Celestron NexStar SLT 5 SC telescope is primarily recommended for those who are not yet familiar with the night sky but want to explore the mysterious world of deep-sky objects as soon as possible. Its computer-controlled GoTo system makes this easy. From a dark-sky location, it reveals numerous distant galaxies and star clusters, while also providing views of lunar craters, Saturn’s rings and Jupiter’s cloud bands. It is suitable not only for astronomical observation but also for daytime nature viewing.
The telescope is ultra-portable thanks to its Schmidt-Cassegrain optics: its compact optical tube has a 125 mm aperture and a 1250 mm focal length. The telescope is supplied with two eyepieces: a 25 mm eyepiece providing 50x magnification and a 9 mm eyepiece providing 139x magnification. The mirror diagonal ensures comfortable viewing. Manual locating is made easier by the red-dot illuminated StarPointer, which is also useful for identifying the area surrounding automatically located objects.
The NexStar+ hand controller is easy to use, even for first-time telescope buyers. Thanks to the SkyAlign system developed by Celestron, you do not even need to know the stars to align the telescope. Any of the approximately 40,000 objects in the hand controller’s database can be located and tracked by the telescope with just a few button presses. If that is not enough, it can also be controlled from a computer.
The NexStar mount is powered by 2 x 4 AA batteries, but can also be operated with a mains power adapter (DC 12V). The steel tripod provides stable support.
