Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 5 Inch Schmidt Cassegrain

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Celestron has reinvented the manual telescope with StarSense Explorer—the first telescope that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real time. StarSense Explorer is ideal for beginners thanks to the app’s user-friendly interface and detailed tutorials. It’s like having your own personal tour guide of the night sky. Leave complicated star charts, imprecise planetarium apps, and computerized mounts behind. With StarSense Explorer, locating objects has never been easier, faster, or more accurate. Within minutes of setting up the telescope, you’ll be navigating the sky with confidence. Simply place your phone in the unique StarSense dock and launch the StarSense Explorer app. After aligning your phone to the telescope’s optics (a quick, 2-minute procedure), StarSense Explorer generates a list of celestial objects currently visible. Make your selection and arrows appear onscreen, guiding you as you to move the telescope. When the object is ready to view, the bullseye turns green. StarSense Explorer works with most modern smartphones, including iPhone 6 and up and most devices running Android 7.1.2 or later manufactured since 2016. StarSense Explorer uses patent-pending technology and your smartphone to determine exactly where the telescope is pointed in the night sky. A Lost in Space Algorithm (LISA), like the ones satellites use in orbit to correctly orient themselves, helps the app match star patterns it detects overhead to its internal database. While other astronomy apps may claim that they can help you find objects, they rely exclusively on the phone’s gyros and accelerometers, which aren’t as accurate as LISA technology. No other app can accurately tell you when your target is visible in the eyepiece. An ultra-stable altazimuth mount provides a sturdy foundation for StarSense Explorer DX. Slip clutches and geared slow motion controls in both axes help you move the telescope smoothly and zero in your target. As celestial objects appear to drift across the night sky, you’ll be able to follow them with just a few turns of the knobs. It’s all anchored by an adjustable, full-height tripod. With a large 5” Schmidt-Cassegrain optical tube—Celestron’s tried-and-true optical design for over 50 years—this telescope has enough light gathering ability to bring out impressive detail in celestial objects while remaining compact and lightweight. You can expect sharp, bright views of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, its cloud bands and Great Red Spot, the rings of Saturn, the trapezium in the Orion Nebula, and the beautiful Pleaides Open Star Cluster. All air-to-glass surfaces are coated with our StarBright XLT optical coatings to visibly increase contrast and light transmission for brighter deep space views. With StarBright XLT, you’ll be able to discern subtle details while viewing the Moon and planets as well as faint galaxies and nebulae. Even if you live in a light polluted city location, StarSense Explorer is advanced enough to be able to pick out Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, the Orion Nebula, double stars, and a few more of the most famous celestial objects. But if you can take the telescope to an even slightly darker location, more objects will become visible. With this 5” Schmidt-Cassegrain and relatively dark skies, the Andromeda Galaxy, Hercules Open Star Cluster, and so many more are easily within your reach.

OPTICAL TUBE INFO:

  • Optical Design: Schmidt-Cassegrain
  • Aperture: 125mm (5″)
  • Focal Length: 1250mm (49.21″)
  • Focal Ratio: f/10
  • Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 25mm (0.98″)
  • Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 50x
  • Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: 10mm (0.39″)
  • Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 150x
  • Barlow Lens: Not Included
  • Finderscope: StarPointer red dot finderscope
  • Star Diagonal: Erect image 90° (1.25″)
  • Optical Tube: Aluminum
  • Highest Useful Magnification: 295x
  • Lowest Useful Magnification: 18x
  • Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 13
  • Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.11 arc seconds
  • Resolution (Dawes): 0.93 arc seconds
  • Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 329x
  • Secondary Mirror Obstruction: 51mm (2.0″)
  • Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter: 16.6%
  • Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area: 40%
  • Optical Coatings: StarBright XLT
  • Optical Tube Length: 330mm (13″)
  • Optical Tube Diameter: 171.45mm (6.75″)
  • Optical Tube Weight: 5 lbs (2.26 kg)
  • Dovetail CG-5 Dovetail Bar

MOUNT INFO:

  • Mount Type: Manual Alt-Azimuth
  • Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): 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: CG-5
  • 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 | Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software
  • Total Kit Weight: 9 lbs (4.08 kg)
  • Included Items: Optical tube | Mount and tripod (preassembled) | 25mm and 10mm eyepieces | Erect image diagonal | StarPointer finderscope | Accessory tray | StarSense Explorer phone dock

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