Subject: Two New August Sales: Sky-Watcher Mounts + Celestron CPC — Save Up to $2,931
Two Big August Sales Just Went Live: Sky-Watcher Mounts & Celestron CPC
August opened with two vendor promotions worth a serious look. The Sky-Watcher Mounts & Discounts Sale cuts prices across the entire mount lineup — from the Star Adventurer GTi at $799 all the way up to $2,931 off the flagship EQ8-Rh. And Celestron has put its legendary fork-mounted CPC and CPC Deluxe EdgeHD telescopes on sale — save up to $1,091. Both run through August 31. Prices as marked, no code needed.
Sky-Watcher Mount Sale → Celestron CPC Sale →The Sky-Watcher Mounts & Discounts Sale — the Whole Lineup, Discounted
The mount is the foundation of every rig — and this is the sale to upgrade yours. Sky-Watcher has discounted 21 mounts and packages, from camera trackers to observatory-class equatorials. Here are the ones on our shelf right now.
The most popular first astrophoto mount we sell, and for good reason: full GoTo with WiFi control, an 11-pound payload that handles a small APO or camera-and-lens rig, and the complete kit — EQ head, tripod, pier extension, counterweight, and illuminated polar scope — in one box. Light enough for a carry-on, capable enough for real deep-sky work. At $211 off, this is the one that will go first.
Strainwave gearing is where mounts are headed, and the Wave 150i is Sky-Watcher's strongest statement yet: a 33-pound payload without counterweights from a head that weighs just over 16 pounds. Runs in EQ or Alt-Az mode, controlled from your phone. Carry an 8" scope into the backyard in one trip — that's the Wave pitch in a sentence.
That's just the start — the sale also covers the AZ-EQ5 ($2,359, save $551), AZ-EQ6 ($3,199, save $761), the Wave tripod packages, the CQ350 Pro, and the observatory-class EQ8-R and EQ8-Rh — up to $2,931 off. Twenty-one mounts and packages in all.
The Celestron CPC & CPC Deluxe Sale — Big Aperture, Fork-Mounted, Discounted
The CPC line is Celestron's classic dual-fork GoTo — the telescope you picture when you picture a serious backyard observatory. GPS alignment, rock-solid tracking, and honest aperture from 8 to 11 inches, in both classic XLT and EdgeHD Deluxe flavours. All six models are on sale this month.
The one CPC we have on the floor right now. Celestron's EdgeHD aplanatic optics deliver pin-point stars to the edge of the field — superb for visual observers and ready for imaging when you are. The dual-fork mount with GPS aligns itself to the sky and tracks all night, and 8" of aperture is the sweet spot of light grasp versus portability. At $821 off, it's the strongest value in the lineup — and there's exactly one.
Beyond the in-stock Deluxe 800 HD, CPC models are order-in at the sale price — call us and we'll lock it in while the promotion runs.
The New Askar N160 Is In Stock — and It Belongs on One of These Mounts
Fresh from last week's shipment and already turning heads: a 160 mm imaging Newtonian in a carbon fiber tube — light, rigid, thermally stable — running at a blistering f/3.6 native, with the matched f/3.4 corrector included. That speed pulls faint nebulosity out of the sky in a fraction of the exposure time a slower scope needs. Pair it with the discounted EQ6-R Pro or Wave 150i above and you've built a fast deep-sky rig at exactly the right moment. Regular price, and we have just two.
The ZWO Mid-Year Sale Ends August 15 — Two Weeks Left
Pairing a new Sky-Watcher mount with a camera? The ZWO Mid-Year Sale is still on through August 15 — up to 10% off cooled cameras, the ASIAIR, EAF focusers, filter wheels and filters, prices as marked. A ZWO cooled camera on a discounted EQ6-R Pro or Wave mount is a complete imaging rig, bought at the right time. Browse the ZWO Sale →
Ten Days to a Moonless Perseid Peak
The Perseid meteor shower peaks August 12–13 under a dark, new-moon sky — the best conditions in years, and just ten days away. A tracker like the Star Adventurer GTi is the classic way to shoot the Milky Way while the meteors fly. And with Saturn heading toward opposition in September, a big-aperture CPC set up now will be delivering ring-splitting views right as the planet reaches its best. Gear bought this week is dialled in by the nights that matter.
Khan Scope Centre
3243 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2T2
Phone: 416-783-4140 · 1-800-580-7160
Want to feel the difference a strainwave mount makes, or look through EdgeHD glass before you commit? Come by the store — over 50 telescopes on display, and a team that uses this gear under real skies. Bigger purchase? Ask about PayPlan by RBC — equal monthly payments over 6 to 36 months.
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