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THE SMARTEST TELESCOPE IN THE UNIVERSE!
A truly revolutionary product with ground breaking technology, SkyProdigy™ is the product of a culmination of decades of telescope advancements. It combines electronic motors, an intelligent on-board computer, a digital camera and StarSense™ technology to create an automatic, instant alignment telescope that requires no input from the user. Simply turn it on, push a button and enjoy the view! It’s that easy.
The SkyProdigy’s automatic alignment process takes only a few minutes, then you will be ready to select from thousands of objects to view. Not sure what to look at? Select the Sky Tour option; this feature offers a customized list of the best objects in the sky to view for your exact time and location anywhere in the world!
No knowledge of the night sky is required. One touch innovation turns anyone into an instant astronomer!
Celestron’s SkyProdigy telescopes use an integrated imaging camera and patented StarSense Technology to automatically align with the night sky and determine where the telescope is currently pointing. The camera automatically captures an image of the sky, which is processed internally to positively identify the stars in the image. Once a positive match is found, SkyProdigy determines the coordinates of the center of the captured image. The process is automatically repeated two more times so that the system has three known alignment points that can be used to make an accurate model of the night sky. From this information the user can select any celestial object in the hand controller’s database, and SkyProdigy will automatically move itself to the correct position.
*The SkyProdigy’s internal camera does not have an external output allowing users to view or save the captured images. The captured images are used internally solely for the purpose of self-aligning the SkyProdigy telescope.
Additional Information
| Optical Design | Maksutov-Cassegrain |
|---|---|
| Aperture (mm) | 90 mm (3.54 in) |
| Focal Length (mm) | 1250 mm (49 in) |
| Focal Ratio | 14 |
| Eyepiece 1 (mm) | 25 mm (0.98 in) |
| Magnification 1 | 50 x |
| Eyepiece 2 (mm) | 9 mm (0.35 in) |
| Magnification 2 | 139 x |
| Finderscope | StarPointer |
| Mount | Motorized Altazimuth |
| Accessory Tray | No Tool, Quick release |
| Tripod | Steel |
| Weight (lbs) | 16 lbs (7.26 kg) |
| Highest Useful Magnification | 213 x |
| Lowest Useful Magnification | 13 x |
| Limiting Stellar Magnitude | 12.3 |
| Resolution (Rayleigh) | 1.55 arc seconds |
| Resolution (Dawes) | 1.29 arc seconds |
| Photographic Resolution | 400 line/mm |
| Light Gathering Power | 165 x |
| Angular Field of View (deg) | 1 ° |
| Linear Field of View (@1000 yds) | 53.5 ft (16 m) |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction | 1.1 in (28 mm) |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Diameter | 31 % |
| Secondary Mirror Obstruction by Area | 9.64 % |
| Optical Coatings | Fully Multi-Coated |
| Slew Speeds | Nine slew speeds: 3.5°/sec, 2°/sec, 1°/sec, .5°/sec, 32x, 16x, 8x, 4x, 2x |
| Tracking Rates | Sidereal, Solar and Lunar |
| Tracking Modes | Alt-Az |
| Alignment Procedures | StarSense Automatic Alignment, Solar System Align, Manual Align |
| Computer Hand Control | Fully Computerized / Flash Upgradeable |
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News
- 10/22/2011 - Popular Mechanics Recognizes Celestron SkyProdigy With A Coveted 2011 Breakthrough Product Award
- 01/04/2011 - Celestron Launches Its First Automatically Aligning Scope, SkyProdigy (TM)
- 01/04/2011 - Celestron Unveils New GPS-Enabled And Optical Products At CES 2011
- 01/04/2011 - 2011 Innovations Award
- 01/06/2010 - Editors Choice Awards
Knowledge Base
- How do you stop a GOTO slew in progress? Is there a better way than turning off power or pulling the power plug?
- Will the SkyProdigy's StarSense work in urban areas with light pollution?
- Can the SkyProdigy mount be used with other telescope optical tube assemblies (OTAs)?
- What's the best way to get accurate performance out of my SkyProdigy telescope?
- I can't find the moon and planets with my SkyProdigy. Help!
- My StarPointer red-dot finderscope battery is dead. How do I replace it?
- What are the payload weights of Celestron mounts?
Downloads
International Manuals
SkyProdigy Series Manual (French) (1.88 MB | PDF)- SkyProdigy Series Manual (German) (1.8 MB | PDF)
- SkyProdigy Series Manual (Italian) (1.78 MB | PDF)
- SkyProdigy Series Manual (Spanish) (1.78 MB | PDF)
Manuals
- SkyProdigy Series Manual (English) (3.83 MB | PDF)
Product Info Sheets
- SkyProdigy Info Sheet (2.06 MB | PDF)
Reference Materials
- Astronomy Basics (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) (2.26 MB | PDF)
- Celestrial Observing (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) (381.85 KB | PDF)
- Telescope Basics (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) (481.61 KB | PDF)
- Telescope Maintenance (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) (640.68 KB | PDF)
