NexStar 114SLT Computerized Telescope
Item #31143
Overview
- High quality 114 mm reflector
- Fully computerized Altazimuth mount
- StarPointer finderscope to help with alignment and accurately locating objects
- Quick-release fork arm mount, optical tube and accessory tray for quick no tool set up
- Sturdy stainless steel tripod and accessory tray included
- Includes CD-ROM "The Sky" Astronomy Software which provides education about the sky and printable sky maps
- Proven NexStar computer control technology
- Database allows telescope to locate over 4,000 celestial objects
- SkyAlign allows you to align on any three bright celestial objects, making for a fast and easy alignment process
- Flash upgradeable hand control software and motor control units for downloading product updates over the Internet
- Internal battery compartment to prevent cord wrap during use
- Auxiliary port for additional accessories such as GPS accessory
- Includes NSOL telescope control software for basic control of your telescope via computer (with optional RS-232 cable)
- Compatible with optional NexRemote telescope control software, for advanced control of your telescope via computer
Manuals
NexStar SLT Series Manual
(1.92 MB)- NexStar 114 SLT Quick Setup Guide
(0.56 MB) - Instruction sheet for NexStar Observers List (NSOL) software
(0.06 MB) - NexStar Communication Protocol v 1.2
(0.08 MB)
Details
The NexStar 114 SLT has over twice the light-gathering power of an 80mm telescope! And the 114 SLT, like the other models in the SLT Series, comes with a fully computerized hand control with a database of over 4,000 celestial objects! With its pre-assembled, adjustable steel tripod, the NexStar 114 SLT can be up and ready to use in a matter of minutes. Our new SkyAlign alignment technology and the included StarPointer Finderscope with a red LED makes aligning a breeze.
Compact and lightweight in design, this scope can produce images bright enough to reveal the polar ice caps on Mars or the cloud belts on Jupiter! View the details of the lunar surface or the rings of Saturn, which are clearly visible with this telescope. With the extra light gathering capability of the 114 SLT, a number of the Messier objects such as the globular cluster in Hercules (M13), or the Great Nebula in Orion (M42) are available to you. Begin to explore some of the fainter Messier objects using the additional light-gathering capabilities of the 114 SLT’s 4-1/2" primary mirror.
Because of the Newtonian design, the mirror gives fully color-corrected views that are best suited for astronomical use.
NexStar 114SLT - General Features
- High quality 114 mm reflector
- Fully computerized Altazimuth mount
- StarPointer finderscope to help with alignment and accurately locating objects
- Quick-release fork arm mount, optical tube and accessory tray for quick no tool set up
- Sturdy stainless steel tripod and accessory tray included
- Includes CD-ROM "The Sky" Astronomy Software which provides education about the sky and printable sky maps
- Proven NexStar computer control technology
- Database allows telescope to locate over 4,000 celestial objects
- SkyAlign allows you to align on any three bright celestial objects, making for a fast and easy alignment process
- Flash upgradeable hand control software and motor control units for downloading product updates over the Internet
- Internal battery compartment to prevent cord wrap during use
- Auxiliary port for additional accessories such as GPS accessory
- Includes NSOL telescope control software for basic control of your telescope via computer (with optional RS-232 cable)
- Compatible with optional NexRemote telescope control software, for advanced control of your telescope via computer
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NexStar 114SLT Computerized Telescope
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2-year Telescope Warranty
CELESTRON TWO YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
A. Celestron warrants your telescope to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years. Celestron will repair or replace such product or part thereof which, upon inspection by Celestron, is found to be defective in materials or workmanship. As a condition to the obligation of Celestron to repair or replace such product, the product must be returned to Celestron together with proof-of-purchase satisfactory to Celestron.
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The customer shall be responsible for all costs of transportation and insurance, both to and from the factory of Celestron, and shall be required to prepay such costs.
Celestron shall use reasonable efforts to repair or replace any telescope covered by this warranty within thirty days of receipt. In the event repair or replacement shall require more than thirty days, Celestron shall notify the customer accordingly. Celestron reserves the right to replace any product which has been discontinued from its product line with a new product of comparable value and function.
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Knowledge Base
- What advantages does the Celestron zoom eyepiece #93230 have for SLR (DSLR) photography?
- I am using a SkyScout Connect with my Celestron GOTO telescope. Do I still need to align my scope?
- My NexStar SLT or SE hand control has firmware version 4.13. Yet when I use the latest NexRemote with my scope, I can only get version 4.12. What gives?
- I “accidentally” took apart my eyepiece, removing the lens that goes closest to my eye. Help! How do I put it back together?
- What is a star party? Where do I find information on star parties in and around my area?
- My GPS-equipped scope is showing the wrong time information. How do I correct this?
- Why do I need to guide my telescope for photography? Don’t accurate alignment and firmware functions like periodic error correction (PEC) take care of it all?
- What is field rotation? How does it affect my scope’s viewing and imaging?
- My StarPointer red-dot finderscope battery is dead. How do I replace it?
- Why won’t my image erecting eyepiece or image erecting diagonal always give right side up images with my scope?
- I need to box up my scope and ship it. What’s the best way to pack it?
- I am using a GPS with my Celestron GOTO telescope. Do I still need to bother with SkyAlign?
- I’m looking at my Celestron scope and it has a serial number on it. Can you tell me the model, type and year it was made?
- What are the specifications for an AC adapter that will work with Celestron’s
- The NexStar 114 SLT has a 1000mm focal length. Why is its tube only 508mm long? Is this a mistake?
