{"product_id":"celestron-nexstar-8se-sct","title":"Celestron NexStar 8SE Computerised Telescope","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/un37haZ_Hs0?si=RruusZrsNGCrMTFp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e🔭 Celestron NexStar 8SE Computerized Telescope\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Icon. Modernised. 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