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product_id: 1816115
title: "114LCM Computerized Newtonian Telescope - Telescopes for Beginners - 2 Eyepieces - Full-Height Tripod - Motorized Altazimuth Mount - Large 114mm Newtonian Reflector"
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# 114mm large aperture Motorized altazimuth mount 4,000+ celestial objects database 114LCM Computerized Newtonian Telescope - Telescopes for Beginners - 2 Eyepieces - Full-Height Tripod - Motorized Altazimuth Mount - Large 114mm Newtonian Reflector

**Brand:** celestron
**Price:** R14552
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

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## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** 114LCM Computerized Newtonian Telescope - Telescopes for Beginners - 2 Eyepieces - Full-Height Tripod - Motorized Altazimuth Mount - Large 114mm Newtonian Reflector by celestron
- **How much does it cost?** R14552 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- celestron enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted celestron brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Sky Tour Magic:** Instantly discover the best celestial sights with the intuitive Sky Tour feature—never miss a cosmic event.
- • **Complete Stargazing Kit:** Includes two high-quality eyepieces, StarPointer red dot finderscope, and a full-height adjustable tripod for stability and comfort.
- • **Bonus Starry Night Software:** Free interactive astronomy software lets you simulate and plan your night sky adventures like a pro.
- • **Effortless Cosmic Navigation:** Computerized GoTo mount locates 4,000+ celestial objects at the push of a button.
- • **Premium Optics for Stunning Views:** Large 114mm Newtonian reflector with all-glass optics delivers crisp, bright images of planets and deep space.

## Overview

The Celestron 114LCM is a beginner-friendly computerized Newtonian telescope featuring a large 114mm aperture and motorized altazimuth mount. It automatically locates over 4,000 celestial objects using its GoTo technology and offers a Sky Tour mode to highlight the best visible sights. Equipped with two eyepieces, a StarPointer red dot finderscope, and a full-height tripod, it provides a complete stargazing experience. Bonus Starry Night software enhances planning and exploration, making it an ideal compact, portable telescope for aspiring astronomers.

## Description

If you’re in search of a computerized telescope with the same star locating technology found on our more advanced telescopes at a price that fits your family’s budget, you’ll love the Celestron 114LCM with all glass optics. This computerized Newtonian telescope and its GoTo mount has been designed to automatically locate thousands of celestial objects with a simple push of a button on your NexStar+ hand control. Our proprietary SkyAlign alignment procedure is simple to use, so you’re ready to explore the universe in minutes. The process starts by centering any three bright objects in your telescope’s eyepiece. From there, your LCM can calculate its position and orient itself to the night sky. The 114LCM is built with a lightweight computerized mount that makes this telescope compact, portable, and the perfect companion for star parties, camping trips, and impromptu backyard observing sessions. When the Sky Tour button is pressed, the LCM will populate a list of the best celestial objects visible at that moment in the night sky. The Celestron LCM telescope for adults comes with an adjustable aluminum tripod, two high-quality eyepieces (25mm and 9mm), and a StarPointer red dot finderscope. To enhance your experience under the stars, download Celestron’s free SkyPortal app. Listen to hundreds of audio descriptions of the most popular objects on your iOS or Android device while you observe them with your LCM telescope. The 114LCM Computerized Telescope includes a free download of our Starry Night Basic Edition astronomy software for an interactive sky simulation. With the largest optics in the LCM series, this telescope for astronomy beginners has enough light-gathering ability to provide extraordinary views of all the best celestial objects. You can explore our Solar System, from the moons of Jupiter to the rings of Saturn, or deep space, from the Orion Nebula to the Pleiades Star Cluster and hundreds of other objects.

