Celestron has renewed the manual telescope with its new series, the StarSense Explorer.

Until now, using a telescope and navigating the sky has been a time-consuming and sometimes complicated process. StarSense Explorer changes all that, it's the world's first consumer telescope that uses a smartphone to make operation as simple as snapping your fingers. This advanced technology has previously only been available to professional observatories.

Simply dock your smartphone and launch the StarSense Explorer app. Once you've adjusted your smartphone to the telescope's optics, a very quick 2-minute process, the StarSense Explorer app will generate a list of the celestial bodies currently visible. Make your choice and the arrows on the mobile phone screen will guide you on how to move the telescope. When the item is ready for viewing, the app's bull's eye will turn green.

StarSense Explorer is ideal for anyone who wants to explore the galaxy, with a user-friendly interface and detailed guides. It's like your own guide to the night sky. Leave complicated star charts, inaccurate planetarium apps and computerized tripods a thing of the past. With the StarSense Explorer application, 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.

Even if you live in a light-polluted city, StarSense Explorer is advanced enough to pick out Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, the Orion Nebula, binary stars, and a few more of the famous celestial bodies you dreamed about as a child.

For more than 50 years, Celestron has been a leading manufacturer of high-quality telescopes and optical equipment. This new telescope makes stargazing accessible to everyone. It is so easy to use that even small children can handle it. This really changes everything.

So in these strange times, why not take your next family vacation to space while staying in your own backyard?

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Celestron StarSense Explore LT80AZ

Easy to use
Multi-coated throughout
Magnification: 36x/90x, with Barlow lens; 72x/180x

Technical information

Focal length (mm): 900
Optical coating: FC
Weight (g): 4170
Type of telescope: Refractor
Telescope Aperture: f/11
Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.74 arc seconds
Resolution (Dawes): 1.45 arc seconds
Eyepiece 1 - Magnification: 36x
Eyepiece 2 - Magnification: 90x
Eyepiece 1 - Focal length: 25mm
Eyepiece 2 - Focal length: 10mm
Tripod mount type: Alt Azimuth
Lens diameter (mm): 80