Celestron XLT series Telescope User Manual


 
You will find that additional accessories for your Omni telescope will enhance your viewing pleasure and expand the
usefulness of your telescope. For ease of reference, all the accessories are listed in alphabetical order. This is just a short
listing of various accessories and please visit the Celestron website for complete and detailed accessories available.
Barlow Lens - A Barlow lens is a negative lens that increases the focal length of a telescope. Used with any eyepiece, it
doubles the magnification of that eyepiece. Celestron offers two Barlow lens in the 1-1/4" size. The 2x Ultima Barlow
(# 93506) is a compact triplet design that is fully multicoated for maximum light transmission and parfocal when used with
the Ultima eyepieces. The OMNI Barlow (# 93326) is a compact achromatic Barlow lens that is under three inches long and
ollimation Eyepiece 1 ¼” – The collimation eyepiece ( # 94182) is ideal for precise collimatio
d helpful for aligning Schmidt-Cassegrains. This special eyepiece fits into 1 ¼” focusers and diagonals.
yepieces - Like telescopes, eyepieces come in a variety of designs. Each design has its own advantages and
isadvantages. Below are just some of the eyepiece series available.
OMNI Plössl -
Plössl eyepieces have a 4-element lens designed for low-to-high power observing. The Plössls
they are available in the
here sharp, color-free views are most
er combinations, but they also offer
economical way to add versatility to your filter collection. All fit 1 ¼” eyepieces.
Deep Yellow, Red, Light Green, ND25% T (#s 12, 25, 56, 96ND-25)
Series 3 – # 94119-30
Light Red, Blue, Green, ND50% T (#s 23A, 38A, 58, 96ND-50)
Series 4 – # 94119-40
Yellow, Deep Yellow, Violet, Pale Blue (#s 8, 47, 82A, 96ND-13)
Flashlight, Night Vision - (# 93588) - Celestron’s premium model for astronomy, using two red LED's to preserve night
vision better than red filters or other devices. Brightness is adjustable. Operates on a single 9 volt battery (included).
weighs only 4 oz. It works very well with all Celestron eyepieces.
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offer razor sharp views across the entire field, even at the edges! In the 1-1/4" barrel diameter,
following focal lengths: 4mm, 6mm, 9mm, 12.5mm, 15mm, 20mm, 25mm, 32mm and
40mm.
X-Cel - This 6 element design allows each X-Cel Eyepiece to have 20mm of eye
relief, 55° field of view and more than 25mm of lens aperture (even with the 2.3mm). In
order to maintain razor sharp, color corrected images across its 55° field of view, extra-low
dispersion glass is used for the most highly curved optical elements. The excellent refractive
properties of these high grade optical elements, make the X-Cel line especially well suited
for high magnification planetary viewing w
appreciated. X-Cel eyepieces come in the following focal lengths for 1 ¼” barrels: 2.3mm,
5mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12.5mm, 18mm, 21mm, 25mm.
Filters Sets
, Eyepiece - Celestron offers four convenient filter sets, which contain four
different filters per set. Not only are these highly useful filt
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Series 1 – # 94119-10
Orange, Light Blue, ND13%T, Polarizing (#s 21, 80A, #15, Polarizing)
Series 2 – # 94119-20
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