Need Help with Alignment
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Need Help with Alignment
I level the tripod
Mount the Scope and recheck level.
I add my location by lat/long (or long/lat as thats how its asked for 081 25 28 W / 29 51 45 N
I set the time using military time
i point at a star and center it best i can (i even tried unfocusing it so it was bigger to center in eyepiece)
i repeat these steps for the other two alignment stars (if using the three star method)
i get successful alignment and then go to solar system and select jupiter or saturn and hit enter
for the three star method most times after i hit enter the telescope slews around and points in the opposite direction from the planets i chose
for the two start method i used Vega and FomalHaut and get alignment
I chose Jupiter and Saturn again as go to planets and this time it points the right direction but is off by a pretty good margin say 20-25 degrees angle or a bit more
I updated the Firmware i have factory reset it numerous times i even flipped the way the scope fits in the mount. the only thing i know for sure thats not correct is my ac adapter power supply is only 2 amps output and the one celestron sells is 5 amp (i have one on the way).
Can ANYONE help me, ive waited until I retired to get a telescope, ive wanted one all my life as long as i can remember (as a 3rd grader I wrote to an observatory in Texas asking for star charts) but this has dampened my spirits like nothing else, im sure its a "me doing wrong" issue i just cant figure out what it is.....Thanks
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Seems like you are doing everything else correct. And maybe the location and time too, I just am not sure. It could be that it wants local time as normal 12hr instead of using 24hr military standard.
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Scopes: Celestron EdgeHD14", Explore Scientific ED152CF & ED127 APO's, StellarVue SV70T, Classic Orange-Tube C-8, Lunt 80mm Ha double-stack solar scope.
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Re: Need Help with Alignment
I just ordered the "Celestron StarSense AutoAlign" ( After Tax,,,bout $500 )
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It's spendy , but it should save set-up .
I used to think this was cheating , and wanted to learn it on my own.
I still can , but at a faster pace.
There are good Utube video's from regular guys in their back yard.
This guy had a good demonstration at the end of his video...He seemed very impressed with his new Robot.
it was cool when it slewed to the Moon from a deep space target.
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Gotta Fly...
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Which could hold the Starsense on the left side, forward out of the way...Scope change would be easier.
and anything mounted would only need small calibration
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I went back and bought the Wifi ($129)
At least I'll sit inside and figure this out.
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Re: Need Help with Alignment
25 45 51N / 081 25 59W I leave off the seconds as there is no place for it, it does prompt W and N after entering numbers. Theses coordinates put it one house away because I’m not able to use the seconds to narrow it down, so I don’t think that’s my issue but I’ll check again thank you for your suggestion.
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GrabnGo on Alt/AZ : *SW Startravel 102 F/5 refractor( widefield, Sun, push-to), *OMC140 Maksutov F/14.3 ( planets).
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https://www.manua.ls/celestron/nexstar-8se/manual
Menu--> scope setup-->Setup Time-site
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Most used Eyepieces: *Panoptic 24, *Morpheus 14, *Leica ASPH zoom, *Zeiss barlow, *Pentax XO5.
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Re: Need Help with Alignment
Each time...
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That's another feature that is covered with the new Starsense Alien system comes a new controller...
3 min calibrate after all the info is in.
Yours has to do it EACH time... You'll get better.
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You will have to enter time and date, it will show the DST/ ST option and if you have not changed just press the enter button.jlw9406 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:27 pm Got that John, and it says Eastern Standard, and if I scroll it gives option -5 and I selected it, will I have to do that each time I power up as I am asked each time for the correct time, also am I correct selecting -5 or can I just hit enter when Eastern Standard pops up?
If needing to get to custom site menu just press undo/ back until it comes up.
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Would purchasing a 2x Barlow help in any way? I am pretty sure I center the object in the eyepiece but I do know its an objective view as there are no aiming points in a lenses. as a side note I have had NO issue with the cheap red dot pointer t works fine for me.
Any Further Advice is greatly appreciated.
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I will dig my SLT out later and go through the procedure just to confirm.
In the meantime have you made sure your finder and telescope are in good alignment?
Another thing, how many minutes do you think it takes you to do alignment?
See Far Sticks: Elita 103/1575, AOM FLT 105/1000, Bresser 127/1200 BV, Nočný stopár 152/1200, Vyrobené doma 70/700, Stellarvue NHNG DX 80/552, TAL RS 100/1000, Vixen SD115s/885
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Also, I was wondering if there is no field for entering seconds, could it be that a decimal representation is needed? AFAICT Celestron uses hours minutes seconds, it's odd that there is no seconds field.
HTH
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∞ AP Scopes: #1: TPO 6" f/9 RC #2: ES 102 f/7 APO #3: ES 80mm f/6 APO
∞ G&G Scopes: #1: Meade 102mm f/7.8 #2: Bresser 102mm f/4.5
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∞ Binos: 10X50,11X70,15X70, 25X100 ∞ AP Gear: ZWO EAF and mini EFW and the Optolong L-eXteme filter
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Choices 2-4 are the cheapest, I was surprised how expensive these are now!
https://www.astroshop.eu/eyepieces/15_1 ... +eyepieces
See Far Sticks: Elita 103/1575, AOM FLT 105/1000, Bresser 127/1200 BV, Nočný stopár 152/1200, Vyrobené doma 70/700, Stellarvue NHNG DX 80/552, TAL RS 100/1000, Vixen SD115s/885
EQ: TAL MT-1, Vixen SXP, SXP2, AXJ, AXD
Az/Alt: AYO Digi II, Stellarvue M2C, Argo Navis encoders on both
Tripods: Berlebach Planet (2), Uni 28 Astro, Report 372, TAL factory maple, Vixen ASG-CB90, Vixen AXD-TR102
Diagonals: Astro-Physics, Baader Amici, Baader Herschel, iStar Blue, Stellarvue DX, Tak prism, TAL, Vixen
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∞ AP Scopes: #1: TPO 6" f/9 RC #2: ES 102 f/7 APO #3: ES 80mm f/6 APO
∞ G&G Scopes: #1: Meade 102mm f/7.8 #2: Bresser 102mm f/4.5
∞ Guide Scopes: 70 & 80mm fracs -- The El Cheapo Bros.
∞ Mounts: iOptron CEM70AG, SW EQ6R, Celestron AVX, SLT & GT (Alt-Az), Meade DS2000
∞ Cameras: #1: ZWO ASI294MC Pro #2: 662MC #3: 120MC, Canon T3i, Orion SSAG, WYZE Cam3
∞ Binos: 10X50,11X70,15X70, 25X100 ∞ AP Gear: ZWO EAF and mini EFW and the Optolong L-eXteme filter
∞ EPs: ES 2": 21mm 100° & 30mm 82° Pentax XW: 7, 10, 14, & 20mm 70°
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