Celestron Astro Fi 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope

Able to create its own wireless connection, the Celestron Astro Fi 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain is a fully-featured telescope that can be controlled with your smart phone or tablet using the free Celestron SkyPortal app. It features fully-coated glass optics to provide outstanding views of the moon and planets, and includes a StarPointer finderscope, 2 Kellner eyepieces, and a mirror star diagonal.

Key Features: Celestron Astro Fi 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope

The Astro Fi 102 creates its own wireless connection, so it can communicate with your device even in remote locations where WiFi or cellular networks arenâ€™t available. Getting ready to observe is quick and painless thanks to Celestronâ€™s award-winning SkyAlign technology. Centre any three bright objects in the eyepiece, and your telescope calculates its position. You can even generate a Sky Tour of all the best celestial objects to view based on your exact time and location.

Trusted Celestron Optics

Innovative WiFi technology powers the Astro Fi, but itâ€™s the optics inside the telescope tube that make it a Celestron. For over 50 years, Celestron have led the industry in optical technologyâ€”and they have put that experience into the Astro Fi 102. This 102mm Maksutov-Cassegrain with fully coated optics offers dazzling views of craters on the Moon, the rings of Saturn, the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, the Orion Nebula, the Hercules Globular Cluster and so much more.

Specifications:

Optical Design: Maksutov-Cassegrain
Aperture: 102 mm
Focal Length: 1325 mm
Focal Ratio: 13
Focal Length of Eyepiece 1: 25 mm
Magnification of Eyepiece 1: 53x
Focal Length of Eyepiece 2:10 mm
Magnification of Eyepiece 2: 132x
Finderscope: StarPointer
Star Diagonal: 1.25"
Mount Type: Single Fork Arm Computerised Altazimuth
Accessory Tray: Includes rubberized smartphone or tablet holder
Tripod: Aluminium
Highest Useful Magnification: 241x
Lowest Useful Magnification: 15x
Limiting Stellar Magnitude: 12.5
Resolution (Rayleigh): 1.37 arc seconds arc seconds
Resolution (Dawes): 1.14 arc seconds arc seconds
Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye): 212x
Optical Coatings: Fully Coated
Slew Speeds: Up to 3 deg/second
Tracking Rates: Sidereal, Solar, and Lunar
Alignment Procedures: SkyAlign, 3-Star Align, Solar System Align
Communication Ports: Aux port for optional hand control
Database: Over 120,000 objects including 220 of the best deep sky and solar system objects