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.

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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.

Easy to use. Really clear picture. I live in the city and I still enjoy great images. Magnification: images on celstron.com are a bit misleading as you do not get Saturn or Jupiter to fill the frame and I have a 2x barlow, and a tele-extender...

The NexStar 8SE makes a larger telescope portable with computer guidance than any other package. It does a lot, works well, and is reasonably priced.

Potent telescope, light package is easy to move; Inexpensive for what you get

Limited field of view; Power hungry

As a newcommer to astronomy I did a lot of reading prior to purchasing the Nexstar 8SE. I am more than impressed with its capabilities and set up is a breeze. With the luxury of an almost unpolluted sky I was amazed at the clarity of Jupiter and its 4 nearby moons.

I am very disappointed with this telescope. This is my second telescope, my first was a manual Dobsonian. I needed a new Telescope with a feature tracking the Earth rotation and the Nexstar 8SE I got is defective.

Flimsy

This is a very good scope. Excellent value, fun to use. I would definitely recommend this. I suggest Celestron upgrade the finder scope.

Easy to setup, very portable; Nice clear images, easy to use

The supplied finder scope is too flimsy too be very useful

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Accurate; Comfortable Eyepiece; Quality Lenses; Strong Construction

The 8 SE is a compromise. The OTA works well enough, but dew is a constant headache.The mount can work well,although never on a consistent basis. Mount also appears to be overloaded with this OTA.I hung a weight opposite the OTA and vibration and noise were considerably lessened.It is certainly easy...

My first big scope but I guess I bought the factory dog as the SkyAlign just consistently failed the first night. When I finally got a successful message and hit Tour it slewed in completely the wrong direction for Jupe and Saturn.