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The Celestron 114AZ-SR Telescope is now at nearly 50% off (well, 49.09% to be exact), giving astronomy fans a cool $108 off this already affordable budget telescope. Also, be sure to check out our Lives Internet Monday Deals (Opens in a new tab) For more space-related gifts, or check out The 10 Best Telescope Monday Shows Online We’ve Seen So Far.
This large 114mm Newtonian reflecting telescope is suitable for beginners and comes with a range of accessories so you can set up and start stargazing right away.
A full-height aluminum tripod stabilizes the telescope yet remains lightweight for easy transport and comes with an accessory tray to hold all the other goodies. The goodies mentioned above include two 26mm and 9.7mm Plössl eyepieces with 1.25-inch mounts for specific observations of night-sky objects, a StarPointer red binocular that supports approximate location, and a smartphone adapter.
The telescope is a handheld telescope, not a computerized one, so you may be wondering why the Celestron 114AZ-SR has a smartphone adapter built in. (Opens in a new tab)? So you can of course take your own astrophotos. Snap on the adapter and your smartphone will turn the 114AZ-SR telescope into an astro camera ready to shoot the sky.
With this smartphone, you also get free access to the SkyPortal mobile app and Starry Night software that provides information on more than 36,000 celestial objects in the night sky. So whether you’re improving your old knowledge, want to learn something new while stargazing, or are just starting out for the first time, this telescope and its package should be able to open up a new part of the universe for you.
It should only take a few minutes to set up this telescope, and at just under 9 pounds, it won’t hurt your arm when you take it to a dark spot in the nearby sky.
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