Celestron Advanced VX 6" Newtonian Telescope

Model: 32054. The VX 6" Newtonian Reflector Telescope is an ideal starting place for those new to the wonders of astronomy and astroimaging.  The Advanced VX 6" represents a high-function entry level optic that will be able to grow with you as your interests and abilities evolve. This Celestron product is a total astroimaging platform, complete with a 6" Newtonian Reflector optical tube, 20mm eyepiece, Advanced VX computerized German Equatorial mount, adjustable stainless steel tripod, and NexStar hand controller. By combining lightweight materials with a superior compact design, this telescope delivers the portability as well as the performace to excell in variety of observational situations. 

The reflector optical design means it emplys a system of lenses and mirrors to produce long focal lengths.  These create a shorter, more comact tube length than refractors. This 6" reflecting optical tube features a 750mm focal length using a tube less is under 2.5 ft long.  An aluminum optical housing not only minimizes flexure and helps equalize the temperature inside the tube, preventing any fogging over or other optical disruptions. 

Thanks to its parabolic primary mirror design, Celestron's Newtonian Reflector corrects most optical distortions that can become common to all catadioptrics.  Chromatic and spherical aberrations are greatly reduced, allowing for a cleaner image. The parabolic primary mirror means this optical tube can transmit sharper and more color faithful images than standard reflector telescopes. The resulting images are sharper along the edge of the transmitted field of view and have reduced color fringing.  

Celestron's Advanced VX German-Equatorial mount is an integrated telescope support, alignment and guiding system Celestron designed the Advanced VX mount from the ground up to deliver the functionality and affordability required by astroimagers on a budget. This telescope mount delivers some of the features found on more sophisticated German Equatorial mounts but without the added bulk or cost associated with more robust options. The Advanced VX mount is designed to support an optical tube weighting up to 30 lb, enough payload capacity for most Schmidt-Cassegrain OTAs with up to an 8" aperture.

The core technology driving the Advanced VX mount is Celestron's All-Star Polar Alignment. This alignment system features a 2-Star alignment mode that uses multiple guide stars to assist tracking across the night sky while keeping the optical tube parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation. Maintaining alignment with either celestial pole while following the path of guide stars provides a high degree of pointing and tracking accuracy. Digitally-encoded low-cog DC servo motors drive telescope movements on both axes in fine increments that keep the observed (or photographed) object centered in the field of view. This level of precision reduces optical aberrations and minimizes star trails, which translates into improved image quality and sharper photographs.

Optical Tube Assembly

• Newtonian Reflector optical design, aluminum construction
• Parabolic primary mirror minimizes spherical aberration
• 6" (150mm) aperture, f/5 light gathering
• 750mm focal length, 354x maximum magnification
• 20mm eyepiece with 38x magnification
• 10 lb (4.5kg) OTA weight

Advanced VX German Equatorial Mount

• Computerized go-to capability
• 30 lb (13