Smartphone Telescope

July 22, 2023

Transform your smartphone into a telescope with Hestia. Compact and portable, the Hestia is perfect for young astronomers or anyone looking to get a better view of the wonders of Space. Simply attach Hestia to its tripod and place your smartphone’s main camera directly over Hestia's eyepiece. Then, choose what you want to look at and the app will guide you to it. The companion app can help you observe the Sun, the Moon, planets the stars, and more. Learn to identify constellations and objects like nebulas in the night sky with the interactive sky map. The app can also combine multiple short-exposure photographs captured by your smartphone into a single high-quality image. The size of this portable telescope is 6.7 x 9.5 x 2.2 inches (17 x 24 x 5.5 cm) and it weighs just over a pound (500g).

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