NexStar 60SLT Computerized Telescope
Item #22076
Overview
- High quality 60 mm refractor
- Fully computerized Altazimuth mount
- StarPointer finderscope to help with alignment and accurately locating objects
- Quick-release fork arm mount, optical tube and accessory tray for quick no tool set up
- Sturdy stainless steel tripod and accessory tray included
- Good for terrestrial and celestial observing
- Includes CD-ROM "The Sky" Astronomy Software which provides education about the sky and printable sky maps
- Proven NexStar computer control technology
- Database allows telescope to locate over 4,000 celestial objects
- SkyAlign allows you to align on any three bright celestial objects, making for a fast and easy alignment process
- Flash upgradeable hand control software and motor control units for downloading product updates over the Internet
- Internal battery compartment to prevent cord wrap during use
- Auxiliary port for additional accessories such as GPS accessory
- Includes NSOL telescope control software for basic control of your telescope via computer (with optional RS-232 cable)
- Compatible with optional NexRemote telescope control software, for advanced control of your telescope via computer
Manuals
NexStar SLT Series Manual
(1.92 MB)- NexStar 60 SLT Quick Setup Guide
(0.55 MB) - Instruction sheet for NexStar Observers List (NSOL) software
(0.06 MB) - NexStar Communication Protocol v 1.2
(0.08 MB)
Details
Our most affordable NexStar telescope turns starry nights into space odysseys. The 60mm refractor comes with a fully computerized hand control with a database of over 4,000 celestial objects. With its pre-assembled, adjustable steel tripod, the NexStar 60 SLT can be up and ready to use in a matter of minutes.
Our new SkyAlign alignment technology and the included StarPointer Finderscope with a red LED makes aligning a breeze. Unlike previous entry-level computerized telescopes, our SLT series features flash upgradeable hand controls and GPS compatibility.
With the NexStar 60 SLT you can see breathtaking views of the lunar landscape, Venus and its phases, Mars resolved as an orange disc, Jupiter and its 4 moons, Saturn resolved as a disc, with its rings plainly visible at medium and high magnification.
NexStar 60SLT - General Features
- High quality 60 mm refractor
- Fully computerized Altazimuth mount
- StarPointer finderscope to help with alignment and accurately locating objects
- Quick-release fork arm mount, optical tube and accessory tray for quick no tool set up
- Sturdy stainless steel tripod and accessory tray included
- Good for terrestrial and celestial observing
- Includes CD-ROM "The Sky" Astronomy Software which provides education about the sky and printable sky maps
- Proven NexStar computer control technology
- Database allows telescope to locate over 4,000 celestial objects
- SkyAlign allows you to align on any three bright celestial objects, making for a fast and easy alignment process
- Flash upgradeable hand control software and motor control units for downloading product updates over the Internet
- Internal battery compartment to prevent cord wrap during use
- Auxiliary port for additional accessories such as GPS accessory
- Includes NSOL telescope control software for basic control of your telescope via computer (with optional RS-232 cable)
- Compatible with optional NexRemote telescope control software, for advanced control of your telescope via computer
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NexStar 60SLT Computerized Telescope
Item #22076
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2-year Telescope Warranty
CELESTRON TWO YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
A. Celestron warrants your telescope to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years. Celestron will repair or replace such product or part thereof which, upon inspection by Celestron, is found to be defective in materials or workmanship. As a condition to the obligation of Celestron to repair or replace such product, the product must be returned to Celestron together with proof-of-purchase satisfactory to Celestron.
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Celestron shall use reasonable efforts to repair or replace any telescope covered by this warranty within thirty days of receipt. In the event repair or replacement shall require more than thirty days, Celestron shall notify the customer accordingly. Celestron reserves the right to replace any product which has been discontinued from its product line with a new product of comparable value and function.
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- I need information on the RS-232 (serial) commands for NexStar controlled telescopes.
- I am using a SkyScout Connect with my Celestron GOTO telescope. Do I still need to align my scope?
- My NexStar SLT or SE hand control has firmware version 4.13. Yet when I use the latest NexRemote with my scope, I can only get version 4.12. What gives?
- I “accidentally” took apart my eyepiece, removing the lens that goes closest to my eye. Help! How do I put it back together?
- What is a star party? Where do I find information on star parties in and around my area?
- My GPS-equipped scope is showing the wrong time information. How do I correct this?
- Why do I need to guide my telescope for photography? Don’t accurate alignment and firmware functions like periodic error correction (PEC) take care of it all?
- What is field rotation? How does it affect my scope’s viewing and imaging?
- My StarPointer red-dot finderscope battery is dead. How do I replace it?
- Why won’t my image erecting eyepiece or image erecting diagonal always give right side up images with my scope?
- I need to box up my scope and ship it. What’s the best way to pack it?
- I am using a GPS with my Celestron GOTO telescope. Do I still need to bother with SkyAlign?
- I’m looking at my Celestron scope and it has a serial number on it. Can you tell me the model, type and year it was made?
- What are the specifications for an AC adapter that will work with Celestron’s
- My Celestron software won’t run on my Windows 7 computer. Help!
- My NexStar hand control displays “Offset Too Large” when I’m trying to change my scope’s alignment. What does this mean? How to I fix the issue?
- I’m using rechargeable batteries with my Celestron GOTO mount and the mount won’t power up even though the batteries are new and fully charged. What’s the problem?
- Where can I download the unified ASCOM drivers for Celestron?
