Discover our Solar System with the Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ!
You’ll be ready to observe in minutes thanks to the quick and easy no-tool setup. The 70AZ provides bright, clear images of the Moon, planets, star clusters, and more for great nighttime viewing.
Includes a smart phone adapter that connects your smartphone to your telescope, so you can capture images and video through the eyepiece
Discover our Solar System with the Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ!
You’ll be ready to observe in minutes thanks to the quick and easy no-tool setup. The 70AZ provides bright, clear images of the Moon, planets, star clusters, and more for great nighttime viewing.
Includes a smart phone adapter that connects your smartphone to your telescope, so you can capture images and video through the eyepiece
Discover our Solar System with the Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ!You’ll be ready to observe in minutes thanks to the quick and easy no-tool setup. The 70AZ provides bright, clear images of the Moon, planets, star clusters, and more for great nighttime viewing. Includes a smart phone adapter that connects your smartphone to your telescope, so you can capture images and video through the eyepiece
Description
Discover our Solar System with the Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ! You’ll be ready to observe in minutes thanks to the quick and easy no-tool setup.
The 70AZ provides bright, clear images of the Moon, planets, star clusters, and more for great nighttime viewing.
Features
70mm refractor telescope with fully coated glass optics and a lightweight frame.
Observe in no time with a quick and easy, no-tool setup.
Accessories include: two eyepieces (20mm and 10mm), erect image star diagonal a finderscope and a smartphone adapter and moon filter
The smartphone adapter connects your smartphone to your telescope, so you can capture images and video through the eyepiece
Panning handle Alt-Az control with clutch for smooth and accurate pointing.
Adjustable height tripod
BONUS Starry Night Basic Edition Software download
Manual Alt-Azimuth telescope
Navigate the sky with a pan handle Alt-Az control with clutch for smooth and accurate pointing. Move the clutch in an up/down, left/right fashion to track your object in the eyepiece.
Accessories Included
Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, an erect image diagonal, a moon filter, a smartphone adapter and a Starpointer finderscope. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views.
Smartphone Adapter - Image celestial or terrestrial objects with this smartphone adapter. With its light, rigid frame, this accessory allows you to connect any smartphone to any telescope eyepiece with an outside diameter of 34mm. The additional magnification provided by the eyepiece allows your phone to capture great images of the Moon and planets. This adapter installs easily by placing the smartphone over the telescope eyepiece and tightening the knobs to securely lock your phone in place. The adapter accommodates most phones with the case on, but some large and/or bulky phone cases (including folio style cases) may need to be removed for the phone to fit in the adapter.
Starry Night Software
Download Celestron’s Starry Night Software and learn about the night sky, celestial objects, and how to plan your next observing session. Celestron Starry Night Software is the premier astronomy software package on the market, providing resources and knowledge to view our solar system and beyond.
Specifications
Warranty: 2 Years
OPTICAL TUBE INFO:
Optical Design
Refractor
Aperture
70mm (2.76")
Focal Length
900mm (35")
Focal Ratio
f/13
Focal Length of Eyepiece 1
20mm (.8")
Magnification of Eyepiece 1
45x
Focal Length of Eyepiece 2
10mm (.4")
Magnification of Eyepiece 2
90x
Barlow Lens
Not Included
Finderscope
StarPointer™ red dot finderscope
Star Diagonal
Erect Image Diagonal - 1.25"
Optical Tube
Aluminum
Highest Useful Magnification
165x
Lowest Useful Magnification
10x
Limiting Stellar Magnitude
11.7
Resolution (Rayleigh)
1.99 arc seconds
Resolution (Dawes)
1.66 arc seconds
Light Gathering Power (Compared to human eye)
100x
Optical Coatings
Fully Coated
Optical Tube Length
914mm (36")
Optical Tube Diameter
TBD
Optical Tube Weight
TBD
Dovetail
CG-5 Dovetail bar
MOUNT INFO:
Mount Type
Manual Alt Azimuth
Height adjustment range (includes mount and tripod)
812.8mm - 1295.4mm (32" - 51")
Tripod Leg Diameter
31.75mm (1.25") steel
Accessory Tray
Yes
Tripod Weight
TBD
Slew Speeds
Manual
Dovetail Compatibility
CG-5 saddle plate
Software
Starry Night Basic Edition | SkyPortal App
Total Kit Weight
TBD
Included Items
Optical tube | Tripod and mount (preassembled) | 20 mm eyepiece | 10 mm eyepiece | Red-dot finderscope | Erect image 90° diagonal | Manual |Moon Filter | smartphone adapter |
PHONE ADAPTER INFO:
Phone Compatibility:
Any smartphone
Compatible Optics:
Any 1.25" eyepiece supplied with PowerSeeker and AstroMaster telescope kits or any eyepieces with a 34mm outside diameter