Amazing Price! Saw this telescope in a retail store for $500 more. So glad I checked online and saved myself the money. It really does do everything it says, and more! I went out with my astronomy group and one of the members said "it's got great optics".

Great scope, however the price appears to be anticipating our Canadian dollar continuing to fall against the American. Local pricing can be found at less than $800

I was able to see two atmospheric bands of Jupiter with some difficulty (I used several lenses and verified the collimation) and the Orion Nebula was very faint smudge. I expected more from the telescope of the year.

Accurate; Compact; Easy to Use

Difficult To Focus; Poor Lens Quality

If you are serious about getting into astronomy, this is the best Nexstar to get, and the best overall in my opinion.

Portable; easy to align; does not require much regular maintenance

Chews through batteries and not the best at viewing deep space objects

I actually bought this telescope to continue my love of astronomy, I have had mine about 6 - 8 months and despite the weather being very overcast and cloudy at times, you can do some daylight as well as night observations.

I've been researching telescopes for about 18 months now, after playing with a Celestron Powerseeker 127eq. I finally settled on the Nexstar 6SE, and got it on sale during the holidays in 2016. If you've also done some research, all of the telescope options can make your head spin.

Good choice, Excellent view.

Spent quite a bit of time working out the exact package I wanted, and the SE6 ticked all the boxes but was too pricey in Sydney (about double the cost). I was a bit nervous about shipping it such a long way but B&H managed to get it to me in just 4 days and it didn't even need collimation on...