Celestron must make more of these videos to instruct those who are new into the hobby.

That was actually beautifully done.

This could be the ultimate auto camera for autoguiding and auto alignment

Superb bit of tech.

Hi there, thank u for this nice Vid. I don`t have view from my Balcony to Polaris. I`m actually using CPWI for aligment and ASPA to polar align my mount. It takes me more than an hour bevore i can start photographing the night skies. Is it possible to polar align with StarSence?

The first time you use the Starsense Auto Align or Starsense Manual align, the manual, on p. 12, says that once you have identified a star for Calibrate Center, the Starsense will automatically go into Calibrate Center mode (see 2.53 into the video). That could throw you off if you are new to Starsense and not expecting this functionality. I assume you can manually rerun Calibration Center as often as you want by navigating to Menu>Starsense>Calibrate. Also, the typically useful prompts on the Starsense hand control are weak in the Calibrate Center mode. When the hand control says "Coarse Centring," press Enter when you have aligned the star in your finderscope or low magnification eyepiece. When it says "Fine Centering," press Align when the object is centered in a high magnification eyepiece.

Omg I WANT this super bad!

I am using NexStar 8SE (wedge mounted) I am experimenting with Star Sensor Auto Alignment's operation by hand, but this equipment is It seems like you will demonstrate yourself by auto-aligning. What I would say is that my observation environment is a place where visibility is limited, so manual aura It is limited to the incment work. The outline of the specific procedure is as follows: (1) A manual alarm is used to move the star sense camera in three directions After taking a ligation point, we shoot 2 or 3 directions as additional points. ② Center In the calibration process, select target star "Antares" and complete. ③ re-manua Perform alignment alignment. In addition, for polar axis adjustment, also "Antares" in Paulaa Performing lining. ④ After completing the alignment work, use the SOLAR SYSTEM key to select the desired planet name Select automatically with the ENTER key. The current situation is, however, Although the lens barrel faces the target planet almost, it shifts to altitude (declination) (in the direction lower than the celestial body The lens barrel faces) will not be solved quite easily. In the article on the 20th page upper section of the instruction manual whether the pointing accuracy can be improved, hand control I tried the procedure using the roller's HELP button, but it does not work.For item 1, select the desired planet name with the SOLAR SYSTEM key after completing the manual alarming work Then, use the ENTER key to automatically introduce that object, this can be understood.The contents of 2 can not be understood now. Movement of the telescope is complete (At this point, the target object is not in the eyepiece field of view) Then press the HELP button and manually search for the target object without using the direction key. I do not know the meaning of "searching target objects manually without using direction

Do you have to enter the date and time each time you switch the telescope on and off? I find setting my Goto up is the worst part and why I use my binoculars more fequentl, especially for a short session like viewing a planet at opposition or an event in the night sky.

I love my Starsense on my 8" Advanced VX mount. You need to be a little more detail oriented though to set it up correctly. As they mention using a 7 to 15mm eyepiece for fine adjustment it is essential! Be patient too, it took me several years to get to where I'm at today.

Fantastic into & great video 👍:)

Why does not it make Japanese display of StarSense hand controller possible?

Slick!

I’m gonna get a 8se next year and I might get the StarSense auto align

If you eneter the time while your area is in "daylight saving time" do you then have to do the set up all over again when you change back to "natural" time, or does the software pick this up automatically?

could u give me some hints not to disconnect from the app every 20 seconds? sometimes it connects flawlessly most of time is a mission any tips much appreciated l. tele astrofi 130mm just got star sense and the gps thingy. is both needed also does it help if I move around alot. thx in advance.

This video was very helpful, except for replacing the hand controller. I don't know if it was me, but the replacing of the hand controller took a very very long time. The reason is the telescope design on where the hand controller is connected to the telescope is in a very small and very tight space. It would have been extremely helpful if Celestron would show how to replace the hand controller, in particular showing how to reconnect it to the telescope. The telescope I was replacing the hand controller on, is a NextStar 6SE. To date, I have found only one KZfaq Video that shows the connection spot to the telescope. The person in the video only comment was that this was a terrible design by Celestron. Other that this glaring problem, this was a good and helpful video,

If you remove the camera to put ota in the case ,do you have to go through all this again.

What if I go different locations with telescope? Do I have to keep setting up complete alignment? Or quick alignment?

does the starsense auto align come with the required hand control? and does it follow the selected item ?

