Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 HD GoTo Telescope - 279.4 mm f/10 EdgeHD

Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 HD GoTo Telescope

The CPC Deluxe 1100HD combines a sturdy GoTo fork mount with modern optics for astrophotography and for observation. The telescope is as well suited for observing and photographing the moon and planets as it is for photographing faint nebulae, star clusters and galaxies. The aperture of 279 mm allows for impressive image detail when observing the moon and planets. Deep sky objects such as globular clusters are resolved far into the core region.

The EHD Optics Design:

The EdgeHD optics (Edge High Definition) combine the compact design of a Schmidt-Cassegrain with significantly improved imaging at the edge of the image. This optics system not only offers astrograph characteristics, but also produces completely undistorted, sharp images up to the edge of the large visual and photographic field of view. Not only is the coma off the optical axis corrected - as with other so-called "coma-free" optical designs available on the market - but also the field curvature! All EdgeHD telescopes provide a large flat field of view that allows sharp star imaging even at the edge of large camera sensors.

Built-in GPS:

CPC Deluxe HD telescopes feature a built-in GPS sensor that automatically receives the date, time, and your exact location from GPS satellites. This eliminates the need for you to manually enter this data.

SkyAlign - calibration in the starry sky is this easy:

SkyAlign is the name of Celestron´s foolproof alignment procedure for perfect GoTo positioning. The telescope does not need a defined home position anymore: You point the telescope at three bright stars one after the other (planets and the moon are also possible) and voilá, your CPC telescope is ready for automatic GoTo positioning to any object from the hand control´s database.

From the distance of the three stars from each other and the corresponding angles SkyAlign calculates the positioning of your telescope. SkyAlign "gets" the other data needed for this (date, time, and location coordinates) from the integrated 16-channel GPS receiver.

"SkyAlign" only works in azimuthal operation of the telescope, i.e. when the telescope is operated directly on the tripod without a wedge. But Celestron also has some new and simplified alignment procedures ready for parallactic operation in the CPC series.

The hand controller already offers switching to the respective national languages, such as German or French. The default language is English. At the first start you will be asked for the language, which you can then select.

Comprehensive Database:

The CPC telescopes database contains over 40,000 celestial objects, including the Messier and Caldwell catalogs as well as galaxies and nebulae from the NGC catalog and the planets. You can narrow the selection to simplify searching this comprehensive database and hide objects that are just below the horizon.

The "Identify" function tells you what you are currently seeing in the telescope, plus you can easily use it to explore the sky. Just point the telescope once at any area of the sky and let it show you the nearest Messier objects, for example - the telescope will go to them for you. You can do this in different areas of the sky and with different objects!

With "Solar Sys Align" you can also align the telescope during the day using the Sun or Moon to observe the planets or the brightest stars in the daytime sky.

Turn the EHD into a fast CCD Schmidt camera:

With all EdgeHD OTAs you can remove and replace the secondary mirror. The result: with the optional HyperStar optics, your standard Celestron EdgeHD telescope becomes a digital Schmidt design for your CCD or DSLR camera for primary focus photography at f/2 (C8, C11), f/2.3 (C925) and f/1.9 (C14).