and more. Celestron sells and markets its products worldwide through a variety of specialty retail outlets and international distributors. Celestron is a privately held company with corporate offices and manufacturing facilities, in Torrance, CA. For more information about Celestron please visit http://www.celestron.com.

The Innovative SkyScout Connect Brings Point And Click Convenience To Celestron’s Line of High Powered, User-Friendly Computerized Telescopes

TORRANCE, CA – (February 19, 2008) – Celestron®, a leading designer and manufacturer of telescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes, is enhancing the capability of its award-winning SkyScout® Personal Planetarium®, the revolutionary handheld device that uses advanced GPS technology with point and click convenience to identify thousands of stars, planets, constellations and more, with the unveiling of SkyScout Connect. Bringing amateur astronomy to the next level of space exploration, SkyScout Connect enables stargazers and backyard astronomers to use their SkyScout Personal Planetarium to locate an object in the night sky and then automatically slew any one of Celestron’s NexStar® SLT, NexStar SE, Advanced Series GT, CPC® Series and CGE Series computerized telescopes for an up-close look.

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Celestron Puts Comet Holmes In Focus As The “Out Of This World” Object Blazes Across The Night Sky Dazzling Backyard Stargazers Nationwide

Celestron® NexStar 6 SE, AstroMaster 114 EQ and SkyMaster 25 x 100 Available To Bring Stargazers An Up Close And Personal View Of The Erupting Comet That Has The Astronomy World Abuzz

TORRANCE, CA – (November 5, 2007) – In a dazzling display of cosmic light, Periodic Comet Holmes (17P/Holmes), a faint comet far from the sun, burst onto the scene, brightening by nearly a million times in just a few hours. The startling outburst has amateur astronomers and backyard stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere up all night as they clamor to catch a rare, unaided glimpse of a visible comet in the night sky. Read the rest of this entry »

Celestron Donates SkyScout® Personal Planetarium™ And Traveler 10×25 Porro Binoculars To Inquisitive Scouts As Part Of Ongoing Program To Promote Interest In Space Exploration And Astronomy

  TORRANCE, CA – (September 12, 2007) – Boy Scouts of the Cornhusker Council, in Southeast Nebraska have the opportunity to send questions to NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, who is currently in space aboard the International Space Station. Celestron, a leading manufacturer of high-quality optical products including computerized and non-computerized telescopes and related accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes, will award exploration prizes to the 20 Boy Scouts chosen to ask their questions. 19 Scouts will receive Traveler 10×25 Porro binoculars, and one lucky winner will receive the SkyScout® Personal Planetarium™. Read the rest of this entry »