The StarSense Explorer DX 6 integrates with award-winning and patent-pending StarSense sky recognition technology, that uses your smartphone to analyze star patterns overhead and calculate its position in real time.
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Add to cartThe DX models include a improved heavy duty tripod slow motion controllers to move and glide through the cosmos and keep track of your favourite night sky object.
| OPTICAL TUBE INFO: | |
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| Optical Design: | Schmidt-Cassegrain |
| Aperture: | 150mm (6″) |
| Focal Length: | 1500mm (59″) |
| Focal Ratio: | f/10 |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: | 40mm (1.57″) |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 1: | 38x |
| Focal Length of Eyepiece 2: | 10mm (0.39″) |
| Magnification of Eyepiece 2: | 150x |
| Barlow Lens: | None |
| Finderscope: | StarPointer™ red dot finderscope |
| Star Diagonal: | Erect image 90° (1.25″) |
| Optical Tube: | Aluminum |
| Highest Useful Magnification: | 354x |
| Lowest Useful Magnification: | 21x |
| Limiting Stellar Magnitude: | 13.4 |
| Resolution (Rayleigh): | 0.93 arc seconds |
| Resolution (Dawes): | 0.77 arc seconds |
| Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): | 459x |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction: | 56mm (2.2″) |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter: | 37% |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area: | 14% |
| Optical Coatings: | StarBright XLT |
| Optical Tube Length: | 406mm (16″) |
| Optical Tube Diameter: | 184.15mm (7.25″) |
| Optical Tube Weight: | 10 lbs (4.54 kg) |
| Dovetail: | CG-5 Dovetail Bar |
| MOUNT INFO: | |
| Mount Type: | Manual Alt-Azimuth |
| Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod): | Aluminum, 1320.8mm (52″) max height |
| Tripod Leg Diameter: | 31.75mm (1.25″) steel |
| Accessory Tray: | Yes |
| Tripod Weight: | 3.8 lbs (1.72 kg) |
| Slew Speeds: | Manual |
| GPS: | Uses phone’s GPS |
| Dovetail Compatibility: | CG-5 |
| Power Requirements: | None (Recommend PowerTank Glow to keep phone charged while using app) |
| Alignment Procedures: | Use StarSense Explorer app |
| Software: | StarSense Explorer app | SkyPortal app | Celestron Starry Night Basic Edition Software |
| Total Kit Weight: | 14 lbs (6.35 kg) |
| Included Items: | Telescope tube | Mount/tripod (preassembled) | 40mm & 10mm eyepieces | Erect image diagonal | StarPointer finderscope | Accessory tray | StarSense Explorer phone dock |
| Solar Warning |
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