Celestron StarSense Explorer 12" Dobsonian
SKU: 22472-CGL
£1,299.99Price
VAT Included
- Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required.
- Patented, award-winning StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate the telescope’s position in real-time.
- A large 12” parabolic primary mirror with XLT coatings helps you make the most of StarSense technology. Locate faint, deep-sky objects in seconds and see them in more detail than ever before.
- A sturdy, Dobsonian-style base with large diameter bearings and variable altitude tensioning 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.
- StarSense Explorer Powered by SkySafari™ 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 see even more.
- Includes a 32mm Plössl eyepiece, a 2” Crayford focuser, 2” extension tube, 2” to 1.25” adapter, the StarSense smartphone dock, a StarPointer™ red dot finderscope, an eyepiece rack, and a collimation tool.
3-4 Working days
Specifications
Description
| Optical Design: | Newtonian Reflector |
| Aperture: | 305mm (12") |
| Focal Length: | 1500mm (59") |
| Focal Ratio: | f/4.9 |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: | 32mm (1.26") |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 1: | 47x |
| Highest Useful Magnification: | 720x |
| Lowest Useful Magnification: | 43x |
| Limiting Stellar Magnitude: | 14.9 |
| Light Gathering Power: | 1895x as compared to the human eye |
| Optical Coatings: | XLT reflective coatings with silicon dioxide and tantalum pentoxide protective overcoatings for primary and secondary mirrors |
| Mirror Material: | Pyrex equivalent for primary and secondary mirrors |
| Primary Mirror Thickness: | 37mm (1.45") (approx. 1:8 thickness ratio) |
| Secondary Mirror Thickness: | 11mm (0.43") |
| Minor Axis of Secondary Mirror: | 70mm (2.75") |
| Tube Material: | Steel |
| Focuser: | 2" Crayford focuser, includes 2" extension tube and 2"-to-1.25" adapter |
| Finderscope: | StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope |
| Resolution Rayleigh: | 0.45 arcseconds |
| Resolution Dawes: | 0.38 arcseconds |
| Optical Tube Dimensions: | 1422.4mm (56") long x 355.6mm (14" diameter) |
| Optical Tube Weight: | 49.8 lbs (22.58 kg) |
| MOUNT INFO: | |
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| Mount Type: | Altazimuth Dobsonian base |
| Base Material: | Particle board with melamine surfaces and edge trim, CARB compliant |
| Base Dimensions: | 635mm x 635mm x 736.6mm (25" x 25" x 29") |
| Base Weight: | 33.8 lbs (15.33 kg) |
| Slew Speeds: | Manual |
| Software: | Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software and StarSense Explorer App |
| Total Telescope Kit Weight: | 83.6 lbs (37.92 kg) |
| Included Items: | Optical tube Dobsonian Base 32mm eyepiece 2" Crayford focuser StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope StarSense Explorer dock StarSense Explorer unlock code Eyepiece rack Collimation cap Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software |
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