- My NexStar hand control displays “Offset Too Large” when I’m trying to change my scope’s alignment. What does this mean? How to I fix the issue?
- I’m using rechargeable batteries with my Celestron GOTO mount and the mount won’t power up even though the batteries are new and fully charged. What’s the problem?
- Where can I download the unified ASCOM drivers for Celestron?
- My images with a CCD camera are showing black or white streaks on the brighter stars. They are all bloomed out. What’s wrong with my scope?
- My cordwrap was turned on before I updated my alt-azimuth GOTO scope’s hand control. Now it’s off – what happened?
- Is there any way to run Celestron’s window-based drivers and software on Macs?
- MY SLT mount is moving in the wrong direction when I use the direction arrows at slower slew rates. What is wrong? How can I change the direction of the direction buttons?
- When I use IDENTIFY with my GOTO scope, what is it showing me?
- What is LST? Where do I find it in my GOTO scope’s menu?
- What is back focus? What problems does it cause for visual and photographic use of my scope? What are related focus issues?
- Can my NexStar hand control be repaired instead of replaced?
- Near focus
- What is the focal ratio? How is it related to the f-stop?
- What are diffraction-limited optics?
- Exit pupil
- What does magnitude mean?
- Telescope-Astronomy Resources on the Web
- Light gathering power and magnitude limit
- Contrast
- Focal length
- Aperture
- Field of view
- Magnification or power
- Resolution – resolving power
- I’m doing photography with an eyepiece, using my camera with and without a lens. What are the f-numbers of my setup for the afocal and eyepiece projection methods?
- What is vignetting?
- Why do I only see stars as points of light even when using my highest power eyepiece?
- I hibernated my GOTO mount. When I powered back up and woke up the scope, it did not point as accurately as before. What gives?
- I upgraded-reflashed my hand control and now I’m not getting the control functions for my mount, but for another mount. What happened? How can this be fixed?
- How do you determine a telescope's magnification?
- How far can I see with a telescope?
- How do I program my flash upgradeable hand control? What about motor control upgrades?
- Why don't the images I see through my telescope look the same as photos I see taken with the same type of telescope?
- Optical design aberrations
- What size of scope is best for different kinds of objects?
Manuals
- NexStar SLT Series Manual
(1.92 MB) - NexStar 114 SLT Quick Setup Guide
(0.56 MB) - Instruction sheet for NexStar Observers List (NSOL) software
(0.06 MB) - NexStar Communication Protocol v 1.2
(0.08 MB)
International Manuals
- NexStar SLT Series Manual (French)
(2.92 MB) - NexStar SLT Series Manual (German)
(3.03 MB) - NexStar SLT Series Manual (Italian)
(3.04 MB) - NexStar SLT Manual (Spanish)
(3.1 MB)
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Flash Upgradeable
For the telescopes that have this technology feature, users can upgrade their telescope's operating software via the Internet.
The following products have this feature:
Current upgrades can be found through our downloads section and on each telescope's product page. To receive an announcement when upgrades have been added, make sure you are subscribed to our mailing list.
Sky & Telescope Magazine Names SkyAlign as Hot Product for 2006!
The editors at Sky & Telescope Magazine have named Celestron's SkyAlign alignment technology as a Hot Product for 2006 saying our revolutionary product has "redefined and simplified" the computerized telescope setup process.
SkyAlign comes standard on the following Celestron telescope families:
SLT Series
8i Special Edition
CPC Series
As the holiday season swings into high gear, there has never been a better time to consider purchasing a computerized telescope -- especially now that Celestron has pioneered a way to make them easier to use than ever! Contact your local Celestron dealer to find the SkyAlign telescope that is right for you.
For more information about SkyAlign click here.
Motor Control Firmware Updates v.2.2.1
Our latest hand control firmware for computerized goto telescopes, version 4.13, now allows you to update the motor control (telescope mount) firmware through the hand control. Our hand control firmware is still updated by connecting the RS-232 hand control serial cable (part #93920) directly to the hand control, and then to a computer with an internet connection.
Previously, motor control updates were done through the telescope’s PC Port (CPC and CGE series) using our Programming Cable (part #93922). If your telescope did not have a PC Port (Advanced GT, NexStar SE and NexStar SLT series), you would also have needed our Auxilliary Port Accessory Kit (part #93965)
Our NexStar SE and CPC Series already ship with the RS-232 Cable. And, if your computer lacks a serial port for the RS-232 Cable, you will also need our USB to RS-232 Converter Cable (# 18775) to connect to your computer’s USB port.
For more information on connecting to a telescope to perform an upgrade, please install and run MCupdate and click on the Help button.
Hand Control Firmware Updates
Hand control firmware updates can be downloaded and installed using our new HCupdate application.
For assistance with performing a firmware update, simply download and install HCupdate and click on the Help button. Individual firmware versions and change history are available through HCupdate by clicking on the Download via the Web button.
VERSION: 1.1.12
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- Microsoft Windows® 98SE and newer.
Hand Controls running version 4.00 firmware or later are user upgradable. (This does not include GT series Hand Controls with version 100.0 or later.) The firmware version can be determined by entering the Utilities menu and selecting Version: the top line of the display shows the current hand control firmware version.
Upgradable hand control firmware is available for the following mount types:
- NexStar GPS
- CPC Series
- Special Edition Series
- Advanced-GT
- CGE Series
- GT Series
- SLT Series
Hand Control updates require a PC based computer with either a DB9 serial port or a USB port with a USB to DB9 serial adapter running Microsoft Windows 98SE or newer.
An RS-232 Cable (part #93920) must be made or purchased to connect between the mount and computer.
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