Product Description

Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ 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... read more

MPN: 22451-CGL

Specification

Optical Tube Info

• Optical Design: Refractor
• Aperture: 80mm (3.1")
• Focal Length: 900mm (35.43")
• Focal Ratio: f/11
• Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 25mm (0.98")
• Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 36x
• Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: 10mm (0.39")
• Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 90x
• Barlow Lens: 2x (1.25")
• Finderscope: StarPointer™ red dot finderscope
• Star Diagonal: Erect image 90° (1.25")
• Optical Tube: Aluminum
• Highest Useful Magnification: 189x
• Lowest Useful Magnification: 11x
• Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 12
• Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.74 arc seconds
• Resolution (Dawes): 1.45 arc seconds
• Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 131x
• Optical Coatings: Fully-Coated glass optics
• Optical Tube Length: 965mm (38")
• Optical Tube Diameter: 90mm (3.54")
• Optical Tube Weight: 5.4 lbs (2.45 kg)
• Dovetail: None

Mount Info

• Mount Type: Manual Alt-Azimuth
• Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): Aluminum, 1320.8mm (52") max height
• Tripod Leg Diameter: 31.75mm (1.25") 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 | Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software
• Total Kit Weight: 9.2 lbs (4.17 kg)
• Included Items: Telescope tube | Mount/tripod (preassembled) | 25mm & 10mm eyepieces | Erect image diagonal | 2x Barlow lens | StarPointer&trade finderscope | Accessory tray | StarSense Explorer phone dock

MPN: 22451-CGL

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