A cheapo phone but I got a message from theThe Happy Parrot wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:55 am I have the DX102AZ refractor version of the StarSense and I enjoy it greatly. Here are a couple of things to try:
+ Make sure your phone camera is centered on the mirror. If it is too far to one side, the app will struggle to find it's location. When I say center, I mean the midline at the top of the mirror.
+ Make sure you are away from building walls, roof corners, etc. Phone camera tend to be fair wide angle and buildings can get in the way.
+Sounds dumb, but stay away from bright lamp posts, etc. The sky does have to be fairly dark past dusk for app to cruise.
+When you set it up and choose your reference star/planet, I like to use the night mode setting and I use my fingers to zoom on the star as I center it on the crosshairs.
What phone are you using?
Refractordude Buys A Reflector Telescope
-
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 1493
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 1:05 am
- 5
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractordude Buys A Reflector Telescope
- The Happy Parrot
- Articles: 1
- Posts: 498
- Joined: Mon May 13, 2019 10:03 am
- 5
- Location: Massachusetts
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractordude Buys A Reflector Telescope
-
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 1493
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 1:05 am
- 5
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractordude Buys A Reflector Telescope
- Bigzmey
- Moderator
- Articles: 8
- Posts: 7789
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 7:55 pm
- 5
- Location: San Diego, CA USA
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractordude Buys A Reflector Telescope
If you want tried and true
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Delos, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3122 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2196, S110: 77). Doubles: 2461, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 261
- notFritzArgelander
- In Memory
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 14925
- Joined: Fri May 10, 2019 4:13 pm
- 5
- Location: Idaho US
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractordude Buys A Reflector Telescope
I use an inclinometer and azimuth circle along with Cartes du Ciel to push myBigzmey wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:01 pm I see many reports from happy DOB owners using DOBs manually. I hardly see any using GoTo or PushTo DOBs, which make me think that those systems might be tricky to use.
If you want tried and true GoTo system effective on DSOs as well as planets and doubles I would suggest Celestron NexStar 8SE. Large DOBs are harder to handle and transport, and if you end up not liking it - hard to sell. Celestron NexStar 8SE is compact and light weight, easy to re-sell and come for sale on CN and AM fairly often (if you want to stretch your $$).
- Bigzmey
- Moderator
- Articles: 8
- Posts: 7789
- Joined: Sat May 11, 2019 7:55 pm
- 5
- Location: San Diego, CA USA
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractordude Buys A Reflector Telescope
A valid option, and one that could be applied to many types of manual AltAz mounts including SkyTee2. RD, if you want to give it a shot here is CN post on how to add AltAz circles to the Skytee 2. His version is machine-shopped but many people do paper printouts and glue them to cardboard.notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:08 pmI use an inclinometer and azimuth circle along with Cartes du Ciel to push myBigzmey wrote: ↑Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:01 pm I see many reports from happy DOB owners using DOBs manually. I hardly see any using GoTo or PushTo DOBs, which make me think that those systems might be tricky to use.
If you want tried and true GoTo system effective on DSOs as well as planets and doubles I would suggest Celestron NexStar 8SE. Large DOBs are harder to handle and transport, and if you end up not liking it - hard to sell. Celestron NexStar 8SE is compact and light weight, easy to re-sell and come for sale on CN and AM fairly often (if you want to stretch your $$).dob to targets. I had a commercial system and found the accuracy was sensitive to the screws on the tensioning unit being tightened at a sweet spot.
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/4843 ... az-mounts/
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Delos, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3122 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2196, S110: 77). Doubles: 2461, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 261
-
- Articles: 0
- Posts: 1493
- Joined: Sun May 12, 2019 1:05 am
- 5
- Status:
Offline
-
TSS Awards Badges
Re: Refractordude Buys A Reflector Telescope
Create an account or sign in to join the discussion
You need to be a member in order to post a reply
Create an account
Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute