Why the StarSense Explorer Dobsonian is the best telescope for beginners - featuring David Farina
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- Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2022
- Dave Farina highlights the distinct benefits of the StarSense Explorer Dobsonian as a great beginner telescope along with some exclusive tips and tricks while observing. The StarSense Explorer telescope line is the first telescope that uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real time. The Dobsonian telescope’s large-aperture Celestron StarSense Explorer is ideal for serious beginners, thanks to the app's user-friendly StarSense Explorer Powered by SkySafari™ app interface and detailed tutorials. The large aperture will ensure that you won’t outgrow the telescope as you continue on in your astronomical adventures. Celestron.com/SSETelescopes
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getting a 10" starsense for christmas and i am so super excited
Nice one - Me too! I’m back into astronomy because of this telescope (used to love it as a child). Mine’s just arrived and is now set up (pretty easy). Waiting for first Clear Sky!
I have the 4-inch refractor Starsense and the app is incredible. It takes seconds to find anything you want (that your telescope is capable of seeing) and the menus and lists of objects are so easy to use. So much easier and better than trying to find dim nebula in my light-polluted city skies.
Hey Texas Rangers! This is Dave Farina from Cosmos Safari, the maker of the video. I couldn't agree more. It's a joy to use. I honestly felt like the technology just faded into the background. It's the closest I have felt to the night sky in my 15 year career teaching astronomy!
I've got about 20k in astronomy and astrophotography gear. My Starsense Explorer 8" dob has all but taken over as my go to selection when I just want to do some relaxed visual astronomy. I've started taking it to public outreach events to demonstrate the technology and how wonderful it is for people new to the hobby.
Great job of summing up what I would call as a 30 year amateur astronomer the greatest leap in searching objects for a dob I have seen. One awesome thing is I have even seen others take the module off and use it on their existing larger dobs with great success.
I got a Starsense 80 and 3D printed an adapter that allows me to mount the Starsense dock on any scope with a standard finder dovetail and can swap it between all of my scopes. I also have a spare old iphone set up entirely as a dedicated Starsense computer. I've been in the hobby as long as you have and I have always hated digital setting circles and goto scopes because they felt like a bureaucratic obstacle between me and the night sky. I preferred to star-hop with manual dobs and atlases.
This changed all that. It's the first device assisted pointing that felt like a pointing aid to me rather than an encumbrance.
I've been using manual dobsonians and star-hopping with a Telrad for thirty years and have always hated computerized telescopes. The alignment routines and obtuse proprietary keypads feel like a bureaucratic obstacle between me and the sky.
Starsense explorer changed that for me. It's the perfect digital setting circle system for me. It's helping me POWER through extensive observing lists of Herschel objects, even from Bortle 6 skies.
Awesome video and great information about this telescope 🔭.thanks for all y'all do
Hey Patrick Koon, this is Dave Farina from Cosmos Safari, the maker of the video. Thank you so much. It is a pleasure to make videos for the awesome astronomy community.
Need to make the mount and app available seperately as i think it would be great mounted on some giant binos.
No, they won't, I asked. So people buy the cheapest Star Sense scopes for $230 and remove it and put on their big 12" Dobs.
Awesome video
I’ve had my dad’s C8 for many years. I do astrophotography with my 72mm APO… but I recently got a 10” StarSense dob… and holy cow! It’s my new favorite visual telescope. It’s as jaw-dropping a technology as the starsense alignment camera for the SCTs was a few years ago.
Hey Mike, this is Dave Farina from Cosmos Safari, the maker of the video. I couldn't agree more that the technology is jaw-dropping. I couldn't believe it when I used it for the first time. Now that this video is out on the Celestron channel I will likely post my reaction video to my Cosmos Safari RUclips. It was my raw reaction on purpose. It was awesome.
How portable is the 10 inch dob?
