VAONIS Hestia Essential Smart Telescope

Hestia harnesses the power of your smartphone and lets you capture the brightness of the Sun, the mesmerizing beauty of the Moon or the captivating depths of the universe, without the need for complex settings or extensive astronomy knowledge! Just place your smartphone in Hestia's eyepiece, point the device at the celestial object of your choice, let the simple app guide you, and open up a whole new world of exploration. Hestia is made for every destination and every moment. Enjoy the treasures of the sky whenever and wherever you want. Explore the constellations and get to know the sky around you. Find an object that piques your interest.

Let yourself be guided to your destination with precision: simply place your smartphone on Hestia and follow the indicator light to orient the device correctly. Hestia is anything but complicated. Mount Hestia on its tripod and point your smartphone's main camera at Hestia's eyepiece using Gravity by Vaonis. Select your target and let the app guide you to it - done!

With its patented optical design of six lenses, a 30 mm objective and prisms to collect/focus light directly on your smartphone camera sensor, Hestia pushes the limits of miniaturization. Thanks to a detachable magnet system, Hestia fits all sizes of current and future smartphones. Hestia has virtually no electronics and relies solely on an optical design system. This means no battery, no risk of power failure, no problems with obsolete software and definitely no frustration.

Navigate the cosmos with Gravity by Vaonis, the Hestia app

Hestia's companion app enhances your observations using proprietary image processing algorithms that combine and align multiple short exposures taken with your smartphone into a single high-quality photo.

Technical specifications

Optical system

Type: Refractor

Construction type: Intelligent telescope

Aperture (mm): 30

Cut-off value (mag): 7-8

Optical design: Triplet

Focuser

Construction type: none

Mount

Mount type: altazimuthal

GoTo: yes

GoTo

Alignment process: automatic

Wi-Fi: yes

Included accessories

Solar filters: no

Camera tripod thread: yes

Carrying bag: no

General

Total weight (kg): 0.85

Color: white

Length (mm): 240

Width (mm): 170

Height (mm): 55

Variant name: Essential

Series: Hestia

Applications

Astrophotography: yes (automatic)

Nebulae and galaxies: yes

Moon and planets: yes

Nature observation: yes

Sun: yes (only with appropriate solar filter)

Recommended for

Beginners: yes

Advanced: no

Observatories: no