CELESTRON StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ Smartphone-Enabled Telescope

Celestron has reinvented the manual telescope with StarSense Explorer, the first telescope that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real time. This innovative device is ideal for beginners, thanks to the app's user-friendly interface and detailed tutorials, providing a personal tour guide of the celestial wonders.

Say goodbye to complicated star charts, imprecise planetarium apps, and computerized mounts. 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 app. After a quick 2-minute alignment process, StarSense Explorer generates a list of celestial objects currently visible, and guides you with on-screen arrows to your desired target.

StarSense Explorer works with most modern smartphones, including iPhone 6 and up, and Android devices running 7.1.2 or later manufactured since 2016. The telescope utilizes patented StarSense sky recognition technology, which uses a Lost in Space Algorithm (LISA), similar to those used by satellites, to accurately match star patterns overhead with its internal database. This advanced technology outperforms other astronomy apps that rely solely on a smartphone's gyros and accelerometers.

UNLEASH THE POWER OF YOUR SMARTPHONE: Let your iPhone or Android phone take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required. Just follow the arrows to locate stars, planets, and more.

PATENTED STARSENSE SKY RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY: This one-of-a-kind telescope uses patented, award-winning StarSense sky recognition technology and your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate its position in real time.

STARSENSE EXPLORER APP: The app generates a list of the best objects to view based on your exact time and location. Discover planets, brighter nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters from the city, as well as fainter, deep sky objects from darker sites.

EASY TO SET UP AND USE: The manual altazimuth mount with smooth, dual-axis slow-motion controls makes it effortless to follow the on-screen arrows and view your desired target. When the bullseye turns green, it's ready to observe through the telescope's eyepiece.

HIGH-QUALITY 130MM NEWTONIAN REFLECTOR: The 5" primary mirror features highly reflective coatings and enough light-gathering ability to view craters on the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, and Pleiades Open Star Cluster.

UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.

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