Introducing the Celestron StarSense LT 127AZ 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. 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.
Dock, Launch, Explore
Leave complicated star charts, imprecise planetarium apps, and computerized 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 to move the telescope. When the object is ready to view, the bullseye turns green.
Smartphone Compatibility
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.
For a complete compatibility list, click here.
Patent-Pending StarSense Sky Recognition Technology
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.
Sturdy Altazimuth Mount
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.
Dazzling Views with High Quality Optics
With a large 114mm (4.5”) 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 beautiful Pleaides Open Star Cluster.
Perfect for the City or Dark Sky Sites
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 4” refractor 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 10.4 pounds, so it’s perfectly portable and easy to bring on your next camping trip or to a remote observing site.
Everything You Need to Observe Immediately
When you unbox your new StarSense Explorer LT, you’ll find:
127mm Newtonian reflector optical tube
StarSense dock for your smartphone
Low powered (25mm) and high powered (10mm) eyepiece
2x Barlow lens to double the power of each eyepiece
StarPointer red dot finderscope, perfect for using the telescope during the day or without the StarSense Explorer app
Altazimuth mount with slow motion control rod
Full-height tripod with an accessory tray to keep you organized
Accessories Included
127/1000 Reflector Telescope
Parabolic Astronomical Mirror
25mm eyepiece
10mm eyepiece
2x Barlow 1.25"
integrated smartphone adapter
StarPointer™ red dot finderscope
AZ Mount
Height Adjustable Tripod
SAVE THE STARSENSE CODE
Either keep the Card with the CODE in your telescope box or take a photo of the card so that you dont loose it. You can use the code and unlock the Starsense App upto 5 devices in the future.
HIGHLIGHT
- Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required.
- Award-winning and patented StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyze 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 on-screen 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.
CELESTRON StarSense Explorer LT 127AZ Reflector Telescope
OPTICAL TUBE SPECIFICATIONS Optical Design: Newtonian Reflector Aperture: 127mm (5") Focal Length: 1000mm (39.3") Focal Ratio: f/7.87 Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 25mm (0.98") Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 40x Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: 10mm (0.39") Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 100x Barlow Lens: 2x (1.25") Finderscope: StarPointer™ red dot finderscope (No Warranty) 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: 44mm (1.73") Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter: 32% Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area: 10% Optical Coatings: Glass mirrors coated with aluminum and SiO₂ Optical Tube Length: 457.2mm (18") Optical Tube Diameter: 165.1mm (6.5") Optical Tube Weight: 7.6 lbs (3.44 kg) Dovetail: None MOUNT SPECIFICATIONS Mount Type: Manual Alt-Azimuth Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): Aluminum, 1320.8mm (52") max height Tripod Leg Diameter: 31.75mm (1.75") steel Accessory Tray: Yes Tripod Weight: 3.8 lbs (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, and 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 dockSolar Warning - Never look directly at the Sun with the naked eye or with an optic (unless you have the proper solar filter). Permanent and irreversible eye damage may result.
- Never use your optic to project an image of the Sun onto any surface. Internal heat build-up can damage the optic and any accessories attached to it.
- Never leave your optic unsupervised. Make sure an adult who is familiar with the correct operating procedures is with your optic at all times, especially when children are present.