Celestron NexStar 8SE with Skymap Brand New Includes Two Year Warranty The Celestron 11069 is a 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with premium StarBright XLT coatings and fully computerized GoTo mount with high- performance brass worm gears and motors for improved tracking accuracy. The 6-inch aperture provides excellent light-gathering ability and SkyAlign technology gets your telescope aligned and ready to observe in minutes. The telescope includes NexRemote telescope control software and RS-232 cable for advanced control of the telescope with a PC. The Celestron 11069 features SkyAlign allows alignment on any three bright celestial objects, making for a rapid, efficient alignment process and StarPointer finderscope helps with alignment and locating objects. It has computerized altazimuth mount and Exceptionally sturdy steel tripod for razor-sharp astrophotography . 11069 Features 8.00 Inch Aperture 203mm Computerized w/ 40,000 Accessible Objects 354x Maximum Magnification Focal Length 2032mm, f/10.0 Focal Ratio StarPointer Finderscope Steel Tripod Single Fork Arm Altazimuth Mount StarBright XLT SkyAlign Technology Allows To Align On Any 3 Bright Celestial Objects Making Fast Easy Alignment Process 11069 Specifications Optical Design Schmidt-Cassegrain Aperture mm 203.2 mm 8 in Focal Length 2032 mm 80 in Focal Ratio 10 Focal Length of Eyepiece 1 mm 25 mm 0.98 in Magnification of Eyepiece 1 81 x Finderscope StarPointer Star Diagonal 1.25 Mount Type Single Fork Arm Altazimuth Tripod Steel sku 93593 Power Requirements 8-AA batteries not included Highest Useful Magnification 480 x Lowest Useful Magnification 29 x Limiting Stellar Magnitude 14 Resolution Rayleigh 0.69 arc seconds Resolution Dawes 0.57 arc seconds Light Gathering Power Compared to human eye 843 x Apparent Field of View 0.63 Linear Field of View 1000 yds 33 ft 10 m Secondary Mirror Obstruction 2.5 inches 64 mm Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter 0.31 Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area 0.0977 Optical Coatings Starbright XLT