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 StarSense dock and launch the StarSense Explorer app. After Connecting your phone to the telescope optics (a quick, 2-minute procedure), StarSense Explorer generates a list of celestial objects currently visible. Make your selection and arrows appear on screen, 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 5 or 6 and up and most devices running Android 7.1.2 or later manufactured since 2016. For a complete compatibility list, see the smartphone compatibility tab. 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 reorient 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. StarSense Explorer LT’s simple altazimuth mount makes it easy to move the telescope to find your target. A slow-motion altitude adjustment knob helps you fine tune the telescope’s pointing position and follow targets as they appear to drift across the night sky. It’s all anchored by an adjustable, full-height tripod. You can expect sharp, bright views through this 70mm refractor. Fully coated glass optics provide increased light transmission, enhancing details in celestial objects. The telescope also includes a 90-degree erect image diagonal, so you can use it during the day to view birds, wildlife, landscapes, and more. 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. However if you can take the telescope to an even slightly darker location, more objects will become visible. The entire telescope kit weighs just 7.4 pounds, so it’s perfectly portable and easy to bring on your next camping trip or to a remote observing site.
Features: Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Refractor Telescope
- Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky with no telescope experience required.
- Patent-pending StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyse star patterns overhead and calculate its position in real time.
- StarSense Explorer app automatically generates a list of objects currently visible.
- View planets, brighter nebulae and galaxies, star clusters, and double stars from the city. Or take your telescope to darker skies to view faint, deep sky objects.
- 70mm refractor with fully coated glass optics for bright, sharp views.
- Manual alt-azimuth mount with smooth, dual-axis slow-motion controls makes it easy to follow the on-screen arrows to your desired target. When the bulls-eye turns green, it’s ready to view in the telescope’s eyepiece.
- 70mm refractor optical tube
- StarSense dock for your smartphone
- Low powered (25mm) and high powered (10mm) eyepiece
- 2x Barlow lens to double the power of each eyepiece
- 90-degree erect image diagonal
- StarPointer red dot finderscope, perfect for using the telescope during the day or
- without the StarSense Explorer app
- Alt-azimuth mount with slow motion control rod
- Full-height tripod with an accessory tray to keep you organised
Specifications: Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ Smartphone App-Enabled
- Refractor Telescope
- Optical Design: Refractor
- Aperture: 70mm / 2.76 inches
- Focal Length: 700mm / 27.56 inches
- Focal Ratio: f/10
- Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 28x
- Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 70x
- Barlow Lens: 2x
- Finderscope: StarPointer red dot finder
- Star Diagonal: Erect image 90° / 1.25inhes
- Optical Tube: Aluminium
- Highest Useful Magnification: 165x
- Lowest Useful Magnification: 10x
- Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 11.7
- Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.99 arc seconds
- Resolution (Dawes): 1.66 arc seconds
- Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 100x
- Optical Coatings: Fully coated glass optics
- Optical Tube LengthL 812.8mm / 32 inches
- Optical Tube Diameter: 76mm / 2.99 inches
- Optical Tube Weight: 3.6 lbs / 1.63 kg
Mount Info:
- Mount Type: Manual Alt-Azimuth
- Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): Aluminium, 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 Speed: Manual
- GPS: Uses phone's GPS
- Dovetail Compatibility: CG-5 Dovetail bar
- Power Requirements: None (Recommend PowerTank Glow to keep phone charged while using app)
- Alignment Procedures: Use StarSense Explorer app
- Software: (1)StarSense Explorer app (1)SkyPortal app (2)Celestron Starry Night
- Basic Edition Software
- Total Kit Weight: 7.4 lbs / 3.35 kg
Kit content
Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Refractor Telescope
25mm & 10mm eyepieces
Erect image diagonal
2x Barlow lens
StarPointer finderscope
Accessory tray
StarSense Explorer phone dock
For more information about, Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ Smartphone Refractor Telescope website.
Package information Box1:
Gross Weight: 6.15 Kg
Dimensions: 87 x 34 x 23 cm
