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Celestron StarSense Explorer 12-inch Dobsonian
Explore the night sky with your phone, easily linked to the Celestron StarSense Explorer 12-inch Dobsonian. The user-friendly app is ideal for beginners and the Dosidian-style base allows full freedom in your viewing adventures.
Dobsonian-style base
An ultra-stable Dobsonian base allows for quick yet smooth adjustments and reliable long-term viewing. Locate objects with ease thanks to the easy-to-follow on-screen arrows that direct you to your desired target. Then when the bullseye turns green, it's ready to view in the telescope's eyepiece.
SkySafari app
Quickly and easily align your phone to the telescope's optics and launch the StarSense Explorer app to begin your journey. Using StarSense sky recognition technology alongside your smartphone’s app the telescope can analyse star patterns overhead and calculate the telescope’s position in real time. Through this, you can locate faint, deep-sky objects in seconds and see them in incredible detail. The app will automatically generate a list of objects currently visible so you can easily view planets, brighter nebulae and galaxies, star clusters, and double stars even from the city.
High build quality
The StarSense Explorer features large-diameter altitude bearings with variable tensioning, Teflon azimuth bearings, and braces on the side panels for extra stability.
Optically, the large 12" Newtonian reflector optical tube boasts an incredible light-gathering ability that brings details to the fore. The 12” Dobsonian has 2.25 more light gathering ability than the 8” Dobsonian and 2.25x more light gathering ability than the 10” Dobsonian, providing better views of faint objects.
Clear images and sharp focus
Light throughout and visible contrast are enhanced by an XLT optical coating that is applied to all mirror surfaces of the telescope. A high-quality 2” Crayford focuser also ensures smooth and precise movements avoiding the effects of focus shifting, while a thumbscrew allows for the sharpest focus to be locked in. A 2” to 1.25” adapter and a 2” extension tube provide compatibility with virtually any 1.25” or 2” telescope eyepiece in your kit.
Key features
- 12-inch parabolic primary mirror
- XLT coatings
- Smartphone app-enabled navigation
- Sturdy Dobsonian-style base
- Quick to set up
- Good in light-polluted areas
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What’s in the box?
- 1x Celestron StarSense Explorer 12" Dobsonian
- 1x 32mm Plössl eyepiece
- 1x 2” Crayford focuser
- 1x 2” extension tube
- 1x 2” to 1.25” adapter
- 1x StarSense smartphone dock
- 1x StarPointer red dot finderscope
- 1x Eyepiece rack
- 1x Collimation tool
FAQs
Is this telescope suitable for amateur astronomers?
The joy of the StarSense Explorer range is that it requires no previous astronomy experience. The StarSense Explorer app will guide your telescope to all the best astronomical views.
What phones are compatible with the StarSense Explorer App?
StarSense Explorer is compatible with the iPhone 6 and newer, and Android phones running Android 7.1.2 and higher. To check out full compatibility click here >
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