Astromart.com: Celestron C8 Telescope Review
In this somewhat lengthy but highly informative review, Ed Moreno takes us through the reasoning as to why he considers the Celestron C8 more than just one of the “Good all around scopes”. 'A good place to start the actual review is on the virtues of the C8’s packaging. This telescope is downright small in terms of physical size. With the diagonal attached, it is shorter than some 4” retractors, and weighs the same. The C8 will fit in the back seat of a car standing on end BETWEEN two adults. It will fit in an airline carry-on bag. It will fit in a closet on a low shelf. It will fit in the trunk of a Mazda Miata. I often hear people comment that they want a small telescope because they are easy to manage, but this is a big telescope in a small package and with aperture being SO important in telescope performance, it seems far more preferable to me to pack whatever space I have available when I travel by car with a telescope that can really deliver maximum performance for the space committed to transporting it.'