Operating directions are not that great but once you get it, the telescope is fantastic.

High light gathering capacity

Primitive digital technology

I had decided on the NexStar 8 SE telescope due to it's goto capability, large primary mirror, and portability. When looking at various stores, I found Adorama was not only offering ($) off of the typical price, but included a nice accessory kit for free.

its very nice

Seems OK but cannot use it completely because they supply an obsolete connect from the PC, and we must purchase, separately, from Celestron, a USB - to - their - obsolete - connector.for a semi-modern PC.

Unknown

Cannot start to transfer data from PC until purchase connector cable from Celestron and it has not yet arrived although it has been a week or so; so don't be in a hurry

The Celestron Nexstar 8SE is a powerful telescope, but if you take this hobby seriously, you'll be pulling your hair out at the terrible mount it comes with. As you can imagine, a plastic mount does not have the stability to do any kind of photography beyond the moon.

I am more than pleased with the telescope. When I placed my order, I was told it would take just shy of 2 weeks for delivery; however, within 2 days I was notified that the items shipped and would be delivered in 3 days.