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product_id: 549008348
title: "StarSense Explorer 130AZ App-Enabled Telescope – 130mm Tabletop Dobsonian with Smartphone Dock & StarSense App – iPhone & Android Compatible – Easy-to-Use for Beginners"
brand: "celestron"
price: "€ 1609.17"
currency: EUR
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# Smartphone-powered sky tour 130mm high-reflectivity Newtonian reflector Patented StarSense sky recognition tech StarSense Explorer 130AZ App-Enabled Telescope – 130mm Tabletop Dobsonian with Smartphone Dock & StarSense App – iPhone & Android Compatible – Easy-to-Use for Beginners

**Brand:** celestron
**Price:** € 1609.17
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌌 Unlock the Universe with Just a Tap — Stargazing Made Smart & Stunning!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** StarSense Explorer 130AZ App-Enabled Telescope – 130mm Tabletop Dobsonian with Smartphone Dock & StarSense App – iPhone & Android Compatible – Easy-to-Use for Beginners by celestron
- **How much does it cost?** € 1609.17 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- celestron enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted celestron brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Real-Time Sky Navigation:** Patented StarSense technology analyzes star patterns to pinpoint your telescope’s exact position instantly.
- • **Curated Nightly Sky Targets:** Get a personalized list of the best celestial objects to observe based on your location and time—never miss a cosmic highlight.
- • **Compact, Stable, and Travel-Ready:** Lightweight tabletop Dobsonian base offers smooth manual tracking and easy setup anywhere, from your backyard to remote dark skies.
- • **Crystal-Clear Views of the Cosmos:** 130mm Newtonian reflector with premium coatings delivers vivid, sharp images of planets, nebulae, and galaxies.
- • **Effortless Stargazing with Your Phone:** Dock your smartphone, launch the app, and follow intuitive on-screen arrows—no astronomy degree needed.

## Overview

The Celestron StarSense Explorer 130AZ is an app-enabled 130mm tabletop Dobsonian telescope that uses patented sky recognition technology to guide beginners through the night sky via smartphone. Featuring a high-quality Newtonian reflector and a stable altazimuth base, it offers sharp views of planets, nebulae, and galaxies. Compatible with iPhone and Android, it provides curated celestial targets based on your location and time, making astronomy accessible, intuitive, and portable. Backed by a 2-year warranty and US-based support, it’s the perfect gateway for millennial stargazers craving both tech-savvy convenience and premium optics.

## Description

Celestron’s StarSense Explorer 130AZ is the first telescope that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real time, making stargazing easier than ever. Perfect for beginners, this app-enabled telescope lets you dock your phone, launch the app, and follow on-screen arrows to planets, stars, galaxies, and more. Unlike other astronomy apps that rely solely on gyroscopes, StarSense uses patented sky recognition technology and a Lost in Space Algorithm (LISA)—like the sophisticated location systems used by satellites—to deliver accurate, real-time guidance. Simply align your phone with the telescope optics, and within minutes, you’ll be exploring with confidence. The app automatically generates a list of the best objects to view based on your exact time and location. Choose one and navigate there by following the on-screen arrows. When the bullseye turns green, your target is ready in the eyepiece. The high-quality 130mm Newtonian reflector with highly reflective coatings provides bright, detailed views of the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and deep-sky favorites like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy. The tabletop base is compact, lightweight, and easy to transport, making it perfect for travel. The base’s low profile makes accessing the eyepiece easier for some observers (especially children). Includes two eyepieces (10mm and 25mm), a red dot finderscope, and a StarSense smartphone dock. StarSense Explorer works with most modern smartphones; it is compatible with Android 12 and later, as well as iOS 18 and newer, including iPhone XR and newer models.

Review: Celestron 130 mm DOB = WINNER!! - I never review, but this scope (130 mm) deserves one! Fantastic packaging, crystal clear instructions, easy assembly, very high level build quality, beautifully executed, overall. I had the DX 130AZ - FORGET IT!!! This scope, currently, is considerably cheaper and WAY better, in all key aspects. Like what? Tube connection and mount are rock solid on the 130 mm DOB. TERRIBLE, SHAKY, WOBBLY MOUNT ON THE DX! The DOB has no Bird-Jones lens (that's a good thing) AND has a parabolic primary mirror. Build quality is MUCH better on the DOB. Focuser is superior. Take the money saved on the DX and get the dedicated Celestron tripod AND invest in better optics (check out Celestron's E-lux line; get a 25 mm and a 5 mm, or go telescoping high power like the SBOVNY 6-18 mm). Overall, couldn't be happier. Optics are stunning. Highly portable. Remove tube, put in a padded zipper case, base can stow easily in car, RV, etc., grab the tripod and see the night sky like NEVER before!!
Review: Great product - I got this telescope as an upgrade to my simpler telescope from the same brand, and I was impressed by its quality. I feel it is quite easy to use. (The app and the computer program are also pretty awesome, and they make everything much easier to see and to make sense of!) The assembly part was fairly easy, but the instruction manual is not very helpful. That would be my one criticism of the product. It is very sturdy, and the base sets easily on a table or the ground. It is stable, and the view angle is adequate and easy to adjust. The lens that came with it and we got some great viewings of the moon and planets. This item was not cheap but I feel it delivers great quality for the money.

