To take pictures of the sky. I have yet to use it since it wasn't sent with any lenses. It feels like it is made in a superior way. Not the type of telescope for beginners. I have yet to get it up and running since I am still waiting on parts.

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

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...

I purchased this telescope because I am not that knowledgeable about the position of some of the objects in the night sky that I wanted to see. My old telescope was hard to observe thru and very frustrating so I wanted an easier observing tool.

Good choice, Excellent view.

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 am just coming back to astronomy after many years. As a spotty youth I had a 3" refractor of dubious quality.

I've been an active amateur astronomer since my teens (that's over 40 years now) and I also was employed by Celestron as their customer service manager from 1976 to the end of 1978.