Perfect for the city or dark sky areas even if you live in a light polluted city, the Celestron StarSense Explorer 8" Dobsonian is advanced enough to easily distinguish Jupiter, Saturn, open star clusters like the Pleiades, double stars like Alberio, the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy and many other of the best and brightest celestial bodies.
If the telescope can be taken to a slightly darker place, more objects will be visible. Thanks to this 8" Dobsonian and a relatively dark sky, hundreds of fascinating objects are well within your reach
.Carrying the StarSense Explorer Dobsonian telescope is easy thanks to the ergonomic carrying handles located at the balance point of the tube and the stand.
Dust covers for the front of the tube and the focuser are also included.
Dazzling views with high-quality optics
Featuring a large 8-inch Newtonian mirror tube, this telescope has enough light-gathering power to bring out impressive details on celestial objects while being remarkably portable.
You can expect sharp and clear views of Jupiter's four Galilean moons, its cloud bands and Great Red Spot, Saturn's rings, the gaseous glow of the Orion Nebula, the dust lanes of the Lagoon Nebula, and our neighboring galaxy Andromeda.
Compared to the StarSense Explorer DX 130 AZ, the 10" Dobsonian has 380+% more light-gathering surface area, allowing better views of dim objects.
All mirror surfaces are coated with optical XLT coatings that improve contrast and light transmission to brighten the view. With the XLT, you can distinguish fine details when viewing the moon and planets, as well as faint galaxies and nebulae.
The mirrors are made of low-expansion optical glass, which helps ensure the best images in changing environmental conditions.
This scope also comes with a high quality 2" Crayford focuser. The Crayford design allows for precise and smooth movements without shifting the focus.
It also includes a 2" to 1.25" adapter and a 2" extension tube, so you can use almost any 1.25" or 2" telescope eyepiece with the StarSense Explorer Dobsonian.
The focuser also has a thumb screw with which you can lock the sharpest focus.
Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience necessary.
The patented, award-winning StarSense sky sensing technology uses your smartphone to analyze the constellations above and calculate the telescope's position in real time.
A large 10-inch parabolic head-up mirror with XLT coatings helps you get the most out of StarSense technology.
Locate dim, deep-sky objects in seconds and see them in more detail than ever before.
A robust, Dobsonian-style stand with large-diameter bearings and variable height tension makes it easy to follow the on-screen arrows to the desired target.
When the sight turns green, it is ready to be viewed in the telescope eyepiece. The StarSense Explorer application automatically generates a list of currently visible objects. View planets, brighter nebulae and galaxies, star clusters and binary stars from the city. Or take your telescope to darker skies to see even more.
Contain
•25 mm Plössl eyepiece
•2" Crayford focuser
•StarSense smartphone dock
•StarPointer™ red dot sight
•eyepiece holder and collimation tool.
Dock, launch, explore
Forget complicated star charts, inaccurate planetarium apps and computerized stands. With Starsense Explorer, locating objects has never been easier, faster or more accurate. In a few minutes after installing the telescope, you can navigate the sky with confidence. Place your phone in the unique StarSense dock and launch the Starsense Explorer app. Once the phone is aligned with the telescope's optics (a quick and easy operation), StarSense Explorer will generate a list of the celestial bodies currently visible.
Make your choice and arrows will appear on the screen to guide you as you move the telescope. When the target is ready to be viewed in the eyepiece, the shotgun screen will turn green.
Once you've spotted, you can listen to hundreds of audio descriptions and view detailed information on thousands of objects in the app's robust database. •High-quality altazimutal installation
•A very stable Dobsonian stand provides a solid foundation for the StarSense Explorer.
•It has large diameter elevation bearings with variable tension, teflon azimuth bearings and side panels have support irons for added stability (unlike most 8" Dobsonian tripods).
•Elevation bearings ensure smooth up and down movement, while an integrated elevation brake system allows you to adjust the tension along the elevation axis to ensure movement would be the smoothest even in small imbalance situations.
•The panning knob on the telescope provides an ergonomic grip, so you can aim the telescope precisely without your hands getting warm to the optical system.
•When the celestial bodies seem to drift in the night sky, you can easily follow them with small changes in the position of the telescope.
•Smartphone Compatibility Celestron's StarSense Explorer works with most modern smartphones, including the iPhone 6 and newer, and most devices manufactured since 2016 with Android 7.1.2 or newer. T
•full compatibility list [click here](
http://starsenseexplorer.simcur.com/).
•Patented StarSense Sky Recognition Technology StarSense Explorer uses patented technology and your smartphone to determine exactly where the telescope is pointed in the night sky.
•The LISA algorithm (Lost in Space Algorithm), like the ones used by satellites in orbit to orient themselves correctly, helps the application match the constellations it detects with its internal database.
•Although other astronomy apps claim to help you find objects, they rely solely on the phone's gyroscope and accelerometers, which are not as accurate as LISA technology. No other application can accurately tell when an object appears in the eyepiece.
