Celestron Astromaster 114EQ-MD Newtonian + Phone Adapter Motor Drive & Moon Filter

The Celestron Astromaster 114EQ-MD Newtonian Telescope is a popular choice among amateur astronomers and stargazers. It features a 114mm aperture and a focal length of 1000mm, providing clear and detailed views of celestial objects in the night sky.

The telescope comes with a German equatorial mount, allowing for easy and precise tracking of objects. The mount provides stability and smooth movements, making it suitable for astrophotography. Additionally, the telescope includes a motor drive that automatically tracks celestial objects as they move across the night sky. This feature is particularly useful for capturing long-exposure images or performing visual observations without the need to manually adjust the telescope's position.

 A Moon filter helps reduce the glare and enhance the details when observing the Moon, making it more comfortable and enjoyable to view the lunar surface.

Allows you to attach your smartphone to the telescope, enabling you to capture photos and videos of celestial objects through the eyepiece. It can be a great tool for capturing and sharing your observations with others.

Product Features in Detail

Celestron Astromaster 114EQ-MD Newtonian + Phone Adapter Motor Drive & Moon Filter

The Celestron Astromaster 114EQ-MD Newtonian + Phone Adapter Motor Drive & Moon Filter provides bright, clear images of the Moon, planets, star clusters, and more for great nighttime viewing. Good all round telescope appropriate for both terrestrial and celestial viewing with a quick and easy no-tool setup.

Manual German Equatorial telescope
The AstroMaster mount comes with two slow motion control knobs that allow you to make fine pointing adjustments to the telescope in both Right Ascension and Declination axes, also referred to as RA and DEC.

Motor Drive
Turn your manual German equatorial mount into a tracking mount by adding the included RA motor drive to your telescope. This easy-to-install RA motor drive compensates for the Earth’s rotation, so the telescope tracks a star’s movement through the night sky from east to west.  When the telescope mount is properly polar aligned and the RA drive is attached and running, the user need only make occasional adjustments in declination (Dec) to keep an object in the eyepiece for long periods of time. 

The Celestron single-axis motor drive runs on a 9V battery, so there are no cords to get in the way.  The drive can be used in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere.  To change hemispheres (reverse the motor’s direction), simply by flip the N/S switch on the face of the motor drive.  It is also simple to change the speed of the motor.  A “Speed Rate Regulator” knob is located just under the power indicator and can be turned in either direction to slow down or speed up the motor.  Since solar system objects like the Moon and planets move through the sky at different rates than deep-sky objects do, this gives you the ability to match the motor’s speed to the particular type of object you are observing.

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.

Accessories Included
Accessories include a 20mm and 10mm eyepiece, a finderscope, a moon filter, a smartphone adapter, and a motor drive. The two eyepieces offer different magnifications for low and high powered views.