StarSense Explorer™ LT 80AZ Telescope

The first telescope that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real time. StarSense Explorer is ideal for beginners thanks to the app’s user-friendly interface and detailed tutorials. It’s like having your own personal tour guide of the night sky. Leave complicated star charts, imprecise planetarium apps, and computerized mounts behind. With StarSense Explorer, locating objects has never been easier, faster, or more accurate. Within minutes of setting up the telescope, you’ll be navigating the sky with confidence. Simply place your phone in the unique StarSense dock and launch the StarSense Explorer app. After aligning your phone to the telescope’s optics (a quick, 2-minute procedure), StarSense Explorer generates a list of celestial objects currently visible. Make your selection and arrows appear onscreen, guiding you as you move the telescope. When the object is ready to view, the bullseye turns green.

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.

Patent-Pending StarSense Sky Recognition Technology
StarSense Explorer uses patent-pending technology and your smartphone to determine exactly where the telescope is pointed in the night sky. A Lost in Space Algorithm (LISA), like the ones satellites use in orbit to correctly reorient themselves, helps the app match star patterns it detects overhead to its internal database. While other astronomy apps may claim that they can help you find objects, they rely exclusively on the phone’s gyros and accelerometers, which aren’t as accurate as LISA technology. No other app can accurately tell you when your target is visible in the eyepiece.

Sturdy Altazimuth Mount
StarSense Explorer LT’s simple altazimuth mount makes it easy to move the telescope to find your target. A slow-motion altitude adjustment knob helps you fine-tune the telescope’s pointing position and follow targets as they appear to drift across the night sky. It’s all anchored by an adjustable, full-height tripod.

Dazzling Views with High Quality Optics
You can expect sharp, bright views through this 80mm refractor. Fully coated glass optics provide increased light transmission, enhancing details in celestial objects. The telescope also includes a 90° erect image diagonal, so you can use it during the day to view birds, wildlife, landscapes, and more.

Perfect for the City or Dark Sky Sites
Even if you live in a light-polluted city location, StarSense Explorer is advanced enough to be able to pick out Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, the Orion Nebula, double stars, and a few more of the most famous celestial objects. But if you can take the telescope to an even slightly darker location, more objects will become visible. The entire telescope kit weighs 9 lbs., so it’s portable and easy to bring on your next camping trip or to a remote observation site.

When you unbox your new StarSense Explorer LT, you’ll find:
80mm refractor optical tube
StarSense dock for your smartphone
Low-powered (25mm) and high-powered (10mm) eyepiece
2x Barlow lens to double the power of each eyepiece
90-degree erect image diagonal
StarPointer red dot finder scope, perfect for using the telescope during the day or without the StarSense Explorer app
Altazimuth mount with slow motion control rod
Full-height tripod with an accessory tray to keep you organized

Specifications:
OPTICAL TUBE INFO:
Optical Design - Refractor
Aperture - 80mm (3.1")
Focal Length - 900mm (35.43")
Focal Ratio - f/11
Focal Length of Eyepiece 1 - 25mm (0.98")
Magnification of Eyepiece 1 - 36x
Focal Length of Eyepiece 2 - 10mm (0.39")
Magnification of Eyepiece 2 - 90x
Barlow Lens - 2x (1.25")
Finderscope - StarPointer™ red dot finderscope
Star Diagonal - Erect image 90° (1.25")
Optical Tube - Aluminum
Highest Useful Magnification - 189x
Lowest Useful Magnification - 11x
Limiting Stellar Magnitude - 12
Resolution (Rayleigh) - 1.74 arc seconds
Resolution (Dawes) - 1.45 arc seconds
Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye) - 131x
Optical Coatings - Fully-Coated glass optics
Optical Tube Length - 965mm (38")
Optical Tube Diameter - 90mm (3.54")
Optical Tube Weight - 5.4 lbs. (2.45 kg)
Dovetail - None

MOUNT INFO:
Mount Type - Manual Alt-Azimuth
Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod) - Aluminum, 1320.8mm (52") max height
Tripod Leg Diameter - 31.75mm (1.25") steel
Accessory Tray - Yes
Tripod Weight - 3.8 lbs. (1.72 kg)
Slew Speeds - Manual
GPS -Uses phone's GPS
Dovetail Compatibility - CG-5 Dovetail bar
Power Requirements - None (Recommend PowerTank Glow to keep phone charged while using app)
Alignment Procedures - Use StarSense Explorer app
Software - StarSense Explorer app | SkyPortal app | Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software