Description
- Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required.
- Patented, award-winning StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate the telescope’s position in real time.
- A 114mm parabolic primary mirror helps you make the most of StarSense technology. Locate faint, deep-sky objects in seconds and see them in more detail than ever before.
- A sturdy tabletop Dobsonian-style base that makes it easy to follow the on-screen arrows to your desired target. When the bullseye turns green, it's ready to view in the telescope's eyepiece.
- StarSense Explorer Powered by SkySafari™ app automatically generates a list of objects currently visible. View planets, brighter nebulae and galaxies, star clusters, and double stars from the city. Or take your telescope to darker skies to see even more.
- Includes a 17mm and 10mm Kellner eyepiece, the StarSense smartphone dock, a StarPointer™ red dot finderscope, an eyepiece rack, and a collimation cap.
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Optical Design: |
Newtonian Reflector |
| Aperture: | 114mm (4.48") |
| Focal Length: | 450mm (17.71") |
| Focal Ratio: | f/4 |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: | 17mm (0.67") |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 1: | 26x |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: | 10mm (0.39") |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 2: | 45x |
| Highest Useful Magnification: | 269x |
| Lowest Useful Magnification: | 16x |
| Limiting Stellar Magnitude: | 12.8 |
| Light Gathering Power: | 265x as compared to the human eye |
| Optical Coatings: | Aluminum with SiO2 overcoat |
| Mirror Material: | Standard optical glass for primary and secondary mirrors |
| Minor Axis of Secondary Mirror: | 34.5mm (1.36") |
| Tube Material: | Steel |
| Focuser: | 1.25" rack-and-pinion |
| Finderscope: | StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope |
| Resolution Rayleigh: | 1.21 arcseconds |
| Resolution Dawes: | 1.02 arcseconds |
| Optical Tube Dimensions: | 469.9mm (18.5") long x 139.7mm (5.5") diameter |
| Optical Tube Weight: | 4.2 lbs (1.9 kg) |
| MOUNT INFO: | |
| Mount Type: | Altazimuth Tabletop Dobsonian base |
| Base Material: | Particle board with melamine surfaces and edge trim, CARB compliant |
| Base Dimensions: | 381mm x 381mm x 393.7mm (15" 15" x 15.5") |
| Base Weight: | 8.4 lbs (3.81 kg) |
| Slew Speeds: | Manual |
| Software: | Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software and StarSense Explorer App |
| Total Telescope Kit Weight: | 12.6 lbs (5.71 kg) |
| Included Items: | Optical tube |
| Dobsonian Base | |
| 17mm and 10mm eyepiece | |
| StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope | |
| StarSense Explorer dock | |
| StarSense Explorer unlock code | |
| Eyepiece rack | |
| Collimation Cap | |
| Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software | |
| Solar Warning | Never look directly at the Sun with the naked eye or with an optic (unless you have the proper solar filter). Permanent and irreversible eye damage may result. |
| Never use your optic to project an image of the Sun onto any surface. Internal heat build-up can damage the optic and any accessories attached to it. | |
| Never leave your optic unsupervised. Make sure an adult who is familiar with the correct operating procedures is with your optic at all times, especially when children are present. |
