The
CPC 800 GPS XLT is the most portable of Celestron's top-of-the-line
fork-mounted astronomical telescopes and includes Celestron's premium
StarBright XLT coatings. This telescope is at home as a superb
visual instrument or, with optional wedge and CCD cameras, as a
serious astrophotographer's tool.
Turn
this scope to planets and see amazing detail on the surface of
Jupiter; see Cassini's Division in the rings of Saturn, and resolve
details on the surface of Mars. Even the distant Uranus, Neptune
and Pluto are within your reach.
Although
large in aperture, with its conveniently located carrying handles
and an instrument weight of only 42 lb., this telescope is portable
enough to setup in your backyard or take with you to your favorite
dark sky location.
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 that are manufactured in our facilities
in Torrance, California. In addition, all CPC models are available
with 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. |
