Celestron NexStar+ Hand Control USB with AZ, Black (93981)

Works perfectly with my ~10 year old Evolution 9.25

This brought new life to my 2003 Nexstar GPS. Old HC (1.6) wasn't upgradable and couldn't use Nexremote. The new one can and also run Stellarium simultaneously - way cool. Like being able to use USB to serial with the USB micro.

I honestly don’t know if my cpc1100 has other problems or if the unit came in damaged. It was hanging out of the box with zero padding. Either way it does not work right now. Upgraded to 4 stars as the power cord was the problem.

I accidentally ordered two but the one that I am using is perfect works excellent!!

Item arrived in Ecuador in perfect condition.

Make sure that any controller you are interested in, can still receive updates from Celestron. This scope is driven by a built in computer and must be able to receive updates.

A couple of weeks ago, I set my Celestron Nexstar 8SE up outside in preparation for a nice night of star and planet viewing after having seen that the weather was supposed to be partly cloudy, but no rain. Never EVER believe the weather forecast. I went out for dinner and on the way home, it was pouring. After drying things out and turning the unit on, I got error messages on my handset. I wasn't sure if the handset was bad or the circuit board inside the mount was bad, or both. After some Google searches, it appeared the most likely problem was the handset. I purchased this new handset, plugged it in, said a few prayers, and everything worked. I also purchased a waterproof, heavy duty cover for the scope. I will never take chances with the weather again.

Haven’t yet had a good chance to run it through its paces but seems to work fine. My original one had a fading a funky read out so was pretty much not useable.