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Features
– StarSense dock for your smartphone
– Guided tour of the night sky using your smartphone
– Patented, award-winning StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyze overhead star patterns and calculate the telescope’s position in real-time.
– A large 10 inch parabolic primary mirror with XLT coatings
– A sturdy, Dobsonian-style base with large diameter bearings and variable altitude tensioning
– StarSense Explorer app automatically generates a list of objects currently visible.
– Includes a 25mm Plössl eyepiece, a 2 inch Crayford focuser, the StarSense smartphone dock, a StarPointer™ red dot finderscope, an eyepiece rack, and a collimation tool.
Specifications
Optical Tube Info:
Optical Design: Newtonian Reflector
Aperture: 254mm
Focal Length: 1200mm
Focal Ratio: f/4.7
Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 25mm
Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 48x
Highest Useful Magnification: 600x
Lowest Useful Magnification: 36x
Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 14.7
Light Gathering Power: 1317x 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: 30mm (approx. 1:8 thickness ratio)
Secondary Mirror Thickness: 11.5mm
Minor Axis of Secondary Mirror: 64mm
Tube Material: Steel
Focuser: 2 inch Crayford focuser, includes 2inch extension tube and 2-to-1.25 inch adapter
Finderscope: StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope
Resolution Rayleigh: 0.55 arcseconds
Resolution Dawes: 0.46 arcseconds
Optical Tube Dimensions: 1117.6mm x 292.1mm diameter
Optical Tube Weight: 13.24 kg
Mount Info:
Mount Type: Altazimuth Dobsonian base
Base Material: Particle board with melamine surfaces and edge trim, CARB compliant
Base Dimensions: 673.1mm x 533.4mm x 533.4mm
Base Weight: 11.6 kg
Slew Speeds: Manual
Software: Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software and StarSense Explorer App
Total Telescope Kit Weight: 24.86 kg
Included Items: Optical tube
Dobsonian Base
25mm eyepiece
2 inch Crayford focuser
StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope
StarSense Explorer dock
StarSense Explorer unlock code
Eyepiece rack
Collimation cap
Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software
Note: Smartphone shown in images is not included.
Solar Warning
– Never look directly at the Sun with the naked eye or with an optic (unless you have the proper solar filter). Permanent and irreversible eye damage may result.
– Never use your optic to project an image of the Sun onto any surface. Internal heat build-up can damage the optic and any accessories attached to it.
– Never leave your optic unsupervised. Make sure an adult who is familiar with the correct operating procedures is with your optic at all times, especially when children are present.
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