- Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required.
- Patented, award-winning StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate the telescope’s position in real-time.
- A large 10” parabolic primary mirror with XLT coatings helps you make the most of StarSense technology. Locate faint, deep-sky objects in seconds and see them in more detail than ever before.
- A sturdy, Dobsonian-style base with large diameter bearings and variable altitude tensioning 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.
- 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 see even more.
- Includes a 25mm Plössl eyepiece, a 2” Crayford focuser, the StarSense smartphone dock, a StarPointer™ red dot finderscope, an eyepiece rack, and a collimation tool.
StarSense Explorer 10" Dobsonian Telescope
SKU: 22471
$1,099.95Price
OPTICAL TUBE INFO: Optical Design: Newtonian Reflector Aperture: - 203mm (8")
- 254mm (10")
Focal Length: 1200mm (47.24") Focal Ratio: - f/5.9 (8")
- f/4.7 (10")
Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 25mm (0.98") Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 48x Highest Useful Magnification: - 480x (8")
- 600x (10")
Lowest Useful Magnification: - 29x (8")
- 36x (10")
Limiting Stellar Magnitude: - 14.2 (8")
- 14.7 (10")
Light Gathering Power: - 841x as compared to the human eye (8")
- 1317x as compared to the human eye (10")
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: - 25mm (0.98") (approx. 1:8 thickness ratio) (8")
- 30mm (1.18") (approx. 1:8 thickness ratio) (10")
Secondary Mirror Thickness: - 8.5mm (0.33") (8")
- 11.5mm (0.45") (10")
Minor Axis of Secondary Mirror: - 47mm (1.85") (8")
- 64mm (2.52") (10")
Tube Material: Steel Focuser: 2" Crayford focuser, includes 2" extension tube and 2"-to-1.25" adapter Finderscope: StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope Resolution Rayleigh: - 0.68 arcseconds (8")
- 0.55 arcseconds (10")
Resolution Dawes: - 0.57 arcseconds (8")
- 0.46 arcseconds (10")
Optical Tube Dimensions: - 1117.6mm x 241.3mm diameter (44" x 9.5" diameter) (8")
- 1117.6mm x 292.1mm diameter (44" x 11.5" diameter) (10")
Optical Tube Weight: - 20.6 lbs (9.34 kg) (8")
- 29.2 lbs (13.24 kg) (10")
MOUNT INFO: Mount Type: Altazimuth Dobsonian base Base Material: Particle board with melamine surfaces and edge trim, CARB compliant Base Dimensions: - 685.8mm x 482.6mm x 482.6mm (27" x 19" x 19") (8")
- 673.1mm x 533.4mm x 533.4mm (26.5" x 21" x 21") (10")
Base Weight: - 22.8 lbs (10.3 kg) (8")
- 25.6 lbs (11.6 kg) (10")
Slew Speeds: Manual Software: Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software and StarSense Explorer App Total Telescope Kit Weight: - 43.4 lbs (19.68 kg) (8")
- 54.8 lbs (24.86 kg) (10")
Included Items: Optical tube
Dobsonian Base
25mm eyepiece
2" Crayford focuser
StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope
StarSense Explorer dock
StarSense Explorer unlock code
Eyepiece rack
Collimation cap
Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition SoftwareSolar 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.