Celestron NexStar i 8" gps Vrs 800 CPC

The Pope · Guest

Beside the tube materail what is the diffrence between the NextStar i and the 800 CPC? Looks like the 800 CPC has more option but is cheeper than the i 8"

opticsplanet.com · Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:29 pm Post subject:

Hi

The difference between the two is the mount and that is a big difference. The 8i uses a single arm mount, whereas the CPC use a much more stable fork mount. The fork mount is a the winner for higher magnification visual oberving and photgraphy. The CPC also incorporates Celestron's latest computerization software.
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the popoe · Guest

i guess i meant the dual fork nexstar gps 8" not the i 8" vrs the 800cps. what's the diffrence?

opticsplanet.com · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:25 pm Post subject:

Hi

The differences will be between the computerization (the CPC uses the new sky align technology, the Nextstar is a GPS ), the tube material (CPC is aluminum, the Nexstar is carbon) and a newly redesigned drive in the CPC for quieter operation.
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