Southern hemisphere telescope

methimnow · December 12th, 2007, 05:54 PM

Could someone help me with this question. I ama Newbie
I live in New Zealand . I am planning to purchase a Celestron C8 SE from USA, (there are no Celestron dealers here) .
Would skyalign and others features work in the Southern hemisphere?
Thanks

sgcullen · December 12th, 2007, 06:19 PM

I have not used a Celestron scope with SkyAlign in the southern hemisphere but all of the Celestron literature says that it absolutely will work. It does sound like the object database might be limited in the southern hemisphere, just from some of the stuff I read online.

Astrogirl · December 13th, 2007, 07:09 AM

Hi there, I have an Celestron 4 SE and it does have the option in the handset for the southern hemisphere. According to the manual i have the object database has more than enough to keep you going for the southern skies.

December 12th, 2007, 05:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
methimnow Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1 Status: Offline	Southern hemisphere telescope Could someone help me with this question. I ama Newbie I live in New Zealand . I am planning to purchase a Celestron C8 SE from USA, (there are no Celestron dealers here) . Would skyalign and others features work in the Southern hemisphere? Thanks

December 12th, 2007, 06:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
sgcullen Administrator [View SpaceSpot Album] Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oro Valley, AZ Posts: 157 Status: Offline	I have not used a Celestron scope with SkyAlign in the southern hemisphere but all of the Celestron literature says that it absolutely will work. It does sound like the object database might be limited in the southern hemisphere, just from some of the stuff I read online. __________________ Mondo brings you the ultimate enthusiast communities on the web.

December 13th, 2007, 07:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
Astrogirl Senior Member [View SpaceSpot Album] Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London Posts: 166 Status: Offline	Hi there, I have an Celestron 4 SE and it does have the option in the handset for the southern hemisphere. According to the manual i have the object database has more than enough to keep you going for the southern skies. __________________ Karah http://karahsastronomy.blogspot.com/

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