Celestron NEXYZ 3-Axis Universal Smartphone Adapter

Celestron NEXYZ

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Optics & Binoculars

Telescopes & Astronomy

Astrophotography

Celestron Astrophotography

Celestron NEXYZ 

Capture stunning astrophotography with the Celestron NEXYZ smartphone adapter. Universal 3-axis design ensures easy alignment. Shop now and unlock the universe!

What sets the NEXYZ 3-Axis Universal Smartphone Adapter apart is its unparalleled versatility and ease of use for amateur astronomers, bird watchers, and microscopy enthusiasts alike. This innovative adapter is designed to fit a wide array of optical devices, accommodating eyepieces from 30 mm to 60 mm in diameter. This includes compatibility with telescopes featuring 1.25" and 2" eyepieces, as well as spotting scopes, monoculars, and binoculars. Additionally, the NEXYZ adapter seamlessly connects to microscopes by utilizing the supplied adapter ring, which adapts the mount to fit standard 25 mm microscope eyepieces.The NEXYZ adapter's robust construction includes a sturdy spring mechanism and a reliable threaded twist lock, ensuring a secure two-level grip on your optical instrument's eyepiece. This allows for confident imaging without the worry of slippage or misalignment. The adapter's phone platform is ingeniously designed to be fully adjustable, catering to a vast range of smartphone models. It can securely hold devices of various sizes, including larger smartphones and "phablets" such as the iPhone 8 Plus and the latest Samsung Galaxy models, often without the need to remove their protective cases.For situations where multiple users wish to capture images through the same optical device, the NEXYZ adapter's spring-loaded clamps facilitate quick and effortless swapping of devices. This feature is particularly beneficial during star parties, group bird walks, or educational settings where sharing the visual experience is part of the fun.The three-axis adjustment capability is what truly distinguishes the NEXYZ adapter. Unlike other smartphone adapters that offer limited two-axis adjustments, the NEXYZ adapter empowers users with the ability to precisely align their smartphone's camera with the eyepiece. The X and Y knobs allow for horizontal and vertical positioning, while the Z axis adjustment ensures the phone can be moved up or down to capture the full field of view.The entire setup process is designed to be quick and intuitive, typically taking less than 30 seconds to insert the phone, attach the adapter to an eyepiece, launch the camera app, and achieve perfect alignment. The adapter's design also allows for easy transition between portrait and landscape orientations by simply rotating the padded eyepiece clamp and readjusting the axes.Please note that while the NEXYZ 3-Axis Universal Smartphone Adapter is compatible with a broad range of optical instruments, it is not suitable for use with riflescopes. For optimal performance, especially with oversized or specialty phone cases such as those with built-in batteries or folio designs, it is recommended to remove the case.In summary, the NEXYZ 3-Axis Universal Smartphone Adapter is a must-have accessory for anyone looking to merge the worlds of optical viewing and digital capture, providing a secure, adaptable, and user-friendly platform for connecting smartphones to optical devices.

Never was able to achieve a good image. Was hard to posit.

Phone mount

WOW what a Phone Holder, If you have ever had a cheesy piece of junk phone holder to hook to a pair of binoculars or telescope and were major dissapointed!!! Believe ME This Aint the one I have never never seen anything built like this TANK, It Fits 1 1/4 and 2 inch eyepiece openings and has gear driven knobs for horizontal and vertical centering to help you center your phone camera over the the telescope eyepiece with very fine adjustments...I mean it is just great and worth every dollar if you want to use your fancy phone for astro-photography! Its one awesome piece of equipment!

NEXYZ Phone Adapter

Works as advertised. Movement/correction in three axes. 
Structurally sound. 
There are challenges in getting the proper orientation, but that seems mostly due to operator (me) use.

Works as advertised. Movement/correction in three axes.

This holds my iPhone 13 Pro Max perfectly as well as my old iPhone 6+, and I'm looking forward to using it on a lot of different items, from my telescope to a microscope I'm getting in the near future.  I'm amazed at the ease with which it operates and how quickly I can use it to align my phone's camera to the optics it's attached to.  Definitely worth the investment!

Works Great With iPhones!

materials seem strong and should last long. Only concern so far is the hub on the pivot clamp interferes with my S8 phone case so it limits how close I can move the phone to the lens.

The NEXYZ is solid and has really nice workmanship.

