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The process of extracting star pattern data in images to determine a telescope’s current pointing position is called “plate solving.” It is the same method used by professional observatories and even orbiting satellites. If you are unsure how to align the camera, tap the Menu icon button and turn on the Camera Setup Assistant. Now, when you go through the camera alignment screens, there will be information and videos to walk you through the process. This one-of-a-kind app uses patent-pending technology in combination with a Celestron StarSense Explorer telescope (sold separately) to analyze star patterns overhead to calculate the telescope’s position in real time with pinpoint accuracy. The StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ Telescope is at the top of the range. It's 130mm Newtonian Reflector is highly reflective and is the best at light-gathering, showing planets and stars the brightest. The tripod and telescope together weigh just 8kg making this impressive telescope transportable too.
StarSense Explorer’s sky recognition technology has revolutionized the manual telescope by eliminating the confusion common among beginners and enhancing the user experience for even seasoned telescope users. Many would-be astronomers become frustrated or lose interest in their manual telescope because they don’t know where to point it to see planets, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies—the good stuff! StarSense Explorer tells you exactly which celestial objects are currently visible in the night sky and where to move your telescope to place those objects in the telescope’s eyepiece. That's at the core of the LT 114AZ's identity crisis, which also suffers from a very basic build quality that makes it difficult to get a fix on targets. Although the excellent StarSense app is wasted on mediocre views of deep sky objects, this small aperture telescope impresses with planets, and its Barlow lens is useful for great views of Saturn, Jupiter and the moon. If the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 114AZ telescope isn't for you Not compatible with #93648 Off-Axis Guider, not compatible with #93519 2" Mirror Diagonal (discontinued) Turn on “Save Images & Logs” from the Menu as described above. After you use StarSense Explorer at night, there will be images and log files stored on your phone. Accessing them requires connecting your smartphone to a computer. To retrieve the files:The typical low-power field of view for a telescope is about 1 ° , and the pointing accuracy of a smartphone using only its internal sensors is a few degrees at best. So, even when the smartphone thinks it is pointed at the object, it will be pointed a several degrees away, and won’t appear in the telescope’s eyepiece. This prevents all other astronomy apps from using the smartphone for accurate telescope pointing. Because all these mountings use a standard Vixen-type or CG-5 dovetail attachment, you can attach any other instrument that uses the same dovetail, taking into account the load capacity of the mounting. StarSense Explorer LT’s simple altazimuth mount makes it easy to move the telescope to find your target. An altitude slow motion adjustment with a sliding rod 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. Smartphones can be fitted into a spring-loaded slider on the StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ, allowing for basic astrophotography. (Image credit: Celestron) Essentially, StarSense Explorer uses the smartphone’s camera as its “eye” and the smartphone’s processing power as its “brain.” The camera looks out at the night sky, and then the processor figures out where the telescope is pointing based upon the calculated center coordinates of the captured image.
Optical Coatings: XLT reflective coatings with silicon dioxide and tantalum pentoxide protective overcoatings for primary and sceondary mirrorsStarSense Explorer uses image data captured by the smartphone’s camera to determine its pointing position. The app captures an image of the night sky and then matches the star patterns within the image to its internal database in a process like fingerprint matching or facial recognition. We moved to a variety of different objects from galaxies to nebulas, all of which were located without a problem with the StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ and always within the low power field of view.
The StarSense facility instructs you to move in a specific direction with the telescope and as you push the tube, drawing closer to the object, the app slowly zooms in — that's your cue to start using the slow-motion controls. Once centered in the bullseye graphic, you are ready to view the target object through the eyepiece. We were impressed to see Mars dazzling near the center of the field of view during our observations.
The StarSense Explorer app is the first app ever developed that uses plate solving to determine the smartphone’s current pointing position. The app provides a typical pointing accuracy of about 0.25 ° . Manual altazimuth mount with altitude slow motion adjustment with a sliding 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. If the 130AZ is out of reach, the DX 102AZ is an excellent substitute. It boasts all the same specifications however with a 102mm refractor optical design instead. This telescope with the StarSense Explorer app is a fantastic choice for those looking to view the Moon and Planets. The eyepieces are supplied with tight plastic covers — and how many beginners will try to twist these off, rather than prise them off? In instructions intended for raw beginners, points such as this are vital.
Place the new CR-2032 battery, positive (+) side up, under the two copper battery clips at the front of the battery compartment. The Celestron StarSense Explorer 8-inch Dobsonian telescope is a hugely impressive telescope. Although we're sure beginners could get used to it, it's primarily aimed at intermediate users after a good quality, good value Dobsonian telescope and who have the confidence to manually aim it. As such it's a great telescope for learning the night sky, too. However, it's not lightweight. Although there are some excellent handles to carry the tube and the base separately — and it's easy enough to swivel and pivot once in place — a telescope this size requires some careful consideration. However, if you have the space it comes highly recommended and should give you many years of incredible deep sky views. If the Celestron StarSense Explorer 8-inch Dobsonian telescope isn't for you
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Damian A. Peach FRAS is a British amateur astronomer, astrophotographer, lecturer and author. Best known for his photographs of a wide variety of astronomical objects. His career in the field spans over thirty years. Celestron has reinvented the Dobsonian telescope with StarSense Explorer—the first Dobsonian that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real-time. This large-aperture Celestron StarSense Explorer is ideal for serious 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. The large aperture will ensure that you won’t outgrow the telescope as you continue on in your astronomical adventures. Once you are ready and have a clear night you are ready to attempt using the telescope under the night sky. I would advise playing around during the daytime however to get a feel for everything — its much easier to resolve initial problems during the daytime than outside in the cold and dark. It should be noted that it's best to align the finder during the day and on terrestrial objects to save fiddling around in the dark. Even as a simple manual telescope, the Explorer DX 130AZ works nicely. Of course, then you have to locate objects "the hard way" but the motions in moving the telescope are smooth and the slow-motion controls work smoothly enough for centering and keeping objects within the field of view.
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