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CPC Series Computerized Telescopes
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CPC 800 GPS (XLT)
sku: 11073-XLT sale price: $1,799.00 USD (save $200.00)
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CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
sku: 11074-XLT sale price: $2,299.00 USD (save $200.00)
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CPC 1100 GPS (XLT)
sku: 11075-XLT sale price: $2,599.00 USD (save $200.00)
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Limited Edition 50th Anniversary CPC 800 GPS
sku: 11073-XLT-50 price: $2,499.00 USD
Overview
Tomorrow's next generation 8", 9.25", and 11" computerized GPS SCT’s are here now! The telescopes of tomorrow are here today! New alignment technology, advanced engineering, and a bold new design at a price that is out of this world!
Celestron's new CPC Series with revolutionary SkyAlign Alignment
Technology re-defines everything that amateur astronomers are looking for — quick and simple alignment, GPS, unsurpassed optical quality, ease of set-up and use, ergonomics, enhanced computerization and, most important, affordability.
Internal GPS
The CPC Series' internal GPS receiver automatically downloads the date and time from orbiting satellites and pinpoints its exact location on Earth. This eliminates the need for you to manually enter the date, time, longitude and latitude.
Celestron's Revolutionary SkyAlign
Once the CPC's internal GPS has established the telescope's position, aligning the telescope is as easy as 1-2-3! Simply locate and use hand control to manually point (slew) the telescope to three bright celestial objects. You do not need to know the names of the stars — you may even pick the moon or bright planets! Celestron's NexStar® software technology will model the night sky to determine the position of every star, planet and celestial object above the horizon. Once aligned, the remote hand control allows direct access to each of the celestial catalogs in its user-friendly database.
Celestial Object Database
The CPC database contains over 40,000 celestial objects including Messier objects, the Caldwell Catalog, as well as NGC Galaxies, nebulae and planets. User-definable filter limits make navigating through this expansive database quicker and easier. Filter Limits let you filter out objects that are outside of your local horizon (ie, if trees or mountains were in the way).
Identify feature tells you what you're looking at, but it can also be a very fun way to tour around the sky. Just point the telescope up somewhere and ask it to identify Messier objects (for instance) and it will show you the 5 nearest Messier objects to your position and let you GOTO them. You can keep doing this for different parts of the sky or for different object types -- it is a lot of fun.
There's also "Solar Sys Align" that lets you align on the sun or moon for daytime observing -- it is easy to use this to see planets or bright stars in the day.
Innovative Features
The new CPC Series telescopes, like our acclaimed Advanced Series and premium CGE Series telescopes feature meticulously matched and hand-figured optical systems. In addition, all CPC models are diffraction limited and available with StarBright and StarBright XLT High Performance Optical Coatings. With the introduction of the CPC Series, Celestron has “gone back to the drawing board” and re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented a telescope family that provides superior quality, unsurpassed ease of use, and incomparable value. All CPC models ship standard with our NexRemote telescope control software.
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Images
The Eta Carinae Nebula
The Eta Carinae Nebula
captured using CPC 800 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Jester2105
NGC 7331 Group, Deer Lick Group
NGC 7331
Object: Spiral Galaxy (SA(s)b)
Constellation: Pegasus
Apparent Magnitude: 10.4
Est. Distance: 40 Mly
The background galaxies are
about one tenth the apparent
size of NGC 7331 and so lie
roughly ten times farther away
Object: Spiral Galaxy (SA(s)b)
Constellation: Pegasus
Apparent Magnitude: 10.4
Est. Distance: 40 Mly
The background galaxies are
about one tenth the apparent
size of NGC 7331 and so lie
roughly ten times farther away
captured using CPC 800 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Alvaro_Vaquero
Mars
Apparent Mag: -1.14
Distance: 0.67 AU
Distance: 0.67 AU
captured using CPC 800 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Alvaro_Vaquero
Sirsalis Rille - Lunar HWY
Rima Sirsalis is a long dead-straight rille that unusually cuts through lunar highland near the Western limb of the Moon. Most rilles are in maria or flooded craters. It looks like a highway! It
extends outside this image in both directions. Apparently the lunar magnetic field (which is very weak) is unusually strong in the vicinity of the Rima Sirsalis. The prominent crater in the
bottom of the image is Sirsalis (42 km); it partly obliterates the older Sirsalis A (49 km). Crater Sirsalis J (12 km) bisects the rille. A less prominent rille wraps around Sirsalis A, and
towards the bottom left of the image a faint rille is just apparent. South is up. It was raining half an hour after I captured this one!
