Celestron – SkyPortal WiFi Module – Control Your Celestron Computerized Telescope via Smartphone – Telescope Wi-Fi Accessory
Original price was: $ 139.95.$ 119.95Current price is: $ 119.95.
Price: $139.95 - $119.95
(as of Mar 13, 2025 00:51:08 UTC – Details)
Celestron’s SkyPortal WiFi Module turns your smartphone or tablet into your own personal planetarium and observatory. Simply plug the WiFi module into your telescope’s hand control or AUX port and connect to its wireless signal with your device. Instantly, your device becomes a wireless hand control for your telescope, guiding you through the alignment process and slewing to any celestial object with a simple tap.
As SkyPortal WiFi Module slews your telescope to an object, you can listen to hundreds of included audio descriptions on your device, which explain the history, mythology, and key features of the most popular celestial objects.
Not sure what to observe? Select Tonight’s Best in the search menu and the SkyPortal app will display a list of the best objects to view based on your exact time and location. There’s no need to input GPS coordinates or set the time and date—SkyPortal WiFi takes this information directly from your device.
SkyPortal WiFi Module makes a great gift for telescope users of all ages and skill levels, from kids to advanced users. Take your family on a guided tour of the universe with SkyPortal WiFi!
Abou the Celestron SkyPortal App
Celestron’s SkyPortal WiFi Module works with our full featured planetarium app, SkyPortal. Available free on the Apple App Store and Google Play, SkyPortal is your key to the universe—with or without SkyPortal WiFi Module.
Developed in collaboration with the experts at SkySafari, SkyPortal offers an intuitive user interface with a robust database of more than 100,000 celestial objects. You can even plan your observing session before you set up your telescope. Find out when transits and other notable celestial events will occur—up to 100 years into the future.
Compatibility Information
SkyPortal WiFi Module is compatible with the following Celestron mounts:
Advanced VX | Astro Fi | CG-5 (with CG-5 Aux. splitter) | CGE | CGE Pro | CGEM | CGEM DX | CGEM II | CGX | CGX-L | CPC | CPC Deluxe HD | LCM | NexStar Evolution | NexStar GT (2015 models and newer with Aux. splitter) | NexStar SE Series | NexStar SLT | SkyProdigy
SkyPortal WiFi Module is NOT compatible with the following Celestron mounts:
NexStar i Series | NexStar GPS | Ultima 2000 | Early generation GoTo mounts (such as Compustar)
Align and control your telescope wirelessly using your smartphone or tablet and Electron’s free Sky Portal app for iOS and Android devices.
Tap any celestial object you see in the sky to identify it instantly. Tap again and your telescope slews to that object, centering it perfectly in the eyepiece.
Explore 100,000+ objects in Sky Portal’s database. While you observe, view astro images and listen to audio descriptions for hundreds of the most popular objects including the planets, Orion Nebula, Hercules Open Star Cluster, and more.
Sky Tour feature generates a list of all the best stars, galaxies and nebulae to view based on your exact time and location.
Customers say
Customers find the telescope easy to use and connect to. They appreciate its user-friendly app that allows better control of slew. Many are satisfied with the quality, but opinions differ on functionality, connection loss, alignment accuracy, value for money, app quality, and astronomical accuracy.
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10 reviews for Celestron – SkyPortal WiFi Module – Control Your Celestron Computerized Telescope via Smartphone – Telescope Wi-Fi Accessory
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Original price was: $ 139.95.$ 119.95Current price is: $ 119.95.
Mr J. –
Works GREAT with an older 4SE
Not even sure how I came across this gadget. I checked with Celestron to see if it would work with my 15 year old 4 SE and they said it would. Sure enough, it works great. Dead-easy setup by simply plugging it into the Aux plug.People having problems with the WiFi setup are probably misunderstanding the process. It connects directly by WiFi to my phone (NOT through a router); the phone still has internet connectivity via cell reception.This thing is awesome and the app is great.
