How good are the Celestron CPC telescopes?

Question

I was thinking of upgrading my current telescope, i ve had a Meade etx 80 for sometime now, but i really want something a bit more advanced, and i ve heard that the cpc is great. I was wondering has any one got one and whats like to use. I thinking of getting the 800 model for cost reasons, any help would much appreciated. Also are there any other types of scopes for a similar price.

Answer 1

Depends on what you want. They are excellent but being SCTs they are not good for beginners as they are all f10 giving very high magnification - so it's harder for you to star hop. Also not the best for astrophotography as they are fork mounted. Their best feature is that the tubes are small for their aperture & they have goto. If you don't want goto or tracking get a dob instead. If you need them I would go for Celestron Advanced series - cheaper + can be used for astrophotos with no field rotation. SkyWatcher & Orion have nice stuff too.

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