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
Rimae Triesnecker
Crater Triesnecker (26 km) lies next to a complex rille system Rimae Triesnecker making this an interesting field. The larger rilles are relatively easy to observe though some are quite
difficult. The rilles are shallow & the Northern structures are complex & disrupted by what looks like tectonic activity. Hyginus crater & rille sit just North of this field. The
crater on the RHS is Chiadni (13.6 km). Resolution ~1 km. South is up.
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
Autolycus and Luna 2 crash site
This image is dominated by crater Autolycus (39 km). The little crater on the rim is Autolycus A (4 km). The rille system Rimae Fresnel can be seen to the left - it is at the foot of the mountain
range Montes Apenninus, which is just out of the frame to the left. Though not visible (!), the Luna 2 �crash site� is just 30 km to the right of Autolycus (at 2 o�clock). The Soviet Luna 2 was
the first spaceship to �land� on the Moon. South is up. This is one of several AVIs captured during a short spell of good seeing on 19 July. Resolution: ~1 km.
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
Ptolemaeus and its ghost craters
When the illumination is sufficiently low, the walled plain Ptolemaeus (153 km) shows its flooded �ghost� craters. Several are apparent in this image. The lone prominent crater is Ammonius (9
km). Many of the craterlets across the floor are 1-3 km in diameter, though the floor is not as smooth as you may think. Check out the Apollo 16 image recorded on 5� film: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS16/M/0990.jpg
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
Hyginus Crater and Rille
Rima Hyginus is an unusual formation with an average width of 3 km. It is bisected by crater Hyginus (10.6 km), which is believed to be of volcanic origin. This is a relatively "young" feature on
the Moon. The Northern end of the complex rille system Rimae Triesnecker is visible in the top of the image. Additional processing can pull out many smaller craters in the surrounding field, but
the image starts to look unnatural. Seeing was good for a short time and so I recorded several AVIs. South is up.
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
Cassini Crater and Prom. Agassiz
This interesting field shows crater Cassini (57 km) in the centre. The largest craters in the flooded floor, Cassini A (17 km) & B (9 km), give Cassini a distinctive appearance. Several
rilles are apparent to the left of Cassini. To the right casting a nice jagged shadow is Promontorium Agassiz, the most southern mountain of the Montes Alps. The seeing was quite steady in the
evening for about half an hour. Resolution is to ~1 km. South is up. 200 of 3000 frames stacked.
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
M2 (NGC7089) in Aquarius
M2 is a bright, concentrated (class II) globular cluster. Through the eyepiece the brighter stars tend to yellow-orange and it is very concentrated in the centre though nicely resolved. 33 of 50
frames stacked. The 9.25" does a nice job on this type of target. South is up.
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
Omega Centauri Core (NGC 5139)
This is a 370" x 370" image of the core of Omega Centauri captured with the 9.25" CPC. In most images the core stars are saturated or burnt out in order to show the outliers. Here you can see
discrete stars with a range of colours. There are a few very red stars - similar to the view through a larger telescope. It is now believed that a black hole lurks here in the centre.
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
NGC5286 Globular Cluster in Centaurus
NGC5286 is the "other" bright globular cluster in Centaurus - it is of medium concentration (V) and well resolved in the 9.25" telescope. The nearby bright yellow star, M Cen (mag 4.7, type G5)
outshines the cluster.
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
M68 (NGC4590) Globular Cluster in Hydra
M68 in Hydra is an example of a less condensed (Type X) globular cluster. Diameter ~11'. At mag 7.8 it is not particularly bright. I caught it early in the evening before it set. Visually easily
resolved in the 9.25". I took 100 frames and selected the best 47 for stacking.
captured using CPC 925 GPS (XLT)
submitted by Andrew Bray
saturn
this is an old video i got this from i no the color is off it is about 60 images stacked
captured using CPC 1100 GPS (XLT)
submitted by spike77
CPC11 - Polwiege
CGEM
BW Apo Triplett 100-600
Celestron ED 80-600
Atik 16 HR mit Atik Filterrad
SBIG ST-7
CPC11
BW Apo Triplett 100-600
Celestron ED 80-600
Atik 16 HR mit Atik Filterrad
SBIG ST-7
CPC11
captured using CPC 1100 GPS (XLT)
submitted by astro_holzwurm
Vega with Bahtinov Masc
Do you know situations like these?
On that night I could not find my Bahtinov Masc anymore I just used to focus Vega.
Guiding was arragned, everything was running fine but where to find my Bahtinov Masc?
When the picture appeared on the Camera screen I knew where to find the masc ... Oh what a night! :o)
On that night I could not find my Bahtinov Masc anymore I just used to focus Vega.
Guiding was arragned, everything was running fine but where to find my Bahtinov Masc?
When the picture appeared on the Camera screen I knew where to find the masc ... Oh what a night! :o)
captured using CPC 1100 GPS (XLT)
submitted by reinders
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