CELESTRON StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ Smartphone-Enabled Telescope – iPhone/Android Compatible

Celestron revolutionizes the traditional telescope with the StarSense Explorer, the world's first telescope that utilizes your smartphone to analyze the night sky in real time and calculate its precise position. Designed with beginners in mind, the StarSense Explorer app offers a user-friendly interface and detailed tutorials, making it feel like you have your very own personal tour guide to the wonders of the night sky.

Leave behind the complexities of star charts, imprecise planetarium apps, and computerized mounts. With the StarSense Explorer, locating celestial objects has never been easier, faster, or more accurate. Within minutes of setting up the telescope, you'll be confidently navigating the sky. Simply place your phone in the unique StarSense dock and launch the app. Aligning your phone to the telescope's optics is a quick, 2-minute procedure. Afterward, the app generates a comprehensive list of visible celestial objects. Arrows appear onscreen, guiding you as you move the telescope. When the object is ready to view, the bullseye turns green, indicating its accessibility.

The StarSense Explorer is compatible with most modern smartphones, including iPhone 6 and above, as well as devices running Android 7.1.2 or later, manufactured since 2016. Utilizing patented StarSense Sky Recognition Technology, the telescope accurately determines its position in the night sky with the help of your smartphone. The app's Lost in Space Algorithm (LISA) matches the detected star patterns to its internal database, similar to the technology utilized by satellites in orbit. Unlike other astronomy apps that solely rely on the phone's gyros and accelerometers, which are less accurate, the StarSense Explorer's LISA technology ensures precise positioning. No other app can inform you with accuracy when your desired target is visible in the eyepiece.

Unleash the power of your smartphone with the StarSense Explorer. Let your iPhone or Android phone guide you through a tour of the night sky, even if you have no prior telescope experience. Simply follow the arrows on your screen to locate stars, planets, and more.

Featuring the patented and award-winning StarSense Sky Recognition Technology, this one-of-a-kind telescope combines smartphone analysis of star patterns with real-time position calculations.

The StarSense Explorer app provides a curated list of the best objects to view based on your specific time and location. It allows you to observe planets, bright nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters from urban areas, while also enabling you to explore fainter and deeper sky objects from darker locations.

Setting up and using the StarSense Explorer is a breeze. Its manual altazimuth mount comes with smooth, dual-axis slow-motion controls, making it effortless to follow the on-screen arrows to your desired target. Once the bullseye turns green, you're ready to view the object through the telescope's eyepiece.

Equipped with a high-quality 130mm Newtonian reflector, the StarSense Explorer features a 5" primary mirror with highly reflective coatings. This telescope gathers enough light to reveal details such as craters on the Moon, Jupiter's features, Saturn's rings, Mars, and deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, and Pleiades Open Star Cluster.

Experience unbeatable warranty and support when you choose Celestron, a renowned telescope brand based in California since 1960. Your purchase of the StarSense Explorer includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.

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