Hello I use a celestron sct 8se with an alt az mount I bought a star sense camera auto align and a better and larger eyepiece and angled eyepiece Is there a risk the camera drive the sct 4:58 at the zenith or near and break the eye peace on the mount Is it necessary to make alignment without eyepiece and the angled eyepiece Thanks Paul

What is the best practice method of using a CGX-L mount and the StarSense? Which hand controller do you use? Can you perform an ASPA on the CGX-L once the StarSense has performed the calibration?

should have started by explaining what the Star Sense unit actually is. Looks like it might be a camera/mini-telescope which can be aligned with the optical axis of the main telescope (or at least knows the angle between itself and the telescope) and can itself see stars and plate-solve to find where the main scope is actually pointing - and perhaps even control the main scope to point at a desired target. But none of the videos I've viewed actually explains what it is, so I'm guessing.

Ok i gotta ask..is there another way to do this?? The readjusting counterweoghts after meridian flip isn't practical for a remote observatory

Is this accurate enough to replace plate solving?

I am trying t o use my starsense hand control with CPWI and it's not able to find it. Can you please give any trouble shooting steps to figure out what's going wrong?

I prefer to use Celestron SkyPortal WiFi Module , it is better than starsense because it is not easy to calibrate, and the wire socket is difficult to find.

The issue is not so much finding and aligning, but ACCESS to traditional polar scopes and end-of-tube line-of-sight gizmos without breaking one's back. Older astronomers are looking for this, younger ones will be sooner than they think, and the StarSense totally misses the mark. Any straight-through alignment or finder scope ought to come with orthopedic warning stickers attached, along with a bottle of muscle relaxers and pain killers. Or try an eight-foot tripod to get the polar scope at a reasonable level. After alignment, apply bucket truck accessory to reach telescope eyepiece.

will the starsense work with in conjunction with phd2?

Any news about that Autoguiding function with StarSense? On the webpage it says we're working on it but it's a couple of years ago. Did Celestron succeed?

I need your advice: I have the possibility to buy a used telescope with the StarSense camera already mounted. That’s good, but there is only a NexStar hand controller included. Do I really have to exchange it with a StarSense controller or does the autoalignment work with the NexStar controller?? Thank you!

does the use of the auto alignment camera replace the need for an autoguider for astrophotography? or can/should you use an auto guider in tandem with this?

I don't understand why @Notts boy24 is spamming the comments section, replying unrelated issues with the same post.. Is he or she a celestron dealer or employee? Or did celestron unleash a bot?

It says you need to insert a low power eyepiece at 1:19. Does this mean this device isn't compatible with the RASA scopes since you can't use them with eyepieces at all?

Can I use the NexRemote (Telescope Control Software) to control the StarSense Hand controller? What is possible, if possible?

This may be a silly question, but do you need to go through this process every time you move your telescope to a new location? Thanks

So......you only have to choose one star yourself to cailbrate StarSense, is that correct? In the video he only selects Vega and the bmachine does the rest, correct?

Do you still need that accesory with the new wifi telescope?

Do I need to set the telescope to point to the North for the process?

will not work with an LCM 114 or any LCM series, even tho it says it will, had to return to amazon.

How do you roughly polar align. Maybe you should do a video including that for us noobs.

can it fit on nexstsar 4se ,?

I bought Celestron AVX Advanced, Celestron StarSense, Celestron Skylinq and it won`t work. No allignemtnt, no tracking, no nothing. Why ? Because the movies for example said three steps, but the application has 4. No update for the video.

installed and turned on but i get the message[ New telescope? if you are using star sense with more than one] I can not get any buttons to work, stuck on this first screen

Can this be mounted on the Power master 127eq?

Is it polar aligned after step 4 or not?

How do you polar align using a wedge? Thought there were issues requiring a fix. There's nothing out there to give good instruction on how to polar align StarSense with a wedge. I have a CPC-800 and a new StarSense that I'm afraid of opening the box to try to use because of so many issues mentioned by folks who have purchased it. I can't return it, so I have to figure something out.

What isn't mentioned is that the very first thing you need to do is update the firmware in both the hand controller and the starsense camera. Mine arrived with old firmware.

Hello Celestron my telescope it's came whit safada piece the mirrors is broken by piece my telescope is Celestron powerseker127 EQ help

My preliminary alignment goes in for about twenty minutes and always ends up looking at the ground. Please help. So frustrating

Seems more difficult than easy

What telescopes are compatible with it for example how bought a travel scope like 70 or 60

Can you use the starsense during the day to align to and track the sun?

