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Your cart is empty.Celestron has reinvented the manual telescope with the StarSense Explorer. This telescope uses patented sky recognition technology and your smartphone to analyze the sky and calculate its position in real time. 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 the StarSense Explorer, locating objects has never been easier, faster, or more accurate. Within minutes, you’ll be navigating the sky with confidence. Place your phone in the unique StarSense dock and launch the app. After a simple, 2-minute alignment procedure, StarSense Explorer generates a list of celestial objects currently visible. Make a selection, and arrows appear on-screen, guiding you as you move the telescope. When the object is ready to view, the bullseye turns green. With a 80mm (approx. 3”) objective lens equipped with XLT optical coatings, this telescope has enough light gathering ability to deliver impressive views, especially when you bring it to a dark sky location. Enjoy sharp, bright views of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, its cloud bands, Great Red Spot, the rings of Saturn, the trapezium in the Orion Nebula, and the beautiful Pleiades Open Star Cluster. An ultra-stable altazimuth mount with full-height tripod anchors the telescope. Slip clutches and geared slow-motion controls in both axes help you scan the sky smoothly, following objects with just a turn of the knobs. The Celestron StarSense Explorer works with iPhone 6 and up and most devices running Android 7.1.2 or later manufactured since 2016. For a complete compatibility list, visit celestron.com/sse
Heather Jones
2025-09-02 10:19:40
My son absolutely loves this. He is so fascinated by astonomy and has high hopes of becoming an astronomer. He carries this telescope outside almost every night and keeps track of things with the app on his phone. My favorite part is that I can keep getting him lenses and accessories to make it better. Overall great first telescope. We are able to see the rings of Saturn and comet tails! He is 15 and was able to assemble it without any help. Very light and easy to carry while staying higher quality. Would recoomend!
Tim
2025-08-25 12:23:38
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.
S Skok
2025-08-11 18:24:13
This telescope is good for its price and very sturdy. With its ease of use and clarity, it’s nice for beginners and intermediate astronomers. It was very easy to set up and use. The app didn’t work well for us. We were able to eye it and get a picture of Jupiter.
SMC
2025-08-10 17:15:15
Great item!
T Shorter
2025-07-19 10:55:48
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.
jtme
2025-07-17 18:47:05
Very difficult to set up. I even watched the YouTube videos. Also, YouTube reviews/setups. When you have to synch with iPhone which best to do in daylight, then you cannot remove your smartphone to keep it synched. Or, you have to do the process all over again. That's ridiculous! So from late afternoon to late evening, I cannot use my phone?After 5 months, I've yet to see even the moon. I have had better luck just looking up at the sky. I even tried to use the telescope without the smartphone, but nope - nada. I switched out lenses. Nothing.When I purchased in the beginning of the summer, I tried to use it at night a couple of times and got mauled by bugs. So I figured I would try again in the Fall, especially after the first freeze. Last night (11/6), I went out because it was a beautiful dark night sky and I can see Mars right above my house. All I saw was blackness in the scope. And, yes, I did remove the lens caps.The only thing I can say is unless you have an extra smartphone to leave connected (and outside) with the telescope, you can forget about using the smartphone tracking feature.Even though I live in the suburbs (outskirt of city area), we get some really good night sky vistas of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter. I've even been able to track the space station across the sky. Just by looking up (for free).So, unfortunately, I am out about $180 (after taxes); but more importantly, I am extremely disappointed.
Glade L Erickson
2025-07-09 17:07:07
Telescope is good quality. It comes with star app and the app is constantly struggling to connect and locate where we are. The Telescope itself has good lenses but if you are hoping for help to find planets or constellations this is not it.
Elle
2025-05-01 15:36:47
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!
Smart Homes
2025-04-26 17:25:51
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Dr Rohan
2025-04-12 19:34:14
It is a little challenging to learn
Roy van Veen
2025-04-01 18:50:09
Assembly is doable for any 10+ years old. It's a practical device for beginners for sure. Good starters documentation included.
Antonio
2025-02-07 17:12:55
SALVE, HA ACQUISTATO QUESTO TELESCOPIO RIFRATTORE LT 80 AZ MIA MOGLIE PER IL MIO COMPLEANNO... È DAVVERO UN OTTIMO PRODOTTO PER INIZIARE!... IL SOFTWARE AIUTA MOLTISSIMO A CHI COME ME SI STA' AVVENTURANDO PER LA PRIMA VOLTA IN QUESTO SETTORE... GLI INGRANDIMENTI FUNZIONANO A DOVERE, SOLO UN PO' TRABALLANTE QUANDO CI SI SPOSTA DA UN BERSAGLIO ALL'ALTRO MA CMQ DOPO QUALCHE SECONDO SI STABILIZZA... IO LO CONSIGLIO DAVVERO A TUTTI... OTTIMO ACQUISTO!!! :-)
Apple
2025-01-14 16:26:07
Red dot not working 😕
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