Review: Nice beginner Telescope -- Bird-Jones Lens - Excellent little telescope! The best thing about it is the automated sky tracking. The telescope will track with most objects for quite a while before getting off. This telescope is also fairly compact which is great when going through a doorway. While I had some difficulty getting it to "skyalign" I was able to align to Jupiter no problem. I'm still fairly new at using it, so I haven't figured everything out yet, but it seems pretty straight forward. This telescope does have a Bird-Jones lens, which isn't very clear in the product description. That is how you are able to get such a long focal length with such a small scope. The Bird-Jones lens is like having a permanent Barlow lens built into the focusing tube. Don't forget it is there when cleaning your lenses. If you add a Barlow lens it will most likely over reach the telescope's capability. Make sure you make your calculations before adding non stock lenses. I was able to collimate using a laser collimator without taking out the Bird-Jones lens. Instead of a tiny dot you have a red circle you have to center in the rings. If the circle is fuzzy, then you don't have the beam hitting the focuser tube properly. Once I collimated, I was able to get a clearer image using the more powerful lenses. The laser spotting scope is really nice and can be set accurately, but it is knocked off very easily. The on/off dial is too similar with the alignment adjusters and I've accidentally grabbed the wrong dial in the dark and threw off the alignment. But it is easy to reset. It can be very accurate if you fine tune it with a more powerful optic lens. The photos I took of the planets and moon were with my iPhone. The view was actually much clearer with just my eye. You can see the band around Saturn and the Moons of Jupiter. I'd like to know what other people are using to get the much nicer images using this scope. Now that I have it, I wish I would have went the distance and spent the big bucks on a Celestron Advanced VX 6" f/8 Refractor Telescope.
Review: I find it a great starter telescope - Really drains AA batteries, get yourself a rechargeable lithium pack. some drift in the tracking mechanism, but can keep saturn somewhat in center view inside the eyepice, really good at finding stuff from built in memory catalog if you live in a dirty and illuminated sky city,. You wouldn't find it otherwise.. practical magnification limit,.. around 200x It would be awesome if focusing element was a fine adjust knob, as it is coarse it is not easy to focus on the high magnification settings if viewing something other than the moon and everything oscillates if you just touch the knob. Consider spending a lot of extra cash on eyepieces, accesories, adapters, filters,.. probably around 2000usd total cost. Wish for drop in components from the brand would be (1-electron HV photomultiplier image intensifier for low light, 2-autostacking long exposure photo camera, 3-spectrum analysis diffraction grating for determining star chemical compositions) Regarding this not coming straight from supplier with already a decent blister foam padded rolling case vs a cardboard box, that costs 1 star down in review

## Features

- COMPUTERIZED AUTOMATIC TELESCOPE: The Celestron 114LCM Computerized Newtonian Telescope with all glass optics can automatically locate 4,000 celestial objects with its computerized GoTo mount.
- TAKE THE SKY TOUR: If you’re not sure of what to observe, the Sky Tour button will do the work for you. Simply press the button and your computerized telescope will generate a list of the best objects currently available to view in the sky.
- EVERYTHING YOU NEED: The Celestron LCM telescope comes with everything you need for stargazing, including a full-height tripod, 2 high-quality eyepieces (25mm & 9mm), and a StarPointer red dot finderscope.
- BONUS FREE STARRY NIGHT SOFTWARE: This Celestron 114LCM Computerized Telescope includes a FREE download of one of the top consumer rated astronomy software programs. Simulate the night sky from any location on Earth or plan your next observing session.
- UNBEATABLE WARRANTY & SUPPORT: Buy with confidence from Celestron, a leading telescope brand in California since 1960. Your purchase includes a 2-Year US Warranty and unlimited support from our team of US-based experts.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0036GNNCC |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,320 in Camera & Photo Products ( See Top 100 in Camera & Photo Products ) #26 in Telescope Reflectors |
| Brand | Celestron |
| Built-In Media | 25mm and 9mm eyepieces, NexStar+ hand control, Optical tube, Tripod |
| Coating | Fully Coated |
| Compatible Devices | Smartphone |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 972 Reviews |
| Exit Pupil Diameter | 12.67 Millimeters |
| Eye Piece Lens Description | Includes 25mm and 9mm eyepiece |
| Field Of View | 1.44 Degrees |
| Finderscope | Built-on StarPointer™ red dot finderscope |
| Focal Length Description | 9 millimeters |
| Focus Type | Manual Focus |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00050234311502 |
| Item Dimensions D x W x H | 27"D x 45"W x 24"H |
| Item Height | 24 inches |
| Item Weight | 13.2 Pounds |
| Manufacturer | Celestron |
| Model Name | 114LCM Computerized Telescope |
| Mount | motorized altazimuth |
| Number of Batteries | 1 CR2032 batteries required. (included) |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 114 Millimeters |
| Optical-Tube Length | 70 Millimeters |
| Power Source | Battery Powered |
| UPC | 050234311502 |
| Warranty Description | TWO-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY |
| Zoom Ratio | 64 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Celestron
- **Model Name:** 114LCM Computerized Telescope
- **Optical Tube Length:** 70 Millimeters
- **Eye Piece Lens Description:** Includes 25mm and 9mm eyepiece
- **Objective Lens Diameter:** 114 Millimeters
- **Telescope Mount Description:** motorized altazimuth
- **Product Dimensions:** 27"D x 45"W x 24"H
- **Focus Type:** Manual Focus
- **Power Source:** Battery Powered
- **Finderscope:** Built-on StarPointer™ red dot finderscope

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: can you see uranus?**
A: Yes Uranus and Neptune can be seen with the naked eye at a dark sky site. The computer will point the telescope to these objects but you will need about 150x magnification to see them as tiny disks.

