About this item

• Bundle Includes: Celestron Advanced VX 8-Inch Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astro Telescope, PowerTank Lithium Pro, and NeXYZ Universal 3-Axis Smartphone Adapter
• Performance: The 8-inch RASA is an imaging telescope that delivers a flat field without optical aberrations for razor sharp stars across a wide field of view. It can capture stunning deep-sky astronomical images without the challenges typically presented by longer focal length instruments at a fraction of the cost of those systems
• Unique Optical Design: RASA’s optical design consists of a Schmidt corrector, primary mirror, lens group, and optical window. The lens group contains four elements and utilizes rare-earth elements. Unlike many telescopes that only perform well over the visible spectrum (400-700nm), the optic is designed to perform over a wider spectral range, from 390-800nm
• Virtual Real-Time Observing: When the telescope’s f/2.0 optical system combined with sensitive cameras and the proper live stacking-inch software, the 8-inch RASA can provide an almost real-time observing experience. View images on a computer instantly that are brighter and more detailed than can be seen in much bigger telescopes with the naked eye
• Stable Focus System: RASA’s optical design is patented (US 2016/0299331 A1) consisting of a Schmidt corrector, primary mirror, lens group, and optical window. The lens group contains 4 elements and utilizes rare-earth elements. Unlike many telescopes that only perform well over the visible spectrum (400-700nm), the optic is designed to perform over a wider spectral range, from 390-800nm. This allows more of the light emitted from the astronomical object to be sharply focused in the image