| Available in late June 2002, Celestron’s affordable NexStar 5i and NexStar 8i are exciting new additions to our renowned NexStar family. NexStar 5i and NexStar 8i take the best of our coveted NexStar 5 and 8 to the next level of performance and operating features. Equipped with the standard electronic hand control, you can manually slew your NexStar across the sky in seconds or track a star equatorially as the Earth rotates beneath you. The electronic hand controls allows you to move the telescope at six different rates and has a "double button" feature that lets you instantly increase the slew speed without having to change rates. When used with the optional computerized hand control (see below) these models include all of Celestron’s newest hardware and software enhancements in an affordable and expandable system. Most important, these two new NexStars will fully align themselves when used with the CN16 GPS accessory. Put the power of our newest software features and expanded object database to work for you with Celestron's most versatile telescope. |
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| The new NexStar
5i shown with standard Electronic
Hand Control. NexStar 5i can be easily
upgraded with optional accessories such as the computerized Hand
Control and CN-16 GPS module. |
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NexStar 5i
New Hardware Features:
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Two Ports Conveniently Located
On The Drive Base: • AutoGuide Port — Easy connection of AutoGuider for astrophotography. • Auxiliary Port — Use for smart accessories like our optional CN16 GPS accessory. |
NexStar 5i Specifications:
NexStar 5i Standard Accessories:
Optional NexStar Computerized Hand Control
Celestron Part Number: 93962
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Add the NexStar Hand Control to your NexStar 5i telescope and transform it into a completely automated "GOTO" system. Just plug it in to access features like automatic star alignment capability, GOTO slewing to over 40,000 objects and the expandability to use your NexStar 5i with the external GPS accessory (CN-16) for a virtually hands-free alignment. Celestron’s optional computerized hand control, with a myriad of powerful new functions, is the next evolution of the most user-friendly, intuitive hand control in the industry. |
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| * NexStar Computerized Hand Control can only be used with NexStar i-series telescopes (NexStar 5i & 8i) and should not be used with any other Celestron models. |
Upgraded Hand Control Features:
• 40,000 Object Database — A newly enlarged and expanded programmable user
database including the complete Messier, NGC, IC and Caldwell catalogs.
Customized lists of all the best Galaxies, Nebulae and other Deep-sky objects.
Room to save hundreds of user defined objects.
• Quick Align — An easy way to get an Alt/Az telescope tracking without actually aligning on two stars.
• Dual Axis Tracking — Tracking of any object in the sky, including the moon and planets.
• Hibernate — This power saving feature lets you power down the telescope without losing your alignment (must input time if CN16 GPS accessory is not attached). Great for finding planets in the daytime after aligning at night or observing night after night without having to re-align.
• Database Filter Limits — User-defined so that only objects visible
above the horizon are displayed on the hand control.
• Wedge Align Algorithm — Automatically aligns the telescope to the
celestial pole. Essential when you are performing a polar alignment on an
Equatorial wedge.
• GPS Align Compatible (with optional CN16 GPS accessory) — Plug the
optional CN16 GPS accessory into the auxiliary port and the telescope
automatically aligns without unnecessary data input.
• Auto North and Level Compatible (with optional CN16 GPS accessory) —
Automatically finds north and level with more precision than can be done by
hand, getting you closer to your alignment stars.
• User-Defined Slew Limits — Prevents the telescope from slewing beyond the
user-defined horizon.
• Cord Wrap — Prevents the telescope from wrapping its cords when attaching optional accessories.
• Dozens of Other Powerful Features
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NexStar Software. Now Our Beauties Come With More Brains. |
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| The beauty of Celestron’s NexStar GPS telescopes has always been their unique appearance characterized by their patented design, engineering innovations like patented AutoAlign, user-friendly intuitive software, and solid aluminum construction. We’ve made them even more attractive by upgrading the software with additional new features that are included with all Celestron NexStar GPS telescopes including our new 5i and 8i. | |
| Celestron NexStar 5i, #11033, shown with the optional computerized Hand Control and camera attachments. |
Some of the new features include:
• Compass Calibration — Allows you to point to true north more accurately,
by compensating for magnetic north offset and local anomalies.
• AutoAlign Routine — Guides the user through a two-star alignment based on
time, date and location information.
• Polar Alignment Routine — Facilitates polar alignment for CCD imaging
or conventional 35mm astrophotography.
• EQ AutoAlign — Now the patented AutoAlign is available even when the
telescope is mounted on a wedge.
• Database Filter Limits — Now available in Equatorial mode
as well as Alt/Az.
Optional CN-16 GPS
Celestron Part Number: 93963
Use the Power and Accuracy of GPS Satellites to Align Your Telescope
| Plug in this 16-channel GPS
module into your telescopes drive base port to link up and automatically download information from one of many global positioning satellites. Controlled with the NexStar computerized hand control (p/n 93962), the CN-16 will greatly improved the accuracy of your star alignments by locating north and leveling the optical tube with more precision than can be done by hand. |
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