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Celestron NexStar 102 SLT Refractor Telescope with Fully Automated Hand Control - £279.99 (Costco members) @ Costco
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This Celestron NexStar 102 SLT telescope is out of this world! Whether you are a new or experienced amateur astronomer, this fantastic NexStar 102 SLT Telescope is for you. It gives you accurate views of land, sky and beyond which will leave you utterly amazed. This short-tube produces bright, clear and crisp images of the Moon, planets, galaxies, nebulae and so much more! The f/6.5 focal ratio ensures that plenty of light reaches your eye, whilst the quality of light is improved thanks to the high quality optical coatings.
With no tools required, the pre-assembled, adjustable high quality stainless steel tripod and quick release fork arms and tubes can be set up in minutes.
Refractor Telescope
A refractor telescope is the traditional expectation of what a telescope looks like. It features a long tube with an objective lens located at the front and the eyepiece at the back. Focusing takes place at the rear of the telescope whilst the front objective lens refracts the light gathered to form a crisp and high contrast image in the eyepiece. Refractor lenses are a rugged design with a sealed tube, making this the perfect choice for those new to star gazing and younger users. Refractors excel at moon and planetary observations, however are also capable of viewing stars.
Altazimuth Mount
An Altazimuth mount or “AZ” is a simple design using two axes to support or rotate the telescope, restricted to up, down, left or right motions. Its simple design makes this mount easy to use and allows a quick manual adjustment by the user. The simplicity of use makes this mount a great choice for a beginner’s telescope, or as a secondary instrument for quick and easy use. The limitation of this type of mount is if you are planning to view one object all evening, constant small adjustments in all directions will be needed, as the stars and planets rise and set in the sky like the sun.
Nextstar 102 SLT Features
Computerised Mount Features
Specification
Delivery / Returns
This Celestron NexStar 102 SLT telescope is out of this world! Whether you are a new or experienced amateur astronomer, this fantastic NexStar 102 SLT Telescope is for you. It gives you accurate views of land, sky and beyond which will leave you utterly amazed. This short-tube produces bright, clear and crisp images of the Moon, planets, galaxies, nebulae and so much more! The f/6.5 focal ratio ensures that plenty of light reaches your eye, whilst the quality of light is improved thanks to the high quality optical coatings.
With no tools required, the pre-assembled, adjustable high quality stainless steel tripod and quick release fork arms and tubes can be set up in minutes.
Refractor Telescope
A refractor telescope is the traditional expectation of what a telescope looks like. It features a long tube with an objective lens located at the front and the eyepiece at the back. Focusing takes place at the rear of the telescope whilst the front objective lens refracts the light gathered to form a crisp and high contrast image in the eyepiece. Refractor lenses are a rugged design with a sealed tube, making this the perfect choice for those new to star gazing and younger users. Refractors excel at moon and planetary observations, however are also capable of viewing stars.
Altazimuth Mount
An Altazimuth mount or “AZ” is a simple design using two axes to support or rotate the telescope, restricted to up, down, left or right motions. Its simple design makes this mount easy to use and allows a quick manual adjustment by the user. The simplicity of use makes this mount a great choice for a beginner’s telescope, or as a secondary instrument for quick and easy use. The limitation of this type of mount is if you are planning to view one object all evening, constant small adjustments in all directions will be needed, as the stars and planets rise and set in the sky like the sun.
Nextstar 102 SLT Features
- Fully automatic alignment procedure
- Fully computerised Altazimuth mount delivers smoother operation and quicker object finding
- Quick release fork arm mount and optical tube for easy, quick no tool set up
- Sturdy stainless steel tripod and accessory tray to give you solid support and to ensure everything you need stays close to hand
- 'The SkyX - First light edition' astronomy software with a 10,000 object database, printable sky maps and 75 enhanced maps.
Computerised Mount Features
- Proven computer control technology
- Database allows telescope to automatically locate over 4,000 celestial objects including over 600 galaxies, 300 clusters and dozens of beautiful binary stars.
- SkyAlign technology provides a completely automatic alignment process with no user intervention required
- Flash upgrade-hand control software for downloading product updates over the internet
- Internal battery compartment prevents cord wrap during use
- Includes NSOL telescope control software for basic control of your telescope via the computer
Specification
- Optical coatings: Fully multi-coated
- Optical design: Refractor
- Focal length: 660mm
- Focal ratio: 6.47
- Eyepiece 1: 25mm; Magnification: 26x
- Eyepiece 2: 9mm; Magnification: 73x
- Limiting Stellar magnitude: 12.5
- Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.37 Arc seconds
- Resolution (Dawes): 1.14 Arc seconds
- Light gathering power (compared to human eye): 212x
- Angular field of view: 1.7°
- Computerised hand control: Fully computerised/Flash upgradeable
- Weight: 8.2kg
Delivery / Returns
- Free delivery
- Returns
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Edited by Chanchi32, 16 March 2023
13 Comments
sorted bySetting up however is a slight chore. Idk if the handset has changed in 15 years but you have to enter your location, time and date each session as the handset doesn't remember these. It's not much hassle but still takes 5-10 minutes and if you observe regularly, it starts to put you off. Once aligned nothing will change unless you run out of power or switch the scope off. On rechargeable batteries I never ran out of juice but then again, my sessions were never that long.
Quoting myself:
I had an SLT for a while 15 years ago. That's a very low price nowadays and beginners usually enjoy the scope.
The tripod is very light, causing vibrations, I found that it could be significantly be improved by adding 5kg weight to the accessory tray and at the same time having it stand on rubber anti-vibration dampening pads in the case of hard floor.
It's a good beginners scope, I've viewed Neptune and Uranus thanks to the Goto mount and attached a webcam and imaged the Moon and planets. Buy a pair of 7 x 50 binoculars to compliment this and you'll have something that will do for quite a few years.
is it one year warranty on these ? (edited)
@xenophon It becomes a bit of a chore setting up. The whole process takes 5-10 minutes which might not sound like much but in that time, I could have got my binoculars out and had a quick session. I also know my way around the sky and can star hop so I moved from this to a Dobsonian after I spotted a bargain on Gumtree.
It's a good entry level scope though and far better than some of the toy scopes that go ultra hot on here because of the price.
Does this scope use an app?
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The phone sits in a cradle on the telescope and the phone's camera maps the sky above automatically. You then choose on the phone what you want to see e.g. Andromeda galaxy and the phone then displays arrows for where to push the telescope to find it. It's not motorised.
This might seem like a flaky gimmick but the online astro community is reporting this new Celestron system works extremely well indeed i.e. as advertised. (edited)