Celestron C8-A XLT CGE Optical Tube Assembly

This Celestron 203 mm (8-inch) Schmidt-Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly (OTA) with CGE Mount Plate is available individually to be used with your favorite mount. Each OTA is made to the same exacting standards as those used on all their high-quality telescopes. All-optical surfaces are coated with StarBright XLT coatings.

Besides seeing all of the Messier Catalog objects, you can also see hundreds of other, less famous, but equally interesting NGC, IC, and Caldwell objects. Turn this scope to the planets and see amazing detail on the surface of Jupiter, see Cassini’s Division in the rings of Saturn, and resolve details on the surface of Mars. Even the distant Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are within your reach.

This 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain features a precision optical system with a 2032 mm focal length, a focal ratio of f/10, and comes standard with Celestron’s StarBright XLT coatings at no extra cost.

Celestron warrants your telescope to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years. Celestron will repair or replace such product or part thereof which, upon inspection by Celestron, is found to be defective in materials or workmanship.

CELESTRON C8-A-XLT CGEFULL SPECIFICATIONS

• Star Diagonal: 1.25-inch Star Diagonal.
• Optical Tube: Aluminum.
• Highest Useful Magnification: 480x.
• Lowest Useful Magnification: 29x.
• Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 14.
• Resolution (Rayleigh): 0.69 arc seconds.
• Resolution (Dawes): 0.57 arc seconds.
• Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 843x.
• Secondary Mirror Obstruction: 64 mm (2.5 inches).
• Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter: 31%.
• Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area: 9.77%.
• Optical Coatings: StarBright XLT.
• Optical Tube Length: 432 mm (17 inches).
• Optical Tube Diameter: 238 mm (9.37 inches).
• Optical Tube Weight: 12.5 lb (5.67 kg).
• Dovetail: CGE Dovetail Bar.

Celestron Product Number: CE-91024-XLT

Please Note: This optical tube assembly comes with a 3-inch dovetail and will attach to mounts such as the Celestron CGE Pro or CGEM, the Losmandy G-11 and newer GM-8, Software Bisque’s Paramount, and mounts by Astro-Physics. This OTA will not fit onto the CG-5, older GM-8 mounts, or the Meade LXD55 or LXD75. If you are unsure, please give us a call before you buy. Thanks!

• 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain CGE OTA.
• Aluminum Optical Tube.
• Visual back allows for use w/1.25-inch Accessories.
• Includes dovetail Plate for CGE Mounts.

• 8-inch XLT (CGE) Aluminum OTA
• 6×30 Optical Finderscope
• 1.25-inch Eyepiece/ 25 mm, 81x Mag.
• 1.25-inch Star Diagonal
• Dovetail Mounting Plate for CGE Mounts
• 2 Year Warranty