Joe beaumont

Hi all, 

I have a celestron nexstar 8se and was wondering how important it is to get a dew shield and also what is the best f6.3 focal reducer to buy at a reasonable price 

thank you all.

Hi all so I have used my solar filter with my 25mm eyepiece on my nexstar 8se, I used it about 1:30 in the afternoon so not best time for observing the sun but I noticed that it is really zoomed in and wonder what would be better to buy, 32mm eyepiece, 45mm eyepiece or a f6.3 focal reducer 

thank you all 

Joe 

Thank you for your help Ed and everyone who commented, I’m gonna try the 25mm eyepiece and keep youse updated with my results when the filter arrives 

Joe 

Yeah I think I might have been too far away from the eyepiece I will be sure to try the moon when we next have a clear sky 

thanks all 

joe 

I have recently bought a celestron nexstar 8se and tonight I thought I would try and use it with this new iPhone holder to get some pictures through my phone and I have this bright circle that I see on my iPhone but when you look through the eyepiece it is fine. Could someone help me with this as I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong, I have left a couple of pictures below. Seeing conditions also were very poor it was really cloudy and had to wait for clouds to pass to quickly get a snap shot 

thank you 

joe 

Hi everyone I have recently purchased a celestron nexstar 8se as an upgrade from my 4se but when I looked at Mars today Mars was very fuzzy and very difficult to get perfect focus, if anyone could help me to see why this was I would be very grateful 

thank you 

joe 

Hi all I have recently just bought a celestron nexstar 8se which came with a celestron skyportal WiFi but I’m not to sure what the use of the skyportal is, if someone could explain what I can use it for and it’s purpose I would be very grateful 

Thanks Joe 

So what would be a good sized eyepiece for planetary viewing with an 4se/8se scope 

What are the seben zooms like? 

1 minute ago, jonathan said:

I'd be very surprised if they were usable in an 8SE.

Hi there, why would this be? 
thank you 

Thank you everyone 

Hi all sorry my scope is a celestron nexstar 4se but am looking to upgrade to maybe an 8se and mainly looking for planets or maybe galaxies and nebula if possible but mainly planets 

thank you 

Hi everyone I’m looking in to buying a zoom eyepiece and was wondering which zoom eyepiece is best 

thank you Joe 

Thank you very much 

47 minutes ago, NGC 1502 said:

Most objects, solar system or deep sky, will easily fit into the field of view of an 8se.   Although the low power/wide field is limited this can be greatly helped by using a focal reducer.

For very large objects like the Pleiades then binoculars come to the rescue.

Ed.

Thank you, what focal reducer is good within a decent price range 

Thanks Joe 

Thank you very much 

Thank you so much everyone you have all been so helpful 

wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year 

Joe 

Hi everyone, I’m looking in to buying a celestron nexstar 8se and was wondering what will I be able to see through the eyepiece, will I be able to see galaxies and nebulas? 

Will I be able to get a glimpse of the further planets away Uranus and Neptune? 

i also really wanna see the andromeda galaxy through an eyepiece, will an 8se be able to show me all these things in fairly decent detail through the eyepiece 

also what sort of lenses would be useful for seeing things like the andromeda galaxy and nebulas and the 2 further planets Uranus and Neptune 

thank you all very much 

Joe 

Does anyone know any second hand telescope shops or websites as am looking to get a celestron nexstar 8se

Thank you so much everyone 

What types of filters do I need for my celestron nexstar 4se to be able to look at the sun through the eyepiece 

Thank you 

Thank you very much for your help 

Hi all, what is the best size telescope in inches to see galaxy’s and nebula like andromeda, Orion, whirlpool etc and what is the best eyepieces to use to see these 

thank you 

Thank you so much, where did you buy this scopes from or what websites 

Thank you guys