Celestron StarSense Explorer 114mm Dobsonian telescope

Celestron StarSense Explorer 114mm Dobsonian telescope

The StarSense Explorer is a tabletop Dobsonian telescope that uses your smartphone to analyse the night sky and calculate the telescope’s alignment in real time. The app’s instructions and clear user interface make it an excellent first telescope for beginners, and no previous observing experience is required. Take a look at our other products too astronomical telescopes in our range.

Your smartphone will guide you to your destination

Place your phone in the StarSense dock and launch the StarSense Explorer app. Once the phone is aligned with the telescope’s optics, the app will generate a list of currently visible objects and guide you to your chosen object using the arrows on the screen. When the crosshair turns green, the object will be visible through the eyepiece. The patented LISA algorithm compares the detected star patterns against a database, so positioning is not based solely on the phone’s gyroscopes and accelerometers.

Table base with smooth movement

The alt-azimuth table mount moves smoothly in both directions thanks to its Teflon bearings, and you can adjust the tension of the height axis using the height brake. The low stand makes it particularly easy for children to reach the eyepiece, and it can be raised onto a table or a car bonnet to a comfortable viewing height. The carrying handles make it easy to move to the observation site.

From planets to deep-sky objects

The 114 mm parabolic primary mirror reveals Jupiter’s Galilean moons, cloud bands and the Great Red Spot, Saturn’s rings, as well as the Orion Nebula and the Pleiades. Even in the city, you can spot the brightest planets, star clusters, double stars and the Andromeda Galaxy, whilst under darker skies, hundreds more objects become visible.

Main features

• StarSense sky tracking calculates the telescope’s orientation in real time using the smartphone’s camera.
• The app uses a green crosshair to indicate when the subject is within the eyepiece’s field of view.
• Hundreds of audio descriptions and details of thousands of locations in the app’s database.
• The 114 mm parabolic primary mirror collects light for observing planets, nebulae and galaxies.
• Teflon bearings and an adjustable height brake make it easier to track targets.
• Includes 17 mm and 10 mm Kellner eyepieces and a StarPointer red-dot sight.
• The carrying handles and lightweight design of the table stand make it ideal for travelling and day trips.

Technical specifications

• Optical design: reflecting telescope, parabolic primary mirror
• Aukko: 114 mm (4,5″)
• Tarkennin: 1,25″ hammastanko
• Eyepieces: 17 mm and 10 mm Kellner
• Mount: alt-azimuth Dobsonian table mount, Teflon bearings
• Smartphone compatibility: iPhone 6 and later, most Android devices running version 7.1.2 or later (from 2016)

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