It is a 6-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector telescope and you would be able to see stars down to about 10th magnitude. It would also show an appreciable disc with belts on Jupiter, also Saturn's rings, and it would give a good view of the Orion Nebula, for example.
The Celestron Nexstar 8 SE has a computerised hand controller which works fine by itself but can be greatly enhanced by connecting the telescope to a computer. The Celestron is not particularly Mac friendly but will certainly work with either a Mac or Windows PC.The first problem is connecting to a computer as the telescope's old style RS-232 serial port is not supported by many modern computers and so either an RS-232 port PC Card or a USB to serial adapter is required. The telescope comes with a limited version of TheSky software (which may well be for Windows only) but this can be replaced with TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition which supports both Macs and Windows and can control a range of telescopes including the 8 SE. (See links below)
One can shop for a Nexstar GPS at places like Amazon and Walmart. There you can find the right type of GPS you need that will fit your budget and needs.
There are many things that one can use the Celestron Nexstar 130 SLT to view. Using the telescope called a Celestron Nexstar 130 SLT, one can view the moon and stars.
A Celestron NexStar 8SE is a computerized telescope made by the company Celestron. It is used for stargazing, astronomy lessons and can see deep into the universe according to the manufacturer. The model features especially effective light gathering and comes with a database of over 40 000 celestial objects.
The Celestron Nexstar 8 SE has a computerised hand controller which works fine by itself but can be greatly enhanced by connecting the telescope to a computer. The Celestron is not particularly Mac friendly but will certainly work with either a Mac or Windows PC.The first problem is connecting to a computer as the telescope's old style RS-232 serial port is not supported by many modern computers and so either an RS-232 port PC Card or a USB to serial adapter is required. The telescope comes with a limited version of TheSky software (which may well be for Windows only) but this can be replaced with TheSkyX Serious Astronomer Edition which supports both Macs and Windows and can control a range of telescopes including the 8 SE. (See links below)
One can find a listing of Nexstar events that are approaching on the official Nexstar website. A dedicated agent will be happy to help you find more information on their official website.
One can shop for a Nexstar GPS at places like Amazon and Walmart. There you can find the right type of GPS you need that will fit your budget and needs.
The Nexstar website contains positive reviews from different business users. Most businesses state that the events were excellent value for money and that they would recommend the services provided.
GPS signal acquisition is available worldwide. The question is whether your particular unit is preloaded with map capabilities for Hawaii. Some units are only sold pre-loaded with the 48 contiguous states.