@@MrTalkingzero It's... a lot. Certainly less convenient than an 8" Dob or SCT.
thank you for sharing
I've got the 8" on order, it might come tomorrow. What accessories would be recomended for this scope, a barlow lsense, what other eye pieces and accessories?
Does this 8" Dob come with thumbscrews for locking and adjusting the primary mirror?
I have the 130mm reflector and the starsense is GREAT, I just ordered the 10'' dob.Clear Skies
Awesome Anthony! I know you are going to love it. I had so much fun making this video and getting to work with this scope.
Does the app / phone have to have signal to work. Will the app work in places whre there is no cell reception?
what if you can't connect to the internet where you are observing?
is it works for no star sky like Hong Kong?
Has Celestron stopped making "Celestron Inspire 90 Az" ??
Is it possible to put a sun filter on this telescope?
Yes, you can buy Thousand Oaks Sun filter sheets and tape onto those 1/4" foam core poster boards with a hole cut-out for your scope then tape the shield onto the poster board. But do not point your phone at the sun, use the shadow of the Sun and when it is smallest it should be in the eyepiece.
I purchased this one as I had quite a bit of $$ in Zon gift cards. Overall though it seems the Apertrura AD8 (not avail on Amazon) has better value sans the cell phone adapter/app. Better eyepieces (1 additional), fan, moon filter, focuser, and laser collimator. Actually after typing this, I feel robbed. Cmon Celestron, you can do better.
Not what I'm looking for, but I see its uses. I'm looking for a scope that tracks automatically for I can do times lapse. Any suggestions?
Hey William, this is Dave Farina from Cosmos Safari, the maker of the video. Are you going to be piggy backing a camera on top or do you want to do through the telescope astrophotography? These two options have very different hardware requirements.
I wish I can buy that telescope in my country its very good.😢
I wanted to see what he sees in the eye piece
I think collimation is a huge hurdle and off putting for many beginners
They should have included one for the price tag but a £25 laser collimator is not a massive extra cost for someone who can afford the scope.
The 8inch doesn’t even have collimation knobs for the primary mirror. You have to use a screwdriver.
I cant buy it in Spain
The Celestron Dobsonians are way better than the "ordinary" Skywatcher Dobsonians, I suppose. Are they really have (much) better quality picture than the Skywatcher Dobs? In other words, does a 10inch Celestron Dob provide me a much better quality and better resolutioned picture than an "avarage" SkyWatcher 10inch Dobsonian? Please answer, I am really curious!
The only thing that's different is the app
Hi
It really is incredible, but the 8" Dobsonian costs 3,500 dollars (18,000 BRL) here in Brazil!
It’s 800usd for me
@@hellothere1947 I think it must be because of the costs of exporting to Brazil and also the burden of taxes, which are very expensive here. Here in Brazil, this telescope is more expensive than a conventional motorcycle.
@@willucas83 I wonder if it would be cheaper to ship it to the US then for you to fly over there and then come back with it 😂
@@hellothere1947 I think I'll spend less than BRL 18,000.00 if the goal is just to go buy the telescope and come back.😅
Fly to the US and buy it. Still cheaper than importing it... :)
I just received mine and have never been so disappointed - I cannot see objects properly and the stars appear so small and planets cannot see - I have the 10" version and I aligned and colinated....very very sad!
Take a class. It's you.
The app doesn't work for me. It cannot align
This is great for parents who know nothing at all about any of this and has a child that is fascinated with the sky 😏
Please answer me my question.
i'm seriously interested to purchase of your product name Celestorn star sense explore Dobsonian telescope. when if i
buying the telescope you've provided two pieces of flossl eyepieces in the box then what else should i buy if i want to explore a deep sky objects for instant how many barlow lens do i need to buy i'm okay with my budget i don't mind to spent i just want it to have a complete set of all related items how many extra eyepieces do i needed to buy that's all i want know.
i hope you can answer my simple questions. 3:27
The key fact here is that StarSense is best in "clear dark skies"
The camera/ app does not identify in slightly cloudy or slightly light polluted skies