David Weiss –
Telescope Wi-Fi
I have mixed reviews for this item it’s easy to connect but not easy to make it Work your Wi-Fi and connect to the telescope at the same time I was having issues getting this task done and the first one of these I purchased the orange light went out and the item stopped working so I had to return it so would I recommend this item yes and no it works moving the telescope with your phone but doesn’t allow the Wi-Fi to pass through without jumping through hoops so I would look into something else maybe there’s something newer that works better
Jose Ruiz –
It works on my telescope
It seems to be working pretty well so far. There is no need for a remote control anymore. I can easily do it with my phone or tablet
Robert –
Eccellent add on for the scope, especially if using CCD or AP
I am using it with the CPC 1100It can generate its own wifi network for when you are in out in a remote place and control the scope via a tablet or a smartphone connecting to such wifiIf you are at home, you can switch to access point and basically the scope will now have the ability to connect you your home network. You can then control the scope from the iPadYou can use the free app provided, however will work with Skysafari… For 15$ you get a much better app with many more functioanlities and a much more complete visualization of sky object and more complete listControlling the scope is easy enough, and actually the scope respond very well. I,had a Celestron Evolution, and the native wifi of the evolution is very sluggish often unresponsive with the same Skysafari. the Skyportal wifi adapter seem not to have such issueYou can do the regular alignment via the tablet, keep eventually using the HC if you wantIt also works if you have the Starsense installed, you can initiate the Starsense alignment with it, and refine it adding additional alignment star, like you would do with the Starsense HCInitially it was working at all with the CPC. Was generating the wifi, you could connect the iPad to it, but would not control the scope and you would get an error. It turned out that my CPC had a faulty MC board. It was fixed by Celestron and now worksI found more intuitive to control the scope with the iPad having a display of the planetarium than just using the HCMake the observation experience much more pleasant …once us d, you don’t want to go back to just HC
Carol the Dabbler –
A definite upgrade for my Celestron NexStar-4SE telescope
After finding out about this product in an Astronomy magazine ad, I decided to give it a try for my Celestron NexStar-4SE telescope (which I power with a Celestron external AC-to-DC power supply). I watched a couple of YouTube videos about this WiFi module and the SkyPortal App that works with it and was pleased with how I could control the NexStar-4SE telescope via the SkyPortal WiFi module that plugged into my telescope’s Aux port and the App that I downloaded to my Android smartphone. At first I had difficulties getting the telescope aligned, but after I upgraded the red dot finderscope that came with my NexStar telescope to Celestron’s StarPointer Pro finderscope, I found it easier to center bright stars in the telescope and achieve alignment. Note that the SkyPortal alignment process is different from the NexStar telescope’s normal alignment process because SkyPortal requires aligning with three bright stars, not three bright objects (although using a bright object like the moon to manually align the finderscope with the view in the telescope eyepiece before doing the star alignment process helps, which one can do in Connect mode before running Connect and Align). After getting the NexStar telescope successfully aligned, the SkyPortal App that controls the telescope has some great features in the Search menu that enabled me to select celestial objects for the telescope to Go To from submenus including Tonight’s Best, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and deep sky objects. These add-ons provided an enhanced celestial object observing experience (after your session, don’t forget to turn off the finderscope red light switch so that you don’t run out the battery).
Keith A Smith –
Well worth buying, makes using telescope more intuitive and fun to use.
paulchen –
Der WLAN Adapter für mein CPC 800 funktioniert “plug and play”: in den AUX Port eingestöpselt, das vom Adapter neu aufgespannte WLAN mit dem Smartphone verbunden, Celestron Skyportal App oder Skysafari App gestartet und Teleskop verbinden: läuft.Einziger Nachteil: verbindet man sein Smartphone mit dem Celestron WLAN Adapter im “Direct Mode”, kann man nicht mehr aufs Internet zugreifen. Da hilft nur der AP Mode: bei diesem verbindet man den Adapter in das bereits vorhandene WLAN bei sich zu Hause (oder unterwegs z.B. mit einem mobilen WLAN AP) und greift dann darüber auf den Adapter zu.
Marco G. –
Perfettamente compatibile con il mio celestron Nexstar 6se. Avendo il motore per il focus nella porta aux ho dovuto acquistare uno sdoppiatore in modo da collegare entrambi gli accessori.Funziona perfettamente.
Hommiu31 –
Super produit qui permet en cas de repas un peu festif de savoir si l’on peut ou non reprendre son véhicule.
ayoob khoori –
EASY OF USE