Celestron – StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Telescope – Works with StarSense App to Help You Find Stars, Pl

4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars | 437 ratings

Price: 137.74

Last update: 08-04-2024


About this item

PATENTED STARSENSE SKY RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY: This one-of-a-kind telescope uses patented, award-winning StarSense sky recognition technology and your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate its position in real time.
STARSENSE EXPLORER APP: The app generates a lis tof the best objects to view based on your exact time & location. View planets, brighter nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters from the city PLUS fainter, deep sky objects from darker sites.
EASY TO SET UP AND USE: Manual altazimuth mount with slow motion rod 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.
HIGH-QUALITY 80MM REFRACTOR: Fully coated glass optics provide bright, sharp, clear views of craters on the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula.
UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.

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Top reviews from the United States

Tim
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 1st telescope
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2024
This is a great first telescope for anyone interested in starting astronomy. It is light weight so you can travel and carry it easily. Easy to assemble with the manual and I am not that mechanically inclined. There are a few videos on YouTube of unboxing and assembly. It gives an excellent view of the moon. You can see the craters and mountains with the 25mm and 10mm eyepieces. As far as the planets Jupiter and Saturn you can see the moons of Jupiter very clear with the 25mm, but you won't be able to see the bands around Jupiter. It looks like a big bright star. But still very impressive. With the 10mm eyepiece you can somewhat make out the bands. Saturn you can see the ring. I would suggest getting another high powered eye piece with a wide field of view because of the low field of view the planets drift fairly fast because of the earth's rotation. Star clusters come in great! Pleiades and Caldwell 13 are beautiful! For a beginning star gazer or someone not wanting to spend a lot of money this is a wonderful first telescope.
Elle
5.0 out of 5 stars Great starter telescope-must have!
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2020
Love this scope. We are new to using a telescope and so glad I purchased this one to learn from. We have already spent hours outside just looking at the night sky! We did purchase an upgraded lens (Celestron X-cel) but the lenses that come with it are not bad either- especially if you are starting out. We used the included Iphone app download to locate planets (Saturn, Jupiter) and other constellations. The images are clear and so wonderful. You can see the rings of Saturn and Titan when conditions are good-although Titan is a little bright dot but still exciting to see. Seeing Jupiter's 4 moons and the colors is just so fascinating. The moon was absolutely beautiful to see- very detailed. We purchased some filters as well- the moon filter really helps and the blue filter is great when looking at Saturn and Jupiter. We are still learning and we have the bug- wanting a bigger telescope already but will definitely continue to learn our way around the sky with this one! The telescope arrived a day earlier than expected and no issues- packaged great- no damage. Easy to set up. If you're new to observing the sky as we are- I would suggest some great books to accompany the telescope- also sold on Amazon to assist with educating yourself on the world of astronomy. Very happy with this purchase and would recommend it to anyone!
Bryan
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty decent beginner scope
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2020
The app is easy to calibrate and use. The scopes power is a bit weak but it is about as expected since it is a beginner scope. Lunar observing is pretty fun and easy with this scope since you can see each individual crater relatively close up. I have yet to do any planetary observations but I am expecting it to be quite challenging and not very rewarding, in other words I don't expect to be able to see a whole lot. Id recommend buying a new eyepiece to go with this scope since the ones you get with the scope arent really very powerful or high quality. The telescope mount is a bit flimsy and allows the scope to shake a lot especially in light to moderate wind. Whenever I'm viewing an object at a high level of magnification I cannot touch any part of the telescope because if I do the scope will shake enough so that I literally cannot see anything through the eyepiece because it just jumps around so much. Overall, I would still recommend this scope to a beginner, it is a good way to enter this hobby since this scope is easy to use and a bit more forgiving in the sense that you don't need to know anything about astronomy before using this.
T Shorter
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Gift for Stargazers
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024
I bought this telescope as a Christmas gift for my daughter, who has a passion for observing the moon and stars. She absolutely loves it! The telescope comes with a user-friendly app that aligns perfectly for viewing solar events, which has made her stargazing experiences even more exciting. Just a heads-up: it's designed for nighttime use only, so daytime viewing won't yield results. Overall, it's been a fantastic gift that has deepened her love for astronomy.
Hazie
3.0 out of 5 stars Received with broken part although listed new
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021
The telescope itself is really good, can see in awesome detail. The app part isnt ideal for my type of phone, it doesnt turn the camera on consistently and the position is off a bit. Scope works great. Giving purchase rating only a 2 because the item was listed new but was received used and the altitude rod was broken when received. Very disappointing since I paid a higher price than other listings, because it was a gift and I needed new.
Alicia Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginner telescope
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2023
We bought this as a Christmas gift for our whole family, & finally set it up last night. I thought a couple of pieces were missing at first, & the instructions weren’t the most user friendly… but I kept reading & studying them, & set things up just fine in the end. We took it on our back deck & proceeded to oooh & ahhh over the moons seas & craters. Then we spied Jupiter. We couldn’t see its red spot or color bands, but we squealed to see 4 of its moons. We went on to look at the Pleiades, Mars (reddish dot), Sirius (light blue dot), Andromeda Galaxy (faint white smudge), and the Orion Nebula (white smudge). We & our kids (ages 13, 11, & 6.5) we’re totally in awe and excited to explore the skies afresh with our new telescope. That said, I am very interested in buying a new eyepiece (as many other reviewers suggested) that would zoom us in enough to see color on the planets. Would love recommendations for that!

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