**Q: How long the batteries last?**
A: If you use it 24/7 Not long. If you use it for 30-60min a night, it will last a few viewings. If you use potatoes it can last forever.

**Q: Can you see all 12 planets.?**
A: I can't see anything but black. (Yes I took the eye covers off)

**Q: I feel so dumb I've had such a hard time figuring this telescope out I haven't been able to see anything with it is there any help out there?**
A: Please reach out to our Technical Support Department. Our staff, who are experts in telescope operations, will be happy to assist you in getting your telescope set up and running. The best way to reach them is to submit a ticket here: https://www.celestron.com/pages/technical-support

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice beginner Telescope -- Bird-Jones Lens
*by P***0 on August 2, 2020*

Excellent little telescope! The best thing about it is the automated sky tracking. The telescope will track with most objects for quite a while before getting off. This telescope is also fairly compact which is great when going through a doorway. While I had some difficulty getting it to "skyalign" I was able to align to Jupiter no problem. I'm still fairly new at using it, so I haven't figured everything out yet, but it seems pretty straight forward. This telescope does have a Bird-Jones lens, which isn't very clear in the product description. That is how you are able to get such a long focal length with such a small scope. The Bird-Jones lens is like having a permanent Barlow lens built into the focusing tube. Don't forget it is there when cleaning your lenses. If you add a Barlow lens it will most likely over reach the telescope's capability. Make sure you make your calculations before adding non stock lenses. I was able to collimate using a laser collimator without taking out the Bird-Jones lens. Instead of a tiny dot you have a red circle you have to center in the rings. If the circle is fuzzy, then you don't have the beam hitting the focuser tube properly. Once I collimated, I was able to get a clearer image using the more powerful lenses. The laser spotting scope is really nice and can be set accurately, but it is knocked off very easily. The on/off dial is too similar with the alignment adjusters and I've accidentally grabbed the wrong dial in the dark and threw off the alignment. But it is easy to reset. It can be very accurate if you fine tune it with a more powerful optic lens. The photos I took of the planets and moon were with my iPhone. The view was actually much clearer with just my eye. You can see the band around Saturn and the Moons of Jupiter. I'd like to know what other people are using to get the much nicer images using this scope. Now that I have it, I wish I would have went the distance and spent the big bucks on a Celestron Advanced VX 6" f/8 Refractor Telescope.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I find it a great starter telescope
*by D***S on December 1, 2025*

Really drains AA batteries, get yourself a rechargeable lithium pack. some drift in the tracking mechanism, but can keep saturn somewhat in center view inside the eyepice, really good at finding stuff from built in memory catalog if you live in a dirty and illuminated sky city,. You wouldn't find it otherwise.. practical magnification limit,.. around 200x It would be awesome if focusing element was a fine adjust knob, as it is coarse it is not easy to focus on the high magnification settings if viewing something other than the moon and everything oscillates if you just touch the knob. Consider spending a lot of extra cash on eyepieces, accesories, adapters, filters,.. probably around 2000usd total cost. Wish for drop in components from the brand would be (1-electron HV photomultiplier image intensifier for low light, 2-autostacking long exposure photo camera, 3-spectrum analysis diffraction grating for determining star chemical compositions) Regarding this not coming straight from supplier with already a decent blister foam padded rolling case vs a cardboard box, that costs 1 star down in review

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You Can Set it Up & Use, Thumbs Up
*by T***. on May 28, 2020*

Have collimated and set up focus finder without much hassle. This is my first telescope as an adult, difficulty level to do these is minimal, just do your research. YouTube has great examples on how to set up the various aspects of the telescope; wouldn’t recommend a child do it though. Will update with moon pictures soon. So far very impressed with this telescope. Motor is smooth, the tripod is not great but functions. Adding weight could help with wobbles. UPDATE: First night out and had some clouds but got great pictures of the moon. Shot with iPhone. Telescope performed great. Second night out I was able to see various planets, most stunning was Jupiter and it’s four moons. Alignment was easy, I used a single planet alignment which took less than two minutes and it tracked well. Note: I used a Celestron 24mm-8mm adjustable lense, a 2x Barlow, and a phone mount.

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