Celestron 22403 Inspire 100AZ Refractor Smartphone Adapter Built-In Refracting Telescope - Blue

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Yes, you can! Partner this with a 2x or 3x 1.25” Barlow lens to double or triple the eyepiece’s magnification. Which filters can I use with the eyepieces? But if you can take the telescope to an even slightly darker location, more objects will become visible. With this 4” refractor and relatively dark skies, the Andromeda Galaxy, Hercules Open Star Cluster, and so many more are easily within your reach.

A 100mm refractor has the capability to do a surprising amount of stuff. The Inspire 100AZ works like a 114mm or so reflector because it doesn’t have any mirror surfaces that reflect light or anything in the middle that gets in the way. You won’t quite be able to resolve globular star clusters or see much in the way of detail in galaxies, even under dark skies, but the 100AZ can still show you the entirety of the Messier catalog and a wealth of detail on the Moon and planets. The altazimuth mount is perfect for beginners because it allows you free fluid motion to look at and try to find whatever you like. There are no complicated alignments or rules or knobs to contend with. Once the telescope is assembled, the sky is ours to behold with your own hand. The whole experience is very nice and very freeing. Celestron has reinvented the manual telescope with StarSense Explorer—the first telescope that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real time. This special edition Popular Science by Celestron StarSense Explorer is ideal for beginners thanks to the app’s user-friendly interface and detailed tutorials. It’s like having your own personal tour guide of the night sky. Speaking of which, the telescope can be assembled in minutes without tools. Everything unfolds and hooks together without having to deal with small screws or specific tools. Some telescopes require tightening and configuration with specialized tools or small screwdrivers which can be a bear to deal with when all you want to do is look at the sky. There is none of that frustration present here.

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Select all the files shown in the “StarSense Explorer” folder and copy them to a folder on your computer. Outside the solar system, what you can see with the Inspire 100AZ broadly depends on your sky conditions. Under a light-polluted sky, you are basically limited to seeing the cores of the brightest galaxies, open star clusters, and some of the brightest nebulae. With good skies, however, you can see a lot more. Keep in mind that we’re not asking for perfection-what we’re talking about is being able to at least somewhat make out the Milky Way. Under skies like these, open star clusters explode into colourful gobs of stars straddled by dark dust lanes. Nebulae like Orion look spectacular, and with a good filter, you can view the supernova remnant in Cygnus known as the Veil, which stretches across an area of sky 10 times the width of the full Moon. Globular star clusters might look vaguely grainy, but they are beyond the resolving power of a 100mm telescope—albeit barely.

A straight-through 9×50 finder will provide magnified close-up views of the stars and reveal stars and deep-sky objects fainter than what you can see with your naked eye. However, it can be somewhat uncomfortable to look through. A right-angle finder is also an option, and easier to look through, albeit heavy and expensive. Being a larger achromat with a relatively fast focal ratio (by refractor standards, anything below f/10 is considered fast), the Inspire 100AZ does suffer from some chromatic aberration, or “false color”, which manifests itself as an obnoxious purple halo around bright targets such as the Moon, Jupiter, Venus, and many double stars. Some people will spend thousands of dollars on an ED triplet apochromatic refractor to get basically the same views as the Inspire 100AZ without the color; you can simply choose to ignore it. Though it does prevent one from getting the sharpest images possible of the Moon and planets, for 99% of viewing, the Inspire 100AZ’s optics do just fine. You really need not worry. The Orion SkyQuest XT6 has a 2” single-speed Crayford focuser, double the light gathering power, and 50% more resolving power than the Inspire 100AZ, mounted atop a full-sized and sturdy Dobsonian mount which requires neither a table nor tripod to be used. Other 6” f/8 Dobsonians are also available if you are unable to obtain an XT6.The Celestron Inspire 100AZ has an aperture of 100mm, the widest out of the Inspire range. This wide aperture is perfectly suited for observing deep-space objects as it provides a bright view of the night sky. A 90° erect image diagonal is provided with the telescope.

While it could not be considered an essential accessory, the Celestron further provides a red LED flashlight that is stowed in the centre of the mount head when not in use and can be used to illuminate the contents of the accessory tray when required, or alternatively used as a spotlight. This will help you/ your children learn about the night sky, celestial objects, and how to plan your next observing session. Smartphone Adapter Setting up the telescope is a breeze and will have you observing in no time. Even on your first time out, you can assemble the telescope and its accessories in just a few minutes. There is no extra tray to attach to the tripod as it is built in. The adjustable tripod legs allow you to customize the telescope’s height or place it on raised surfaces like a picnic table. The integrated flashlight fits in the mount to illuminate the tripod tray, so you can easily find your accessories. The total telescope kit is perfect for impromptu observing sessions or transporting wherever life’s adventures take you.

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It is possible to access these images by selecting “Save Images & Logs” from the Menu icon at the bottom left of the main screen before using StarSense Explorer. The app will then save the images it captures and they can be accessed later. We have provided access to the images so that they can be used for troubleshooting purposes. If you are having problems finding astronomical objects in the night sky using StarSense Explorer, these image and log files can help the Celestron Tech Support Team diagnose the issue. We recommend turning on “Save Images & Logs” only if you are having problems with StarSense Explorer and need to troubleshoot. Otherwise, the images will fill up the memory storage on your smartphone. To retrieve the image and log files, follow the steps below. The Celestron 100 mm Inspire features a lens cap with a completely integrated smartphone adapter, ideal for amateur astro-imagers. The mount's asymmetrical design simultaneously provides extraordinary support and light weight. Erect image optics supplies a fully correct image for effortless daytime, nighttime, terrestrial or astronomical viewing. It may not be dark enough out. You’ll need to wait at least an hour after sunset for StarSense Explorer to be able to “see” enough stars to find its position. If you can’t see many stars with your eyes, it is not dark enough yet. The Inspire 100 is a short refractor telescope perfect for terrestrial and celestial viewing on the go. T he Inspire 100AZ features the largest aperture in the Inspire family line and its short tube offers a wider field of view perfectly suited for viewing the planets, moon, star clusters and brighter deep sky objects like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy at night and with the erect image star diagonal makes the optical tube ideal for using as a spotting scope during the day.