C5

C5 Schmidt Cassegrain Spotting Scope by Celestron 

Bring “Faraway” up close with Celestron’s C5 Schmidt Cassegrain Spotting Scope. Birders, naturalists, and anyone wishing to enhance details of their view (over land or water, in the field, from a deck, or even through window glass) will appreciate the C5’s spectacularly sharp, bright images. 

The C5 is a completely portable, high-power-visual and high-performance-photographic instrument that opens the curtain to everything you want to see “out there.” Think forest, fields, mountains, grizzlies, hummingbirds, freighters, water lilies, and even the night sky–the C5 is your ticket to The Show. 

The C5’s extra-wide aperture and superb lens coatings maximize the throughput of light, resulting in an exceptionally bright, high-contrast image. The long focal length assures minimal distortion because with limited bending, the light rays are precisely concentrated at the focal point producing an extremely sharp image. A catadioptric optical system folds that long focal length, thus a short, conveniently compact tube is possible.

Just how good is the C5?
Recognizing its
optical excellence & portability,
NASA selected the C5 for use
on its space shuttles!

• Aperture……………….127 mm (5”)
• Focal Length………….1250 mm, f/10
• Wideview Eyepiece….31x (40 mm) —— 1.4° Field of View, Eye Relief……………31 mm
• High Power Eyepiece..50x (25 mm) —— 1.0° Field of View, Eye Relief………….22mm
• Near Focus………….. 20 ft.

Length…………13 in., Weight………..6#, Coating……….Starbright, XLT Diagonal……..45° Erect Image, Finderscope…6×30 Erect Image, Case………….Water resistant soft-side, Warranty……….Limited Lifetime

Note: Astronomy buffs can take advantage of our alternative ASTRONOMICAL UPGRADE BUNDLES to maximize the C5’s astronomical capabilities.