Celestron has reinvented the Tabletop Dobsonian telescope with StarSense Explorer—the first Tabletop Dobsonian that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real-time. This 114mm aperture Celestron 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.

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 and easy procedure), StarSense Explorer generates a list of celestial objects currently visible. Make your selection and arrows appear on-screen, guiding you as you move the telescope. When the object is ready to view in the eyepiece, the bullseye turns green. As you observe, listen to hundreds of audio descriptions and view detailed information about thousands of objects within the app’s robust database.

• Optical Design: Newtonian Reflector
• Aperture: 114mm (4.48")
• Focal Length: 450mm (17.71")
• Focal Ratio: f/4
• Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 17mm (0.67")
• Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 26x
• Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: 10mm (0.39")
• Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 45x
• Highest Useful Magnification: 269x
• Lowest Useful Magnification: 16x
• Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 12.8
• Tube Material: Steel
• Focuser: 1.25" rack-and-pinion
• Finderscope: StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope
• Optical Tube Dimensions: 469.9mm (18.5") long x 139.7mm (5.5") diameter
• Optical Tube Weight: 4.2 lbs (1.9 kg)

Please Note: This item will ship via UPS Ground with a flat-rate of $24.95.