Celestron NexStar 130SLT Telescope

The NexStar 130SLT Refractor by Celestron International is a great intermediate telescope . While the Celestron NexStar 130SLT may take a bit longer to learn and need some set-up or adjustments, its excellent optics and robust features will allow an enthusiast to grow into the hobby. Using a lens system to produce images, this Celestron NexStar 130SLT refractor is a great portable telescope for night lunar, planetary, star and daytime terrestrial observation. This NexStar 130SLT is also a computerized telescope, which is ideal for deep sky views and provides GoTo Efficiency. Locate and track stars and objects in the sky, so long as you are able to provide the alignment coordinates.

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The 130 SLT comes with a fully computerized hand control. The computerized hand control 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. Our new SkyAlign alignment technology and the included StarPointer Finderscope with a red LED, makes aligning a breeze.