## Features

- SMARTPHONE-POWERED SKY TOUR: No experience needed! Just dock your phone, launch the StarSense Explorer app, and follow the on-screen arrows to locate stars, planets, nebulae, and more.
- PATENTED STARSENSE TECHNOLOGY: Unlike other astronomy apps, StarSense Explorer uses sky recognition technology to turn your phone into a celestial navigation system, analyzing star patterns overhead to pinpoint your telescope’s position.
- TONIGHT’S BEST TARGETS, INSTANTLY: The app generates a curated list of the top objects to see based on your time and location. See planets, bright nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters from the city—and even more from dark skies.
- SIMPLE SETUP, SMOOTH TRACKING: Features a manual altazimuth tabletop Dobsonian-style base. Follow the on-screen arrows to your target; when the bullseye turns green, you can view it clearly through the eyepiece.
- 130MM REFLECTOR WITH IMPRESSIVE VIEWS: The 5" Newtonian reflector with high-reflectivity coatings delivers sharp, vivid views of the Moon, planets like Jupiter and Saturn, and deep-sky favorites like the Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy.
- UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0CBQXHXX3 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #38,060 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) #6 in Kids' Telescopes |
| Brand | Celestron |
| Built-In Media | 25mm eyepiece and 10mm eyepiece, Eyepiece rack and collimation cap, Optical tube and base, StarPointer, StarSense Explorer dock |
| Coating | Aluminum with SiO2 overcoat |
| Compatible Devices | Smartphone |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 257 Reviews |
| Dawes Limit | 0.89 Arc Sec |
| EU Spare Part Availability Duration | 2 Years |
| Exit Pupil Diameter | 12.5 Millimeters |
| Eye Piece Lens Description | 25mm and 10mm eyepiece |
| Field Of View | 1.3 Degrees |
| Finderscope | StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope |
| Focal Length Description | 650 millimeters |
| Focus Type | Manual Focus |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00050234224819 |
| Item Dimensions D x W x H | 19"D x 19"W x 28.25"H |
| Item Weight | 19.2 Pounds |
| Manufacturer | Celestron |
| Model Name | StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ |
| Mount | Altazimuth Tabletop Dobsonian base |
| Number of Batteries | 1 Lithium Metal batteries required. (included) |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 130 Millimeters |
| Optical Tube Length | 615.95 Millimeters |
| Optical-Tube Length | 615.95 Millimeters |
| Power Source | Manual Operation Without External Power Source |
| Telescope Mount Description | Altazimuth Tabletop Dobsonian base |
| UPC | 050234224819 |
| Warranty Description | Two-Year Limited Warranty |
| Zoom Ratio | 2:5 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Celestron
- **Eye Piece Lens Description:** 25mm and 10mm eyepiece
- **Finderscope:** StarPointer™ red-dot finderscope
- **Focus Type:** Manual Focus
- **Model Name:** StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ
- **Objective Lens Diameter:** 130 Millimeters
- **Optical Tube Length:** 615.95 Millimeters
- **Power Source:** Manual Operation Without External Power Source
- **Product Dimensions:** 19"D x 19"W x 28.25"H
- **Telescope Mount Description:** Altazimuth Tabletop Dobsonian base

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Celestron 130 mm DOB = WINNER!!
*by A***R on January 19, 2026*

I never review, but this scope (130 mm) deserves one! Fantastic packaging, crystal clear instructions, easy assembly, very high level build quality, beautifully executed, overall. I had the DX 130AZ - FORGET IT!!! This scope, currently, is considerably cheaper and WAY better, in all key aspects. Like what? Tube connection and mount are rock solid on the 130 mm DOB. TERRIBLE, SHAKY, WOBBLY MOUNT ON THE DX! The DOB has no Bird-Jones lens (that's a good thing) AND has a parabolic primary mirror. Build quality is MUCH better on the DOB. Focuser is superior. Take the money saved on the DX and get the dedicated Celestron tripod AND invest in better optics (check out Celestron's E-lux line; get a 25 mm and a 5 mm, or go telescoping high power like the SBOVNY 6-18 mm). Overall, couldn't be happier. Optics are stunning. Highly portable. Remove tube, put in a padded zipper case, base can stow easily in car, RV, etc., grab the tripod and see the night sky like NEVER before!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great product
*by C***A on May 6, 2025*

I got this telescope as an upgrade to my simpler telescope from the same brand, and I was impressed by its quality. I feel it is quite easy to use. (The app and the computer program are also pretty awesome, and they make everything much easier to see and to make sense of!) The assembly part was fairly easy, but the instruction manual is not very helpful. That would be my one criticism of the product. It is very sturdy, and the base sets easily on a table or the ground. It is stable, and the view angle is adequate and easy to adjust. The lens that came with it and we got some great viewings of the moon and planets. This item was not cheap but I feel it delivers great quality for the money.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great beginner telescope!
*by C***E on January 9, 2026*

This is a great beginner telescope. There is some assembly required, but the directions were clear and easy to understand. The optics are good for the size and price.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-03*