Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ -telescope

Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ telescope

Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ lens telescope for observing the starry sky and also terrestrial objects. A good telescope that is also suitable for beginners!

What can you see with this? The thousands of craters and mountains of the Moon in very impressive detail, the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter. The phases of Venus and Mercury. In good conditions, some details of Mars.

Celestron has included a phone mount for the telescope and the Starsense app for your smartphone, which makes it easy to find objects in the starry sky. Your phone will guide you in which direction you need to turn the telescope!

• With Starsense, you don't need any previous experience with stargazing telescopes or a detailed knowledge of constellations! You can get started right away and start searching for targets.
• Tonight's best - the best items to watch every day
• 4" refractor lens telescope with XLT coating
• Sturdy manually movable alt-az tripod, with fine-tuning of movements you can view even the most distant objects
• The sales package includes 10mm and 25mm eyepieces, a StarSense phone mount, a red dot sight, a corner mirror that is also suitable for viewing terrestrial objects, a tripod, and a license for the phone program.

StarSense Explorer App for your phone

Celestron's StarSense Explorer is the first app available for consumer telescopes that allows you to use your smartphone to orient yourself to objects in the starry sky.

From the phone app, you simply select the object you want to observe. The app will instruct you in which direction to turn the telescope. The position indicated by the telescope will update in real time on the phone screen, and when you are at the desired object, the cursor will turn green.

You can check compatible phones here!

Tonight's Best

Stargazing usually starts with learning a few constellations and locating them in the sky with the naked eye. Tonight's Best is a feature offered by the Starsense Explorer app that suggests the best objects for viewing at the moment.

The list is updated based on your location, meaning the app offers the objects that are visible from your location. Depending on the season, location, and time of day, the list may include planets like Jupiter or Saturn, galaxies, nebulae, or star clusters.

Specifications:

• Optical structure: Refractor lens telescope
• Opening (mm): 102mm / 4"
• Focal length: 660mm
• Focal ratio: F6.5
• Eyepiece 1 focal length: 25mm, magnification 26x
• Eyepiece 2 focal length: 10mm, magnification 66x
• Finder: StarPointer red dot sight
• Diagonal: Erect image 90° (1.25"), suitable for viewing terrestrial objects
• Tripod type: Single arm Altazimuth
• Tripod: aluminum
• Highest usable magnification: 240x
• Minimum usable magnification: 15x
• Limiting stellar magnitude: 12.5
• Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.11 arc seconds
• Resolution (Dawes): 1.14 arc seconds
• Light gathering power (compared to human eye): 212x
• Optical coating: XLT
• Tube length: 812.8mm
• Total weight of telescope system: 6.44kg (telescope 2.26kg and tripod 4.17kg)
• Tracking: StarSense Explorer app

The sales package includes: 10mm and 25mm eyepieces, StarSense phone mount, red dot sight, angle mirror and tripod, and a license for the phone program