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Celestron Starsense Explorer LT Refractor - 80mm
R6,889.00
R7,189.00
SKU
C22451
- 80mm refractor
- Fully coated glass optics
- Manual Alt-Azimuth mount
Description
Celestron has decided to reinvent the manual telescope and has come up with the Celestron Starsense Explorer LT Refractor - 80mm. This telescope is the first one that has been designed to use your phone to analyse the night sky and calculate its position in real time.
The StarSense Explorer is the ideal for beginners due to its app user friendly interface and detailed tutorials. With its sturdy Alt-Azimuth mount the telescope is easy to move around helping you find your next target with ease. One of the best features about the mount is its built in slow motion adjustment with sliding rod that has been added to help you fine tune the telescope's pointing position and follow targets as they appear to drift across the night sky and the best part it its all anchored by an adjustable, full-height tripod.
Unlike most telescopes the Starsense Explorer has been fine tuned to be able to handle light polluted city location, and is so advanced that it is able to pick out Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, the Orion Nebula and much more due to its advanced system.
Features
- Award-winning and patented StarSense sky recognition technology
- StarSense Explorer app
- Manual altazimuth mount with altitude slow motion adjustment with a sliding rod
- 80mm refractor
- Fully coated glass optics
- 5mm and 10mm eyepieces
Specifications
| Optical Tube Information | |
| Optical Design | Refractor |
| Aperture | 80mm / 3.1" |
| Focal Length | 900mm / 35.43" |
| Focal Ratio | f/11 |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 1 | 25mm / 0.98" |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 1 | 36x |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 2 | 10mm / 0.39" |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 2 | 90x |
| Barlow Lens | 2x / 1.25" |
| Finderscope | StarPointer red dot finderscope |
| Star Diagonal | Erect image 90 / 1.25" |
| Optical Tube | Aluminum |
| Highest Useful Magnification | 189x |
| Lowest Useful Magnification | 11x |
| Limiting Stellar Magnitude | 12 |
| Resolution (Rayleigh) | 1.74 arc seconds |
| Resolution (Dawes) | 1.45 arc seconds |
| Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye) | 131x |
| Optical Coatings | Fully Coated glass optics |
| Optical Tube Length | 965mm / 38" |
| Optical Tube Diameter | 90mm / 3.54" |
| Optical Tube Weight | 5.4 lbs / 2.45 kg |
| Dovetail | None |
| Mount Information | |
| Mount Type | Manual Alt-Azimuth |
| Height Adjustment Range | Aluminum, 1320.8mm / 52" max height |
| Tripod Leg Diameter | 31.75mm / 1.25" steel |
| Accessory Tray | Yes |
| Tripod Weight | 3.8 lbs / 1.72 kg |
| Slew Speeds | Manual |
| GPS | Uses phone's GPS |
| Dovetail Compatibility | None |
| Power Requirements | None (Recommend PowerTank Glow to keep phone charged while using App) |
| Alignment Procedures | Use StarSense Explorer App |
| Software | StarSense Explorer App, SkyPortal App, and Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software |
| Total Kit Weight | 9.2 lbs / 4.17 kg |
| Free Shipping | No |
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