Product details
With azimutally mounted telescopes, StarSense allows alignment without GPS, without entering coordinates, without aligning and leveling it to the north and without cumbersome approaching of stars. The StarSense module also brings great advantages when combined with parallactic mounts. Although pole adjustment is still required, with the new "AllStar" process from Celestron this is done on every star within a few minutes. Simply enter the location and time, select the star from the database and move it to the center of the crosshair with azimuth and height adjustment. Ready. StarSense can then use the fully automatic "3-minute plate solving process" to provide exact orientation without any further user input, just as it can with azimuthal mounts. The cumbersome, lengthy starting and centering of guide stars is no longer necessary. Another advantage of the StarSense is the extreme improvement of positioning accuracy via the T-Point method. Similar to some high-end mounts, any number of stars can be "mapped", i.e. approached, positioned exactly in the middle of the crosshairs and the exact position confirmed by "Enter". From ten mapped stars (which should be distributed over the entire visible part of the sky if possible) the positioning accuracy becomes extreme. The secret of the StarSense technology is a small camera module which is placed on the telescope like a viewfinder. It takes 3 wide-angle photos of different areas of the starry sky, the StarSense hand controller analyzes these photos and calculates the position of the other objects of the starry sky. The StarSense module comes with the StarSense hand controller.
Sport Optics accessory type | Telescope filter |
Item number | 5942004 |
Manufacturer | Celestron |
Category | Optics accessories |
Manufacturer no. | 94005 |
Release date | 13-10-2016 |
Colour | Black |
Exact colour description | Black |
Sport Optics accessory type | Telescope filter |
Country of origin | China |
CO₂-Emission | |
Climate contribution |
Length | 30 cm |
Width | 11 cm |
Height | 26 cm |
Weight | 1.31 kg |