Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 70AZ refractor

Relatively small telescopes often get a bad press that they don’t really deserve; sometimes being put down for having low light grasp and therefore not giving good views of the night sky. My own experience suggests otherwise, having used a 60mm refractor to spot up to 70 of the well-known Messier deep-sky targets when I began my astronomical journey. We need to appreciate that these telescopes won’t give a ‘Hubble view’, and it’s with this in mind that we approached the new StarSense Explorer range, with our review taking a look at the first and smallest available, the LT 70AZ.

The LT 70AZ is a refractor with a 70mm diameter front objective lens with fully