This Celestron Focus Motor comes with all the parts and tools to install it on your Celestron 8″, 9.25″, or 11″ SCT for easy focusing. An electronic accessory that replaces manual focusing knobs on compatible telescopes for hands-free or remote operation.

PRECISE FOCUSING – Achieve pinpoint accuracy with the Celestron Focus Motor, eliminating vibrations for high-resolution astrophotography and detailed visual observations.
ENHANCED STABILITY – The motor provides smooth, controlled focusing crucial for maintaining sharp images at high magnification, ensuring optimal optical quality every time.
VERSATILE COMPATIBILITY – Designed for Celestron SCT and EdgeHD telescopes, this focus motor seamlessly integrates, enhancing your existing setup without complex modifications.
REMOTE OPERATION – Adjust focus remotely to minimize heat transfer from your hands to the telescope, reducing tube currents and improving image clarity during long exposures.
EASY INSTALLATION – Attach the focus motor quickly with user-friendly instructions, so you spend more time observing and less time setting up your telescope.

Key Features:

• Electronic & Remote Control: Allows precision focusing via a Celestron computerized mount hand controller, a computer, or mobile/tablet apps.
• Autofocus Support: Integrates with ASCOM-compatible third-party software, Celestron PWI, and the Windows-based Focuser Utility.
• Indexed Positions & Backlash Compensation: Features internal step counting (1,000 steps/rev via a DC servo motor) to remember focus positions and prevent mechanical travel limits.
• Flexible Power Options: Draws power directly through a connected Celestron computerized mount (AUX cable), a direct computer USB connection, or an optional 12V DC power source.

Compatible Models:
• Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain (SCT) optical tubes from 6” to 14” aperture (produced 2006 or later)
• EdgeHD optical tubes (including the 9.25”)
• Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph (RASA) 8” and 36cm (RASA 11” requires a separate retrofit kit)
• 7” Maksutov-Cassegrain

Incompatible Models:
• 5” SCTs
• 6” SCTs equipped with an Off-Axis Guider (#93648)
• Older pre-2006 SCT models with flat or ribbed rear cells