Celestron CGEM II 1100 SCT

  **United States Shipping Only** 11" Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tube assembly Celestron's premium StarBright XLT coatings 40 lbs payload capacity Dual-fit Vixen/CG-5 and Losmandy/CGE dovetail saddle 2" steel legs with height index marks for quick leveling Internal cabling throughout for worry-free remote operation Able to track past the meridian allowing seamless imaging USB hand control to control the telescope via a personal computer   The CGEM II 1100 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope features Celestron’s premium StarBright XLT coated optics and the newly redesigned CGEM II computerized equatorial mount. With the optical tube assembly of the CGEM II 1100 weighing only 27.5 lbs., this telescope is still portable enough to be taken to dark skies, and it has 89% more light gathering power than an 8" telescope and more than 40% more than the 9.25". This telescope is especially at home as a solid platform for long exposure photography with optional CCD cameras or photographic eq