The Starsense Explorer DX 130AZ on the left and the Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ on the
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A few months back, before COVID-19 hit, Celestron sent us two telescopes, the Starsense Explorer DX 130AZ and the Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ to examine.
At the very same time I was actually wanting to buy one myself, however the cost distinction made it hard to determine what was an excellent newbie telescope for me and my family. Getting an opportunity to test these 2 telescopes would at least help me in my decision making process.
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The technology behind using your phone is Celestrons Starsense innovation. It helped having these telescopes with me, specifically this summer due to the fact that there were so numerous things to look at and it really assisted me find the type of telescope I was looking for. I also discovered that I ended up being more skilled and finding objects and at least knowing where to look for them. I looked forward to nights where I knew something was going to be visible and would be outside for hours.
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I took them house before the shelter-in-place order in San Francisco and ended up using them for nearly four months. What I didnt know at that time till I in fact opened package and put them together, was that these Celestron telescopes used your phone to assist you discover objects in the night sky.
The technology behind utilizing your phone is Celestrons Starsense technology. Its basically an app that utilizes your phones electronic camera to scan the night sky and after that sends the scans back to Celestrons database. It was very handy, especially for a newbie like me who had no concept what I was trying to find or even looking at..
This isnt a new innovation per se, in fact there are several apps that give you real-time info of the night sky, but these are the first telescopes that are built with in fact combining your phones with them. Once the Starsense app is combined with the telescope, it lists items that showed up in the night sky that specific evening and guides you to the object.
The StarSense app revealing available objects, details about the things and area information.
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It helped having these telescopes with me, particularly this summer since there were so lots of things to take a look at and it actually helped me find the type of telescope I was searching for. I likewise found that I ended up being more proficient and finding items and at least understanding where to try to find them. I looked forward to nights where I knew something was going to be visible and would be outside for hours.
Most notably however the Starsense app was a should because of the easy fact that it not only tells you what shows up that night but guides you and the telescope to the things as well.
Full moon taken from the Starsense Explorer LT 114AZ.
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