CPC Deluxe 1100 HD Computerised Telescope - White/White

A little bit big and heavy to be considered as a mobile telescopeBut the quality is great and the alignment is acceptable

PRO: I purchased a 4" refractor telescope from a big-box retailer 45 years ago. While extremely limited in ability, I was thrilled to actually see a bit of our night sky most others never have occasion to personally witness. On my 71st birthday (Jan 12), I decided to relive that experience with a truly professional piece of equipment. After a LOT of review and shopping, I settled on this Celestron CPC Deluxe 11" SCT, a purchase that is truly 'light-yeas' ahead of anything I had in the past. Its level of automation is incredible, given the physical gymnastics I had to endure attempting manual manipulation of two knob-ended cables to simply track our moon back in the day. Since that time, severe physical challenges have curtailed many normal activities that others take for granted, requiring that I focus on automation far in excess of other's needs. Toward that (expensive) end, I have a new laptop dedicated to this system and its software, including the Stellarium App for my smartphone. I purchased the following Celestron accessories; the StarSense Automatic Alignment Telescope, Skyris 236C CMOS imager, Lens Shade, Two-inch Eyepiece and Filter Kit, Manfrotto 114 Cine/Video Deluxe Dolly and a number of Celestron Luminos Eyepieces. Allow me to suggest the 12V DC adapter is a must. Battery packs have a tendency to bow out when most needed, and I don't see ME personally on top of a mountain watching the sky from my wheelchair. My property is good and an long extension cord powers my setup adequately. I've yet to receive a number of the accessories so can not report on those at this time.CON: UPDATE TO NEXREMOTE SOFTWARE with CORRECTION!Download and extract the NexRemote file. RIGHT click on it and you'll be given an option to select another version of Windows. I went through the first couple with some no good results, then selected Windows 7 and it RAN! Don't know who wrote the NexRemote program but I'm very surprised at how OLD it must be to only run on something like Windows 7!!!!I dinged one star for the following: I downloaded the "Nexremote (1.7.23) software required to operate the features of this telescope. The new HP laptop I mentioned earlier contains Windows 10 home version OS (64 bit based). Partway through the setup, I receive, "Error, Nexremote (1.7.23) is not allowed to run on Win (6.2) Setup Aborted." The way this verbiage is constructed has me believing the Nexremote setup is responsible for the error and not the Windows 10 OS. Several attempts were fruitless. I've only just written to Celestron and should hear from them in a day or two - I'll update when that happens.

It's an amazing piece of equipment a bit heavy to set up especially if you're putting it on a wedge the tracking on a wedge with an autoguider is pretty accurate overall extremely happy with telescope very well-constructed and gathers a ton of light for astrophotography

This is my first telescope and considering I am a rank amateur most people might think that the CPC Deluxe 1100 HD is an overkill. I bought it with the realization that buying a SCT that would meet my needs for at least 3-4 years was worth stretching the budget by 30%. I was particularly interested in the edgeHD optics and preferred the 11" diameter.I live in Melbourne, Australia and used Borderlinx for shipping the packages from a local warehouse address in the US. The telescope arrived at my front door in 6 days from the time I ordered. Shipping and duties cost me roughly 25% of the total cost. Local stores in Melbourne sell the same telescope for almost 75% more than Amazon's price.I had never imagined how big and heavy this telescope is. It is monstrous and quite a sight to behold when mounted on the tripod. While I can set it up by myself in the backyard, I suggest getting help particularly when aligning the locking pin on the base of the OTA to the hole in the tripod base. It can be tricky to do it alone.My first ever viewing experience was a complete disappointment. While I could find the moon in the spotting scope I could see nothing through the eyepiece. I didn't know what to say to my family who were watching the whole show with amusement. The next day, I decided to read the manual again and after a google search, I discovered that I had to "align" the spotting scope with the view through the eyepiece on a terrestrial object and this was best done during daylight. I carried the 30 KG OTA and 15 KG up the stairs to our bedroom balcony and carried out the alignment (basically adjust the spotting scope mounting screws until the view through the eyepiece of the main telescope and the small spotting scope were almost centered at the crosshairs.That night we had our first OMG and HS moments when we saw the quarter crescent moon through the 23mm Luminos wide angled eyepiece. Our neighbor joined the fun and couldn't believe what he was seeing. We have now seen the Jupiter and its moons several times. But that's all we have seen in the one month that we have had the telescope - our moon and Jupiter. I am yet to see other planets or galaxies or ny of the DSO's. I am still a rank beginner. Perhaps I need to wake up or stay awake till when the sky is darker. Perhaps I need to learn how to use the GoTo hand controller better.I have also joined the local Astronomy club and look forward to attending their sessions to learn more. It will be great to meet and discuss with other CPC 1100 owners in Melbourne or anywhere in Australia to learn from them.Overall, I am very happy with the CPC Deluxe 1100 HD telescope and am looking forward to adding the equitorial wedge to the collection and do some astrophotography.

Great!! Only one problem, if you try to collimate using their directions you will have a major issue. I suggest you contact celestron as their manual is out of date.