Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 5″ 125mm AZ Reflector Telescope Celestron

The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 5″ 125mm AZ Reflector Telescope comes with everything you need to view the night sky with ease. The large optical tube has StarBright XLT coatings, giving it enough light-gathering ability to view all the best 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 the beautiful Pleiades Open Star Cluster.

Built for enjoyment in the easiest possible way, the StarSense Explorer 125mm reflector telescope utilises the power or smart phone technology, allowing it to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required.

Ideal for beginners, this awesome, large lensed reflector telescope comes with a tripod and a manual AZ mount that has smooth, dual-axis slow-motion controls. All you have to do is dock your smartphone, launch the app and then start exploring the night sky.

The award-winning and patent-pending StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyse star patterns overhead and calculate their position in real-time. Then simply follow the on-screen arrows to your desired target. When the bullseye turns green, it’s ready to view in the telescope’s eyepiece.

The 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.

Your StarSense telescope comes with two eyepieces, StarSense smartphone dock, a red dot finderscope (in case you want to use the telescope without your phone), an erect image diagonal, and a sturdy, full-height tripod.

If you’re looking for a telescope that’s perfect for beginners that’s like having your own personal tour guide of the night sky, then you need the Explorer from Celestron in your life.

Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 5″ 125mm AZ Reflector Telescope

Features:

• Large lens
• Starsense Explorer technology to navigate the night sky
• Manual AZ mount
• Full sized tripod
• StarBright XLT lens coatings
• Two eyepieces included
• Red dot finder included
• Erect image diagonal included

Specifications:

• Aperture – 125mm
• Focal length – 1250mm
• Focal ratio –  f/10
• Eyepieces – 25mm (50x magnification), 10mm (150x magnification)
• Barlow lens – No
• Finderscope – StarPointer™ red dot finderscope
• Star diagonal – Erect image 90° (1.25″)
• Optical tube - Aluminium
• Highest useful magnification – 295x
• Lowest useful magnification – 18x
• Limiting stellar magnitude – 13
• Resolution (Rayleigh) – 1.11 arc seconds
• Resolution (Dawes) - 0.93 arc seconds
• Light gathering power (Compared to the human eye) – 329x
• Optical coatings - StarBright XLT
• Optical tube length – 330mm
• Optical tube diameter – 171.45mm
• Optical tube weight – 2.26kg
• Dovetail - CG-5 Dovetail Bar
• Mount type – Manual alt-azimuth
• Accessory tray – Yes
• Tripod weight – 1.72kg
• Slew speeds – Manual
• GPS – Uses phone’s GPS
• Dovetail compatibility – CG-5
• Power requirements – None
• Alignment procedures - Use StarSense Explorer app
• Software – StarSense Explorer app, SkyPortal app, Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software
• Total weight – 4.08kg

In the box:

• Telescope tube
• Mount/tripod (preassembled)
• 25mm & 10mm eyepieces
• Erect image diagonal
• StarPointer finderscope
• Accessory tray
• StarSense Explorer phone dock

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.