- My images with a CCD camera are showing black or white streaks on the brighter stars. They are all bloomed out. What’s wrong with my scope?
- My cordwrap was turned on before I updated my alt-azimuth GOTO scope’s hand control. Now it’s off – what happened?
- Is there any way to run Celestron’s window-based drivers and software on Macs?
- MY SLT mount is moving in the wrong direction when I use the direction arrows at slower slew rates. What is wrong? How can I change the direction of the direction buttons?
- When I use IDENTIFY with my GOTO scope, what is it showing me?
- What is LST? Where do I find it in my GOTO scope’s menu?
- What is back focus? What problems does it cause for visual and photographic use of my scope? What are related focus issues?
- Can my NexStar hand control be repaired instead of replaced?
- I’m doing photography with an eyepiece, using my camera with and without a lens. What are the f-numbers of my setup for the afocal and eyepiece projection methods?
- Near focus
- What is the focal ratio? How is it related to the f-stop?
- What are diffraction-limited optics?
- Exit pupil
- What does magnitude mean?
- Telescope-Astronomy Resources on the Web
- Light gathering power and magnitude limit
- Contrast
- Focal length
- Aperture
- Field of view
- Magnification or power
- Resolution – resolving power
- Why do I only see stars as points of light even when using my highest power eyepiece?
- I hibernated my GOTO mount. When I powered back up and woke up the scope, it did not point as accurately as before. What gives?
- I upgraded-reflashed my hand control and now I’m not getting the control functions for my mount, but for another mount. What happened? How can this be fixed?
- Everything I see through my refractor is an inverted image. How can I correct the image?
- How do you determine a telescope's magnification?
- How far can I see with a telescope?
- How do I program my flash upgradeable hand control? What about motor control upgrades?
- Why don't the images I see through my telescope look the same as photos I see taken with the same type of telescope?
- I have a 60mm refractor with a focal length of 900mm. Why can't I get a clear image when I try to use my 2x Barlow lens with my 6mm eyepiece?
- Optical design aberrations
- What size of scope is best for different kinds of objects?
Manuals
- NexStar SLT Series Manual
(1.92 MB) - NexStar 60 SLT Quick Setup Guide
(0.55 MB) - Instruction sheet for NexStar Observers List (NSOL) software
(0.06 MB) - NexStar Communication Protocol v 1.2
(0.08 MB)
International Manuals
- NexStar SLT Series Manual (French)
(2.92 MB) - NexStar SLT Series Manual (German)
(3.03 MB) - NexStar SLT Series Manual (Italian)
(3.04 MB) - NexStar SLT Manual (Spanish)
(3.1 MB)
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Flash Upgradeable
For the telescopes that have this technology feature, users can upgrade their telescope's operating software via the Internet.
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SkyAlign Technology
With SkyAlign, setting up and using a computerized telescope is faster and easier than ever before.
US Patent No. 7,382,448
Point the telescope at three bright objects in the sky and the telescope tells YOU what the objects are. You do not need to know the names of the stars – you can even pick the moon or bright planets! SkyAlign is the easiest method to align a computerized telescope; it's perfect for beginners and provides the convenience and accuracy demanded by experienced users.
Input the date, time and your location (GPS models obtain all this information automatically) and then point the telescope at three bright stars of your choosing. There is no need to point the telescope north or to level the optical tube as in previous alignment methods. The initial position of the telescope is irrelevant. This makes for a fast and very easy method for aligning the telescope.
"We decided to test the alignment [SkyAlign] by having the telescope slew to Jupiter. It hit Jupiter DEAD center in the 40mm eyepiece. Not center third of the field of view, not close
to center, DEAD 
center. We were all amazed."
Ben Hauck, Oceanside Photo & Telescope
What is Alignment?
You have to know where you are in order to find your destination – that is what aligning a computerized telescope is all about. The software for the telescope needs to know the exact
orientation of the telescope in relation to the night sky in order to find the tens of thousands of celestial objects programmed in the hand control.
Taking the Guesswork out of Alignment
Other methods for aligning a computerized telescope require the user to confirm what star the telescope is pointing at in order to align. If you don't know where Arcturus or Sirius is, how
can you confirm that information? The best you can do is guess. SkyAlign is the only alignment method where you truly do not have to know the night sky – and it's only available from
Celestron.
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The NexStar® software with SkyAlign measures the distance in each axis between the objects you selected. Given the current time and location, the software then
compares the data to the expected distances of objects in the hand control's internal database . Once matches are found, the hand control displays the names of the three objects you
selected to help you learn the night sky.
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Sky & Telescope Magazine Names SkyAlign as Hot Product for 2006!
The editors at Sky & Telescope Magazine have named Celestron's SkyAlign alignment technology as a Hot Product for 2006 saying our revolutionary product has "redefined and simplified" the computerized telescope setup process.
SkyAlign comes standard on the following Celestron telescope families:
SLT Series
8i Special Edition
CPC Series
As the holiday season swings into high gear, there has never been a better time to consider purchasing a computerized telescope -- especially now that Celestron has pioneered a way to make them easier to use than ever! Contact your local Celestron dealer to find the SkyAlign telescope that is right for you.
For more information about SkyAlign click here.
Motor Control Firmware Updates v.2.2.5
- Microsoft Windows - ALL 32 and 64bit versions
Hand Control Firmware Updates v.1.1.14
- Microsoft Windows - ALL 32 and 64bit versions
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