Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ Newtonian w Motor Drive Telescope

Discover the wonders of our Solar System with the Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ. Designed for easy setup and enjoyable nighttime observation, this telescope lets you begin exploring the sky in just minutes with its quick and convenient no-tool setup. Featuring a 130mm aperture, the AstroMaster 130EQ provides bright, clear views of the Moon, planets, star clusters, and more. Its larger aperture offers excellent light-gathering capability, allowing you to explore a wide range of celestial targets and enjoy greater detail during your observing sessions. The equatorial mount provides a stable platform for astronomical observation, giving the AstroMaster 130EQ a traditional telescope configuration for exploring the night sky. Whether you're discovering astronomy for the first time or enjoying casual stargazing, this telescope offers a simple and rewarding way to explore the universe.

Manual German Equatorial telescope

The AstroMaster mount comes with two slow motion control knobs that allow you to make fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both Right Ascension and Declination axes, also referred to as RA and DEC.

Accessories Included

Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, a finderscope, and a motor drive. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views.  The 20mm has a built-in erect image corrector.

Motor Drive -Turn your manual German equatorial mount into a tracking mount by adding the included RA motor drive to your telescope. 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 telescope mount is properly polar aligned and the RA drive is attached and running, the user need only make occasional adjustments in declination (Dec) to keep an object in the eyepiece for long periods of time.  The Celestron single-axis motor drive runs on a 9V battery, so there are no cords to get in the way.  The drive can be used in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere.  To change hemispheres (reverse the motor’s direction), simply by flip the N/S switch on the face of the motor drive.  It is also simple to change the speed of the motor.  A “Speed Rate Regulator” knob is located just under the power indicator and can be turned in either direction to slow down or speed up the motor.  Since solar system objects like the Moon and planets move through the sky at different rates than deep-sky objects do, this gives you the ability to match the motor’s speed to the particular type of object you are observing.

Features

• Manual German equatorial mount with setting circles - to accurately locate and track sky objects
• Adjustable, full height steel tripod with deluxe accessory tray
• Quick and easy no-tool setup
• Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, a finderscope, and a motor drive
• Motor drive automatically tracks celestial objects as they appear to move across the night sky
• Download Starry Night Basic Software with a 36,000 object database, printable sky maps and enhanced images including 3D renderings of stars, exoplanets, and galaxies