Telescopes & Astronomy

Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night sky—no telescope experience required.

Patent-pending StarSense sky recognition technology uses your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate its position in real time. Check phone compatibility here.

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 view faint, deep sky objects.

Manual altazimuth mount with smooth, dual-axis slow-motion controls 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.

80mm refractor with fully coated glass optics for bright, sharp views.

Includes 25mm and 10mm eyepieces, 2x Barlow Lens, StarSense smartphone dock, erect image diagonal, a red dot finderscope (in case you want to use the telescope without your phone), and a full-height tripod.

NOTE: The Starsense telscope uses your smartphone as a navigation device only, not to take photos.

The Orion Spacer for Monster Parallelogram and 25x100 Binoculars ensures a perfect, secure fit when mounting your large 25x100 binoculars to the Orion Monster Parallelogram mount. This simple yet essential adapter fills the gap for a stable connection, minimizing vibrations and allowing you to enjoy steady, shake-free views of the night sky. It's a must-have accessory for getting the most out of your big binocular stargazing sessions.

A practical guide for beginners, Choosing and Using a Dobsonian Telescope by Allan Hall helps you navigate the wide range of Dobsonian telescopes on the market so you can make the right purchase the first time. Covering everything from selecting the best model for your needs to setup, accessories, and tips for stargazing and astrophotography, this book ensures you get the most out of your investment in the night sky.

The Celestron Aluminum Dew Shield with Cover Cap is an essential accessory that protects your telescope tube in the field. The dew shield reduces radiative cooling of the Schmidt corrector lens to the night sky, thus keeping the lens below the dew point longer preventing dew formation on the lens.

Use the Aluminum Dew Shield on your 9.25” Schmidt Cassegrain and EdgeHD telescope tube confidently, knowing it was created for your exact instrument.  

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.

Unleash the power of your smartphone to take you on a guided tour of the night

A sturdy, Dobsonian-style base with large diameter bearings and variable altitude tensioning makes it easy to follow the on-screen arrows on your smartphone to your desired target.

The Starsense telscope uses your smartphone as a navigation device only, not to take photos.

NOTE: to protect your scope optics from dust, spiders and other liittle pesky bugs in storage, we recommend the Pegasus 10" Dust cover for the bottom of your scope. (Product Number 126686)

SIRIUS 17CM VIXEN DOVETAIL BAR