DISCONTINUED: NexStar 80 GTL Computerized Telescope
Item #22085-SA
Overview
- High quality 80 mm computerized refractor
- Motorized Altazimuth mount and fully computerized hand control with databas of over 4,000 celestial objects
- SkyAlign allows you to align on any three bright celestial objects, making for a fast and easy alignment process
- StarPointer finderscope to help with alignment and accurately locating objects
- Sturdy aluminum tripod and accessory tray included
- Good for terrestrial and celestial observing
- Includes NSOL telescope control software for controlling your telescope via computer (with optional RS-232 cable)
- Includes CD-ROM "The Sky" Astronomy Software which provides education about the sky and printable sky maps
Manuals
NexStar 80 GTL Manual
(2 MB)- NexStar 80 GTL Quick Setup Guide
(0.32 MB)
Details
The NexStar 80GTL is an 80mm computerized refractor that provides images 80% brighter than a 60mm scope. The NexStar 80GTL refractor comes with a fully computerized hand control contains a database of over 4,000 celestial objects. With its pre-assembled, adjustable aluminum tripod, the NexStar 80GTL can be up and ready to use in a matter of minutes. And with our revolutionary SkyAlign technology and the StarPointer Finderscope with a red LED, aligning is a breeze.
Astronomers of all levels can locate thousands of pre-programmed stars, planets and other celestial phenomenon right out of the box. See the rings of Saturn, gaze on Jupiter and its many moons, study the details of our own moon. Or venture further into space, seeking out large globular clusters, bright double stars and glowing nebulae.
This versatile optical system is also optimal for viewing the Sun with the included solar filter and is a great choice to use as a land based spotting scope with the included erect image prism.
NexStar 80 GTL - General Features
- High quality 80 mm computerized refractor
- Motorized Altazimuth mount and fully computerized hand control with databas of over 4,000 celestial objects
- SkyAlign allows you to align on any three bright celestial objects, making for a fast and easy alignment process
- StarPointer finderscope to help with alignment and accurately locating objects
- Sturdy aluminum tripod and accessory tray included
- Good for terrestrial and celestial observing
- Includes NSOL telescope control software for controlling your telescope via computer (with optional RS-232 cable)
- Includes CD-ROM "The Sky" Astronomy Software which provides education about the sky and printable sky maps
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Item #22085-SA
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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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Tel. (310) 328-9560
Fax. (310) 212-5835
Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM PST
NOTE: This warranty is valid to U.S.A. and Canadian customers who have purchased this product from an authorized Celestron dealer in the U.S.A. or Canada. Warranty outside the U.S.A. and Canada is valid only to customers who purchased from a Celestron's International Distributor or Authorized Celestron Dealer in the specific country. Please contact them for any warranty service.
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Knowledge Base
- I need information on the RS-232 (serial) commands for NexStar controlled telescopes.
- 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?
- 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?
- I “accidentally” took apart my eyepiece, removing the lens that goes closest to my eye. Help! How do I put it back together?
- I am using a SkyScout Connect with my Celestron GOTO telescope. Do I still need to align my scope?
- 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 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?
- What is LST? Where do I find it in my GOTO scope’s menu?
- What are the specifications for an AC adapter that will work with Celestron’s
- 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?
- I am using a GPS with my Celestron GOTO telescope. Do I still need to bother with SkyAlign?
- Why do I only see stars as points of light even when using my highest power eyepiece?
- I upgraded-reflashed my NexStar GT 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?
- 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
- I upgraded-reflashed my Advanced GT 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?
- 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
- Resolution – resolving power
- What size of scope is best for different kinds of objects?
Manuals
- NexStar 80 GTL Manual
(2 MB) - NexStar 80 GTL Quick Setup Guide
(0.32 MB)
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