Vaonis Hestia Smartphone-Dedicated Smart Telescope - Premium Package
Transform Your Smartphone Into A Smart Telescope With The Vaonis Hestia!
Vaonis has built a name for itself in the emerging smart telescope space, by providing impressive all-in-one units that blend quality optics, electronics, and software. With a clever approach that utilizes your smartphone for the "brains", they've now made the smart telescope experience even more accessible. With the Premium Package you receive the Vaonis Hestia Smartphone-Dedicated Smart Telescope, Hestia standard tripod, a hard case, and a dedicated solar filter. This package gives you everything you need to get started, to protect your Hestia, and to add solar functionality to this incredible offering from Vaonis!
The Hestia transforms your smartphone into a smart telescope in just a few easy steps. Simply setup the Hestia outside, place your smartphone onto the device, line your smartphone camera up with the Hestia ocular, and launch the Gravity app! Vaonis have focused on a user-friendly design, walking you through the installation and alignment process with animated graphics and clear instructions. Gravity also acts as your guide, with insights into when seeing conditions may be best and a built in planetarium to make finding interesting targets easy. Vaonis have also added fun astronomical information and facts into Gravity that will immerse you even further in your tour of the universe!
To check if your smartphone is compatible with the Vaonis Hestia platform and Gravity app, please review Vaonis' website here.
Take Your Best Shot
Vaonis has integrated their proprietary image processing algorithm technology into the Gravity app to bring out more detail and contrast in your images. By intelligently layering multiple images, a process known as "stacking", Hestia and Gravity will reveal even more stunning visuals than any one frame. The stacking and further post-processing are all done by the powerful Gravity app, allowing you to easily capture more detailed and higher contrast images right from your smartphone! Please Note: The Hestia is not compatible with standard 1.25" or 2" filters. It will only accept filters from Vaonis.
See Further With Hestia
A stellar app still needs a solid base to shine, and Vaonis has delivered here too with the Hestia's great optics. Using a series of prisms, the Hestia Smartphone-Dedicated Smart Telescope directs and focuses light from the 30 mm front objective out to the ocular on top of the device. This allow your smartphone to see farther, 25x farther to be exact, and uncovered fainter detail than would otherwise be visible.
A Stellar, Portable, and More Future-Proof Option
To make Hestia the perfect companion for your backyard and for travel, Vaonis has packed Hestia's optical prowess into a compact form factor that is easy set up and take down. Simply put, wherever you and your smartphone go, Hestia can follow! And with the unique smartphone-dedicated approach, upgrading your Hestia is just as simple!
Solar Powered Experience Included in the Premium Package!
The Premium Package brings you a full set of Hestia accessories - including the dedicated solar filter! Now you can expand your smart telescope experience to daytime viewing, perfect for imaging details like sun spots and other solar features.
A Powerful Combination
The combination of Hestia's innovative 30mm optics and the Gravity app's algorithmic processing meld perfectly with today's excellent smartphone camera technology to make a compelling astrophoto setup. This system delivers around 5X more detail resolution and 25X magnification compared to a standalone smartphone image, making this a great, affordable, entry into the astrophoto experience!
Incredibly Portable
Coming in at an ultra-light 1.1 lbs, weight will not be a concern when adding this smart telescope to your kit. With a compact footprint of 6.7" x 9.5" x 2.2", it is also easy to find space to bring the Hestia wherever you go! Finally, a 3/8" threaded connection allows the Hestia to easily attach to the included tripod.
Upgrades With You
Enjoy advances in camera sensor technology without having to make a separate purchase. With the Hestia's smartphone powered design, your smart telescope gets an imaging and processing power overhaul every time you get a new phone. This makes for a smart telescope experience that will never be technologically obsolete!
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