Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 127AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Telescope

Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 127AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Telescope

Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 127AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Telescope

The Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 127AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Newtonian Reflector Telescope is a perfect beginners telescope, with smartphone dock, additional eyepieces, 2x Barlow lens, tripod and finderscope

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Product details

Bar Code:  050234224536
Part Number:  22453-CGL
Brand:  Celestron
Skill Level  Beginner
Aperture  127 mm
Mount Type  Manual Alt-Azimuth
Focal Length  1000 mm
Technologies  S.N. Basic Edition
Optical Design  Newtonian Reflector
Warranty  2 Years

 

Celestron has reinvented the manual telescope with StarSense Explorer, the first telescope that uses your smartphone to analyse 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 computerised 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 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.

StarSense Explorer LT’s simple altazimuth mount makes it easy to move the telescope to find your target. An altitude slow motion adjustment with a sliding rod 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.

With a large 127mm (5”) objective lens, this telescope has enough light gathering ability to bring out detail in celestial objects. 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.

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” Newtonian and relatively dark skies, the Andromeda Galaxy, Hercules Open Star Cluster, and so many more are easily within your reach.

The entire telescope kit weighs just 11.4 pounds, so it’s perfectly portable and easy to bring on your next camping trip or to a remote observing site.

Features
- Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky, no telescope experience required.
- Award-winning and 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.
- Manual altazimuth mount with altitude slow motion adjustment with a sliding rod makes it easy to follow the onscreen arrows to your desired target. When the bullseye turns green, it’s ready to view in the telescope’s eyepiece.
- 127mm (5”) Newtonian reflector with highly reflective coatings and enough light gathering ability to view all the best celestial objects.
- Includes 25mm and 10mm eyepieces, 2x Barlow Lens, StarSense smartphone dock, a red dot finderscope (in case you want to use the telescope without your phone), and a full-height tripod.

Specifications
Optical Design: Newtonian Reflector
Aperture: 127mm (5")
Focal Length: 1000mm
Focal Ratio: f/7.87
Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 25mm
Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 40x
Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: 10mm
Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 100x
Barlow Lens: 2x (1.25")
Finderscope: StarPointer red dot finderscope
Optical Tube: Steel
Highest Useful Magnification: 300x
Lowest Useful Magnification: 18x
Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 13
Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.1 arc seconds
Resolution (Dawes): .91 arc seconds
Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 329x
Secondary Mirror Obstruction: 41mm
Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter: 32%
Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area: 10%
Optical Coatings: Glass mirrors coated with aluminium and SiO₂
Optical Tube Length: 457.2mm
Optical Tube Diameter: 165.1mm
Optical Tube Weight: 3.44 kg
Dovetail: None

Mount Info:
Mount Type: Manual Alt-Azimuth
Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): Aluminium, 1320.8mm  max height
Tripod Leg Diameter: 31.75mm  steel
Accessory Tray: Yes
Tripod Weight: 1.72 kg
Slew Speeds: Manual
GPS: Uses phone's GPS
Dovetail Compatibility: None
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: 11.4 lbs (5.17 kg)
Included Items: Optical tube | Mount and tripod (preassembled) | 25mm and 10mm eyepieces | 2x Barlow Lens | StarPointer finderscope | Accessory tray | StarSense Explorer phone dock

Note: Smartphone shown in images is not included.

About the Starsense Explorer Range

The StarSense Explorer Telescopes from Celestron offer a unique and convenient way to explore the night sky. 

A corresponding StarSense Explorer app uses your smartphone's camera and sensors to create an augmented-reality view of the sky, making it easy to locate celestial objects. The telescope's mount and motorised system automatically adjust to keep objects in view, making it a great option for beginners and experienced astronomers alike.

Available in different optical designs, including Dobsonain, Reflector, Refractor and Cassegrain, all are designed to provide clear views of celestial objects.

Popular in this range

Top selling telescopes in the StarSense Explorer range include the Explorer LT 114AZ and the LT 80AZ Newtonian telescopes. 

Popular new additions in the StarSense Explorer range include the StarSense Explorer 8" Dobsonian Telescope and the StarSense Explorer DX 5" Cassegrain Telescope.

Recommended by PicStop

Our recommendation from the Explorer range would be the StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ, which is simple to use with the Starsense app - ideal for beginners and experienced astronomers alike.

Worth a mention are the StarSense Explorer DX 6" Cassegrain Telescope and the Starsense Explorer 8" Dobsonian Telescope.

Looking for ideas or guidance?

Not sure where to start? Drop us a line with your telescope questions and we'll be happy to help. Call us on 01624 670005 or contact us here.

Click here for more information about Celestron Telescopes and to view all of the telescopes we offer at PicStop.

Visit our brands brands page to browse similar telescope ranges from Skywatcher, Meade and National Geographic.

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Average Rating (1 Review):  
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Great telescope
26 January 2022  | 

I’m a returning enthusiast, been a good number of years since I used a scope so I wanted something relatively easy to use but with the ability to give me decent use. The 127 doesn’t disappoint, it’s a wee bit fiddly to setup and align, viewfinder and then phone app but once it’s done, it’s a breeze to use.

The app keeps you right with alignment, saves a lot of up and down with the viewfinder and guessing to get close to what you want to view. The app night function is handy, saves being blinded by a bright phone screen.

All in, really happy with this purchase.

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Boxed Dimensions (LxWxH cm): 87.5 / 50.0 / 26.5 / - Weight (g) Boxed: 8620
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