Self-Aligning Telescope

By: Sean Walker May 16, 2011 0

Celestron

2835 Columbia St., Torrance, CA 90503

Celestron

Celestron unveiled its series of fully self-aligning telescopes at the Consumer Electronics Show last January. The SkyProdigy 130 ($799) features a 5.1-inch (130-mm) f/5 Newtonian Reflector coupled to the company's most technologically advanced Go To Altazimuth mount to date. Simply turn on the power, push a button, and the SkyProdigy aligns itself using a built-in digital camera and Celestronís StarSense technology. The entire process takes only about three minutes. The mount's internal database includes more than 4,000 celestial objects and there are customized sky tours for any time of the year. The SkyProdigy 130 includes a unit-power red-dot finder, 25- and 9-mm 1º-inch eyepieces, and a CD-ROM of The SkyX Light Edition. It is powered by eight D-cell batteries.

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