For decades, the iconic 8" aperture Celestron C8 Schmidt-Cassegrain was (and very often still is) the dream telescope of most amateur astronomers. The new Celestron AVX8SC with StarBright XLT coatings puts Celestron's decades of telescope-making experience to work to produce the latest version of that dream telescope - an affordable big scope that will make visual observers and astrophotographers alike very happy.