Very easily adjustable in all three dimensions to position the smartphone camera perfectly. I am using an iPhone 11 Pro Max and keep it in its case. Any of its three cameras can be positioned with this adapter.

Great accessory, works with large iPhone in a case

iPhone adapter

The smart phone adapter worked exactly like it was described.  It is well made.  I added some lube to the gears so that it operated smoother.

Celestron Smart Phone Adapter

Fits perfectly and as an added bonus you can use on binoculars also.

Great pictures

This product is More than I expected!  Can be used with binoculars and hunting Scopes as well telescopes.  Excellent product!

Review of smart phone adapter.

One of the best options out there to take photos using mobile phone cameras! It actually works really well! I dare say I’ve gotten many professional-quality photos by using this adapter!

Accuracy and quality are it’s strong points!

fits everything

Works just like advertised. My family loves the fact that we can change out the many different brands of phone without any problems!

Glad I did my research before deciding on this

The power button on the S10 hits the pivot post for eyepiece clamp. 
he lens on he S10 is toward the middle of he phone's backside.

Works on he wife's iphone OK.

Noth worth $ +

Does not work wih Samsung S10

Quality and accuracy. Easy and resulting. A must have. Great job Celestron!!!

Great product!!

Gand kids love taking there own pictures of moon and panets. Works great.

Happy with this purchase.

I used it with my note 3 smart phone and i tried many times, but the phone is heave so the adapter goes aligned little down and i lose my object!

note 3

It looks well designed but not as robust as I expected for a Celestron branded item.  The horizontal (X axis) adjustment mechanism is kind of loose and seems to slip a tiny bit.  I’ve had poor weather since I received this item and have not been able to really test it looking at the sky through my iPhone X.  As mentioned above I’m concerned with the looseness of the side to side (X axis) gear to hold the eyepiece over the focal point of the eyepiece.  I will try to edit this review once I have some real world time using it to take some photos.

Good but Not Great

This is my 3rd smartphone adapter and the  one which is easy to use. Others require mounting the phone in the holder and then attaching to the eyepiece-and hope that it doesn't move while at doing so.  The NexYZ is first mounted on the eyepiece and THEN the phone is attached and aligned. I am a member of an astronomy association and use the NexYZ at public star parties.  It is very easy to switch from one type of cell phone to another. Celestron has done a very good job with this design. The price is also lower than most adapters.  I highly recommend it.

The Celestron NexYZ really works.

I was finally able to get the shot.  This is really great for when family or friends come out.  Everyone phone goes right in.  This will have trouble holding onto Large 2" wide field eyepieces.  Would not fit on the Celestron 31mm 82° or the 17mm 92° Explore Scientific. It did work well on the rest of the 2".

Centered at Last

Pluses: Easy to attach and holds phone securely. The 3 axis adjustment makes getting an image a cinch  After adjusting the axis to remove play, solid enough for phones.

Minuses: You do need to use a small phillips screwdriver to take the play out of the 3 axis.

Images taken with LG G3; 10" 5.6 scope; 26 and 12.5 mm eyepieces.

solid and adaptable

It does a pretty good job on cheap eyepieces with straight barrels, but is almost worthless on many higher-priced ones that have rounded sides, like Celestron's X-Cel and Luminos lines.  The lack of contact over the full width of the clamp with those makes it wobble out of line at the slightest touch.  At a recent public Mars observing event, people trying to take photos of Saturn thru a 9mm X-cel gave up and wrapped thumb and index finger around the top of the eyepiece to steady their phones and got much better results.

Works best with cheap eyepieces

I do a lot of public outreach astronomy and will take photos through my scope for dozens of folks during an evening. I was hoping this would make things faster by allowing me to quickly switch out phones with minor 3-axis adjustment for each phone. It did not quite work out that way. For the most part, that was not the adapter's fault but due to differences between cell phones. The NEXYZ is best used on a non-tapered, rigid barrel eyepiece. The combined weight of the adapter and phone can lead to flex issues. I 'think' I may have better results using a different eyepiece than the one I was using, in which case I'll be a happy public astronomer during Mars opposition.

I rate it at 4 stars because some of the difficulty is due to excessive flex in the NEXYZ, else I would give it 5. If used for only a few phones it will do the trick (except very large phones). If used as in my application (many different phones) it doesn't quite hit the mark and I found myself going back to a different device.


