Celestron NexStar 130 SLT

Our Price:  £329.00(Inc. 20% VAT) Model:  slt130 Brand:  Celestron Skywatcher Dual LED  + £17.00 Premium Cheshire Collimating Eyepiece  + £35.00 Tweet

The Celestron 130 SLT comes with a fully computerized GOTO hand control which gives you the ability to automatically slew to any of its 4,000+ objects, including over 600 galaxies, 300 clusters and dozens of beautiful binary stars. With its pre-assembled, adjustable steel tripod, the NexStar 130 SLT can be up and ready to use in a matter of minutes. The new SkyAlign alignment technology and the included StarPointer Finderscope with a red LED makes aligning a breeze.

View the details of the lunar surface, the rings of Saturn, the polar ice caps on Mars, the cloud belts on Jupiter or a number of the Messier objects such as the globular cluster in Hercules (M13), or the Great Nebula in Orion (M42). Begin to explore some of the fainter Messier objects using the additional light-gathering capabilities of the 130 SLT’s 5" primary mirror.

"It is not possible for a single telescope to excel at allowing you to view all the many types of object in the night sky. That said, the Celestron NexStar 130SLT reflector telescope offers the best compromise between light-gathering power and magnification of any on test. At 130mm, its aperture is the widest in the group, while, with a medium focal length of 650mm, it is also fine for observing the planets. The NexStar comes with a brace of eyepieces: with the x26 one you will be able to study the larger deep-sky objects and star fields; its higher-magnification x62 eyepiece is ideal for gazing at the moon. The supplied GoTo motorised mount has access to a database of more than 4,000 celestial objects. All GoTo mounts need to be set up so that they know in which direction to point the telescope to find the objects you want to view: the one in this package uses the SkyAlign system, the simplest and most beginner-friendly alignment method available on any computerised telescope.

Verdict: A great telescope and mount combination for general night-sky observing, at an attractive price too."  Steve Richards writing for the Sunday Times

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