If I were to start all over I would get the mount, reducer, the Powermate, and one of the new ASI planetary cameras with zero amp glow. Having used this telescope for over a year, I have been able to capture some outstanding images of celestial objects – including some pretty impressive pictures of Saturn. With the nearly-full moon taking pride of place quite late into the evening, we took the opportunity to view our natural satellite’s cratered surface. The lunar views that we saw were impressive: the NexStar revealed well-defined crater walls and lunar mare to a very high standard — the craters Copernicus and Tycho were particularly impressive and crystal clear using the modest 5.91” aperture.

You’ll need to first align the system before you can use it. It comes with two tools to help you do it: the SkyAlign that’s accessible on the control pad and a finderscope attached to the telescope. The Celestron Astro Fi 130 has less aperture than the 6SE, but its vastly shorter focal length and the ability to take 2” eyepieces allows you to achieve a much wider field of view which is more ideal for viewing deep-sky objects. The Astro Fi mount is also controlled via your smartphone or tablet rather than a hand controller. The optics are the same as those in the Heritage 130P tabletop Dobsonian.Celestron promises a great deal when it comes to the operational abilities of this instrument, so we were delighted to discover that the NexStar 6SE did exactly what it says on the tin when we took it out to test on a clear December evening. SkyAlign, 1-Star Align, 2-Star Align, Auto 2-Star Align, Solar System Align, EQ North / EQ South Alignment (EQ align requires an equatorial wedge) We also went off-catalog and went searching the heavens for comet C/2022 E3 as it passed its closest to Earth. Googling then manually entering the RA (right ascension) and Dec (declination) – coordinates on the sky that correspond to longitude and latitude on Earth – was a bit of a pain, but the Celestron NexStar 6SE produced a decent view of this faint and diffuse object. Buy other brands, mod the OTA and use this lines I dedicated to you for your better experience. The OTA needs love to be good and I'm still learning the ins and outs of it while the weather improves again, meanwhile I haven't tested the tube for the complete satisfactory project, a galaxy or a planetary nebula could do this for me, the best integration I have maybe is about 3 hours, and it's not meeting my results. I think it is a 6 hour project scope for the speed and light gathering capabilities.

If the price is right, go for it. Make sure that the telescope powers on and slews correctly, and that the interior of the telescope is clean. Alternative RecommendationsBough the asi485mc. My thought was that the camera has a large enough chip to allow for some EAA and still be a great planetary camera.

The Celestron NexStar 6SE’s fork mount is a simple altazimuth design – as most motorized GoTo telescopes are – so there’s no need to get involved in complicated polar alignments and balancing using counterweights, as is necessary on equatorial mounts. You’ll almost certainly want a power supply like the Celestron PowerTank Lithiumor a TalentCell power bank to use with the 6SE rather than costly disposable batteries or fiddly extension cords. If desired, the 6SE can also be controlled over WiFi with the Celestron SkyPortal app or SkySafari Pro using the aftermarket Celestron SkyPortal WiFi adapter, emulating the Astro Fi and NexStar Evolution telescopes. Apart from the need for external power, a WiFi-equipped 6SE will work more or less identically to the Evolution at a much lower price, as the 6SE’s mount is already plenty stable and well-designed for the task of holding the C6 XLT optical tube. What can you see with the Celestron NexStar 6SE? StarSense AutoAlign – a module that eliminates the long alignment process. You’ll be up and ready to observe in minutes.The biggest hang-up can be found in the SkyAlign system. A lot of users report having issues getting the SkyAlign to recognize the objects being shown to it. This can be frustrating, especially for a novice user, to point your telescope at the North Star and have it not register what it is looking at in the telescope. But... I saw the hype around the HyperStar v6 and decided to jump on it. Now I know this is a whole different topic, but it is something to consider. The HyperStar will turn that OTA into an astrophotography machine. I wouldn't recommend it too early though. It has a steep learning curve. especially collimation. NexStar+ Database 40,000 objects, 200 user defined programmable objects. Enhanced information on over 200 objects SkyAlign is advertised as being super easy to use. Still, whether it is a user error or a focusing issue, sometimes the program does not work as intended, which can delay or throw off your plans to have a computerized viewing session on a given night.