Celestron ASTROMASTER 114EQ Including Motor Drive & Smartphone Adapter

Specifications

Highlights

• Quick and easy no-tool setup
• Includes 20mm and 10mm eyepieces, finderscope, moon filter, smartphone adapter and motor drive
• Motor drive automatically tracks celestial objects across the night sky
• Smartphone adapter lets you capture images and video through the eyepiece
• Manual German equatorial mount with setting circles to locate and track sky objects
• Adjustable, full-height steel tripod with deluxe accessory tray

Overview

Discover the Solar System with the Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ. You'll be ready to observe in minutes thanks to the quick and easy no-tool setup. The 114EQ provides bright, clear images of the Moon, planets, star clusters and more for great nighttime viewing.

Manual German Equatorial Mount

The AstroMaster mount comes with two slow motion control knobs that allow fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both Right Ascension (RA) and Declination (DEC) axes.

Accessories Included

Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, a finderscope, a moon filter, a smartphone adapter and a motor drive. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views.

Motor Drive

Turn the manual German equatorial mount into a tracking mount by adding the included RA motor drive. This easy-to-install RA motor drive compensates for the Earth's rotation, so the telescope tracks a star's movement through the night sky from east to west. When the mount is properly polar aligned and the RA drive is attached and running, only occasional adjustments in declination (Dec) are needed to keep an object in the eyepiece for long periods. The single-axis motor drive runs on a 9V battery, so there are no cords to get in the way, and can be used in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere by flipping the N/S switch on the face of the motor drive. A "Speed Rate Regulator" knob located under the power indicator can be turned to slow down or speed up the motor, matching its speed to the type of object being observed since solar system objects like the Moon and planets move through the sky at different rates than deep-sky objects.

Smartphone Adapter

Image celestial or terrestrial objects with the included smartphone adapter. With its light, rigid frame, this accessory connects any smartphone to any telescope eyepiece with an outside diameter of 34mm. The additional magnification provided by the eyepiece allows the phone to capture great images of the Moon and planets. The adapter installs easily by placing the smartphone over the telescope eyepiece and tightening the knobs to securely lock the phone in place. It accommodates most phones with the case on, though some large and/or bulky cases (including folio-style cases) may need to be removed for the phone to fit.

Starry Night Software

Download Celestron's Starry Night Software to learn about the night sky, celestial objects and how to plan the next observing session. Celestron Starry Night Software is a premier astronomy software package, providing resources and knowledge to view the solar system and beyond.

Detailed Specifications

What's In The Box

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Standard: R100 (up to 30kg) · Medium: R200 (30–50kg) · Large: R500 (50kg+)

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