Great: When things worked out well, it was quick to switch phones for stargaze visitors.

Good: Once clamped onto a suitable eyepiece it really does what it claims. X-Y-Z axes adjustments makes cell phone imaging with a telescope a breeze and different cell phones (but not all) can be used with relative ease.

Bad: While the NEXYZ is well made, there is some degree of flex, particularly if the Z axis (height above eyepiece) must be extended. The flex means the cell phone's camera lens axis is angled slightly from the eyepiece's optical axis. With some phones I found this meant photos were impossible without holding up the bottom of the phone slightly.

Does what it claims, with some caveats

Celestron's new NexYZ smartphone adapter for telescope eyepieces represents a revolution. It solves the critical problems that plagued older adapters. You can take more pictures, and better pictures. At outreach events, more of your visitors can take pictures quickly and safely with very quick transition from one phone to another. You can use the NexYZ on more of your best eyepieces, too. The NexYZ helps you understand many of the problems you might have experienced with another (exasperating?) adapter. (IOW, it solves problems you didn't even know about.)

The biggest breakthrough for the NexYZ is the fine control adjustments to align the eyepiece and phone camera correctly. Traditionally, the X-Y adjustment to align the camera lens with the adapter opening and then the eyepiece has been an annoying struggle with more "almost alignments" than "correct alignments". The NexYZ has control knobs to adjust smoothly slide the phone in two directions. There's no aperture hole on the adapter so you only have to align with the eyepiece.

Another breakthrough is the vertical (Z-axis) alignment -- in other words how high the camera lens is above the eyepiece. Most other adapters don't have any adjustment for the lens-eyepiece spacing. With the NexYX you have a control knob to elevate and lower the phone relative to the eyepiece. This accommodates smartphones with no case or a thick case. It also helps with eyepieces that have unusual shapes or structures near their top. 

Importantly, the vertical alignment adjustment helps correct the common vignetting in smartphone astrophotos. By adjust the elevation you can get the full light of the image to fill the camera lens. Other adapters force you to zoom the camera and sacrifice image resolution. The NexYZ lets you use the full resolution of your camera for sharper photos.

So the NexYX lets you control the X-, Y- and Z-axis (hence the cute name). But one more breakthrough involves the grip on the eyepiece. Previous adapters struggled to firmly grip eyepieces. If the grip slips a little the photo will show optical distortions. If the grip fails, your expensive smart phone might crash to the ground. With the NexYX, the pincer-arm expands wide enough to fit a lot of eyepieces and the compression adjuster lets you create a well-aligned, rigid connection of the adapter to the eyepiece. The eyepiece grip is under your control. No drops, no distortions.

Finally, the bed for the smartphone is easy to operate. Unlike some adapters, the NexYZ can work as well with a case-less phone or a phone in a heavy case. Inserting a phone is simple with a spring-loaded grip. The pieces holding the phone do a good job of avoiding pushing the side buttons on the phone -- another traditional annoyance. Because it's easy to insert and remove a phone, the NexYZ is great for outreach events many people want their own turn to take an astrophoto. No clumsy case stripping. No slow and tedious tightening and loosening.

Because of these breakthroughs and features, the NexYZ has set a new standard for smartphone astrophoto adapters. But is some room for improvement. First, some very wide phones might not fit. An iPhone 6 in a bulky Otter case fit with some room to spare. Second, the control knobs are easy to adjust, but a lock on each axis would be nice so you don't disturb the adjustments with bumps or reaching for the wrong knob. Third, there are parts on the telescope side that jut out in front of the adapter. With low profile eyepiece, these projecting bits might contend with the OTA, diagonal, focuser, or set screws. If you have a heavy phone, you might notice the flex of the phone platform and that might cause the camera to be non-perpendicular to the optical path -- resulting in distortions at the edge of the image. Finally, the weight could be a complication for some light-weight telescope mounts.

The above limits aside, there's no question that the NexYZ represents a significant advance in smartphone astrophotography. It's a great tool for interactive astronomy outreach -- serving more visitors with better photos. It lowers the entry point for high quality smartphone imaging of solar system objects. It's a winner by a mile.

Photos were taken by a outreach event visitor on my dob on 6/23/18 from Rolla, MO.

Celestron NEXYZ 3-Axis Universal Smartphone Adapter

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