Celestron StarSense Explorer LT80AZ Telescope

Celestron StarSense Explorer LT80AZ Telescope

The StarSense Explorer LT80AZ is an 80 mm refractor telescope in which a smartphone and the StarSense Explorer app guide the telescope to the correct objects. It is ideal for beginners and families who want to observe planets, nebulae and binary stars without the need for star charts or a motorised mount. Discover our other products too astronomical telescopes in our range.

The smartphone shows the way

The phone is placed in the telescope’s mount, and it takes about two minutes to align it with the optics. The app lists the celestial bodies currently visible, and the arrows on the screen indicate the direction in which to turn the telescope. Once the object is in the field of view, the app’s crosshairs turn green.

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Even in an area affected by light pollution, you can use a telescope to observe, for example, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, the Orion Nebula and binary stars. The app’s user interface and object-specific guides make observing easy, even for children.

Main features

• The StarSense Explorer app uses your smartphone to locate objects and guides you in manually rotating the telescope using arrows.
• It takes about two minutes to align the phone with the telescope’s optics.
• An 80 mm objective lens and a focal length of 900 mm are suitable for observing planets, the Moon and binary stars.
• The included 25 mm and 10 mm eyepieces provide magnifications of 36x and 90x.
• With a Barlow lens, the magnification increases to 72x or 180x.
• The fully multi-coated optics produce a bright image.
• The Alt azimuth mount moves smoothly up and down and from side to side.

Technical specifications

• Type of telescope: refracting telescope
• Lens diameter: 80 mm
• Focal length: 900 mm
• Aperture ratio: f/11
• Optical coating: fully coated (FC)
• Eyepiece 1: 25 mm, 36x
• Eyepiece 2: 10 mm, 90x
• Magnification with a Barlow lens: 72x / 180x
• Resolving power (Rayleigh): 1.74 arcseconds
• Resolving power (Dawes): 1.45 arcseconds
• Mounting type: alt-azimuth
• Weight: 4,170 g

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