A smart telescope does the hard parts of astronomy for you. Level the tripod, open the app on your phone and choose a target: the telescope finds it, tracks it across the sky and builds up a colour image of the galaxy or nebula on your screen. No star charts, eyepieces or collimation, and the built-in light pollution filter means it works from a suburban backyard.
We stock the ZWO Seestar S30 Pro and S50 Pro. Ask us about them in store at 201 Oxford Street, Leederville, or order online for delivery Australia-wide.
Seestar S30 Pro or S50 Pro? The S30 Pro is lighter (1.65kg) with a wider field of view, so it suits big targets like the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way, and it’s easy to take travelling. The S50 Pro’s 50mm lens gathers nearly three times as much light, and its longer focal length frames smaller galaxies and nebulae in more detail. Its battery also runs up to 9 hours.
Can I look through a smart telescope? No. There’s no eyepiece; you view the image live on your phone or tablet, which makes it easy to share with family. If you’d like to look through an eyepiece, see our traditional telescopes.
Can I see the planets? Yes, but they appear small. Saturn’s rings and Jupiter’s moons are visible, but for detailed planetary views a traditional telescope with a longer focal length does better. Smart telescopes are at their best on nebulae, galaxies, the Moon and, with the included solar filter, the Sun.
