CELESTRON NOTES AND INTERESTING ARTICLES

• Celestron Celestron® 5 Celestron® 8 Instruction Manual Complete instruction manual as provided in May 1975 (and possibly distributed earlier) for the use, maintenance, and typical accessories for the original Celestron 8 and 5 fork mounted telescopes. Overview by the originator of the commercial Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes introduced in 1970 as were marketed into the 1980's. Publication content by Celestron Pacific, high resolution production by Company Seven, All Rights Reserved. From Company Seven's Archives (50.1MB in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Celestron Telescope Accessory Catalog Complete 1998 Celestron telescope accessory catalog. A very good overview about the types of accessories commonly desireable for use with most telescopes even though Company Seven does not suggest some particular items, or may offer improved third party accessories. By Celestron International. From Company Seven's Archives (1.4MB in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Celestron C-8 Telescope Complete instruction manual for the Celestar 8 and the Celestar 8 Deluxe telescopes. A very good overview about the use of 8 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain fork equatorial telescopes. Publication core content edited by the late Mark Coco for Celestron International, (1.4MB in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Celestron NexStar 8 Telescope Complete instruction manual for the NexStar 8 telescope. A good overview about the use of Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain computer controlled telescopes using the NexStar OS. By Celestron International, (4,350,856 bytes in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

• Celestron Ultima 2000 Telescope Complete instruction manual for the Ultima 2000 telescope, dated March 1998. A good overview about the use of Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain computer controlled telescopes using the Ultima OS. By Mark Coco of Celestron International, (4,350,856 bytes in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format). Note: this predates the 'Y2K fix' that was developed and offered as an update to our customers as a result of the year 2000 software date entry; this only affected finding the Solar System ojects.

• Impressions of the Celestron CG-11 Telescope A review of the original Celestron model CG-11 telescope. The first successful marriage of the C-11 Schmidt-Cassegrain with German Equatorial mount (the Losmandy Model G-11). By Company Seven.