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| |  | For Everyone | Home » » Celestron NexStar 130 SLT Computerized Telescope | | | | | | | Description: | | Celestron Nexstar 130SLT Newtonian Reflector Telescope lets you travel through our solar system and explore nearby stars and galaxies without leaving earth. It acts as a window to worlds beyond knowledge and imagination. With SkyAlign and PC connectivity, you become familiar with other worlds. If the many wonders of deep space fascinate you but you don't know how to find those fascinating sights, why not let this Celestron telescope do the finding for you? The new SkyAlign easy alignment technology and Star Pointer red dot LED finder of the Celesctron NexStar 130 SLT 5.1 go-to reflector make lining up on the sky a breeze. Once aligned, the scope's computer hand control will find more than 4,000 celestial objects for you and will track them unerringly while you observe at your leisure. With its pre-assembled adjustable height steel tripod and easy no-tool assembly, the NexStar 130 SLT can be up and ready to take you on a tour of the Universe in a matter of minutes. The 130mm aperture of the NexStar 130 SLT gathers well over two and a half times as much light as even an advanced 80mm refractor, for not much more money, giving you deep space images that are bright and well defined. With the appropriate high power eyepiece and a resolution 62% higher than an 80mm scope, it will give you lunar/planetary images that are crisp and detailed. Whether an advanced entry-level scope for the beginning astronomer, or a second scope for the more-than-casual backyard astronomer, the NexStar 130SLT takes you beyond. Adjustable height tripod Celestron 2-Year Warranty | | | Features: | |
• Computerized hand control with 4,000-object database
• SkyAlign allows you to align on any 3 bright celestial objects
• Motorized Altazimuth mount
• Focal ratio: f5
• Focal length: 650mm
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 28.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 12.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 8.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 33.07 pounds | | Package Length:
| 39.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 20.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 11.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 33.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 18 reviews |
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 Great scope for an even better priceJan 11, 2010
I was a beginner astronomer and I must say that this christmas gift has done me right. It's an easy scope to use and gets great visuals of space. I really enjoy examining the craters of the moon, but you can also see some other great objects as well.
Well worth the price and great for the beginner to intermediate astronomer. I brought it to my astronomy club and they all got a kick out of it and the sturdiness of the tripod. They all approved even with their 12-16inchers my 5 incher held it's own in their eyes. Great starter scope.
-Reagan
Great first scopeDec 21, 2009
Easy to setup, skyalign worked on my first try, really liked it, except maybe for the eyepieces, they could be ploss ones.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
nice scope, esp w 2inch eyepiecesMay 24, 2009
i have been watching the sky for a few months, and purchased this scope
through amazon, im in the middle of a large nieghborhood, with trees and fences all around my back yard, that said, i have not had much luck w the go to function,it has taken me to saturn and the moon, but some targets will make it point at the ground. so i was kinda disappointed, then i ordered the 2inch eyepiece kit by celestron also from amazon, it is a huge difference, i was using a galileo, the two scopes are not that much different, outside the motorized mount,and 2inch viewer.; so for watching the sky, this is a great scope, i must admit, i had thought maybe it would identify the stars im looking at, but now i realize that would be a tall order even for nasa, in new orleans, this scope shows the sky to be full of stars. i say this is a good deal and a good scope, not many scopes have the 2inch option, and celestron seems to get better and more reviews than ioptron, for beginners, telescopes like this will take sum time, but your patience will be rewarded(alton brown)
update, got the vixen 3856 3.5 eyepeice, ring of saturn was huge, and the moon was awesome, very cool eyepiece, makes my scope seem new again.
9-9-09, finally found juptier, with the vixen 3.5, it was very impressive, and its four moons were very bright, still enjoying the nexstar 130, looking into getting skyscout connect, which would connect my skyscout to the scope, making it gps, find a star with skyscout, and the scope w slew to the object w a touch of a button, for 99$ seems like the next step in my set up
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Great casual telescopeMar 23, 2009
A couple of negatives to start with. As others have indicated, once the electronics are turned off the current time is not kept. If you forget this important point aligning will not work. Next point. Double check that the tightening screw that secures the optical tube to the mount is tight every time you use the scope. I neglected to do this and the thing slid out of the mount and hit my patio. Unbelievably, nothing broke and the scope's collimation was not knocked askew. The good news is you can be using this scope in a manner of minutes after just a little practice. The optics are good and the tracking is too when you consider how inexpensive this machine is. Adding weight to the accessory tray helps with stability.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
My First ScopeMar 13, 2009
I'm still learning how to use it but so far the things I see with it are amazing.
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