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Celestron NexStar 4SE

£479.99 (approx. $631.80) – price may vary and other UK retailers The Celestron NexStar 4SE is a fully computerised and motorised telescope. After a brief set-up procedure, visible objects from your location can be selected on the hand controller and the telescope will move to them automatically. The 4SE will also continue to track the selected object as it appears to move across the sky, keeping it within the view of the eyepiece. The telescope tube is a powerful Maksutov-Cassegrain design, which allows for an extremely long focal length of 1,325mm in a compact body. The four-inch aperture

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