This video is OK, but it omits a critical step. You MUST enter your location, unless you are in Torrance, CA like Celestron is, or your scope has a builtin GPS. You are not prompted, it's necessary to use the back button to return to the top level "Starsense Ready" and then use the down button (labeled scroll 9) on the keypad, and press Enter after you see "Time and Location", then use the 9 key again to get Location, and Enter to edit that. Unless you live in a major city, you need to hit the lower left Celestron logo button while editing to enable latitude and longitude entry. Be sure to have your latitude and longitude of the observing site figured out in degrees, minutes, seconds format before you start your first alignment. It doesn't matter if your scope has WiFi and is talking to a cell phone with perfect location and time data. That data is not used.

Hi guys.I have problem with StarSense and Eq6 R with EdgeHd8.I choose by mistake AltAz instad Eq.How can I change it?? Please help!

This unit is only good if you are visually observing. If you want to do Astrophotography then this unit will do you no justice as you still need to end up doing a precise polar alignment. Now if one has to do a precise polar alignment you still need to do that manually so what does this unit solve by having it? Wouldn't one be better off getting polemaster since that takes you step by step in a precise polar alignment without one having to search for stars themselves? Just wondering

Does this work with nextstar 130slt?

I get to right at celebrate and nothing. When I try to just put the moon or venus or mars in, it does not exist, never goes to south or east? So frustrating, I have the best place for a telescope 360 view, on top of a mountain no light pollution, and I can not get my celestron 800 cpc xlt with pro wedge, star sense, what more do I need?

Do I have to do this every time I use the telescope

Is polar axis adjustment necessary?

I've owned this equipment for about 6 years or so and still can't get it to align correctly. Just tried tonight using the mobile app as a reference and when I finish and input Vega as an object it slews in the opposite direction. Just wish I could get this to work finally.

WHY is there an instructional video posted when there are different routines for new out of the box units. This is not the sequence for all new units. Once you press Autoalign, the second step you are not directed for date/time but location after which it automatically goes to find stars. I have reset controller 2 times, same result!

For some reason, it only works if I enter the time as UTC. It won't align if I enter local time which I thought the instructions said I could do. Celestron has the worst documentation I've ever seen.

How do you know if the telescope is an "alt-az?"

I have had nothing but problems with the Starsense even with updated firmware. Nothing but trouble. wish I wouldn't have purchased it.

podrían trascribir esto, en el manual esta muy mal explicado.

If you plan on using this with a phone or tablet to control, don’t even bother. The WiFi with starsense simple does not work and the wired port at the bottom of the controller isn’t compatible with any wired solution on the market. Starsense has been available for years and some of these simple fixes have never come, so I don’t hold any hope in the future for it to get better.

mon niveau d'anglais n'est pas suffisant pour avoir une idée claire sur la nécessité d'acquérir cet équipement, donc j'attendrais sagement qu'on me fournisse la traduction en Français

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Had a very frustrating time last week just trying to spot planets.

I thought this product was advertised to auto-setup your scope in 3 minutes "without knowing anything about the night sky". And then guess what: part of the setup is to IDENTIFY a star and point the camera to it :-))))))))))) And that is of course after you've spent an hour updating the firmware.... IF SOMEONE CAN IDENTIFY A STAR IN THE SKY, THEN THEY CAN MOST LIKELY IDENTIFY 2 MORE - AT WHICH POINT THEY DON'T NEED THIS DEVICE !

I thought this was fully automatically you just lean back while it align the telecope for you, luckily I didn't bought it.

I want to make a minor critique... There's actually a lot of detail in the calibration on a star. Talking fast in this portion of the video doesn't make the procedure any easier- in fact, it can make the instructions confusing and error-prone. I had to listen to this portion several times to catch all the details... Otherwise instructions in this video are helpful.

in principle i love the idea. but: its 2019. the age of the smartphones has dawned. i still need to enter date, time and timezone? still these handcontrollers and no option for to use an app? cmon.. pls update this good product.

Whoever designed the connection port for the handset in that location inside the mount is a sadist. What an exercise in frustration. SMH.

Sadly, a good idea that's not anywhere as good as it should be, particularly for 320 dollars. First typical Celestron hand controller, meaning lousy display (LCD). Difficult to read is an understatement and the controller itself is poorly constructed. My controller won't answer inputting the numbers 6 thru 0. If you want to put in the REAL Lat Lon of your location (because the city is not in the data base) you're screwed. More over, the actual controls are difficult to follow. Celestron says "Press enter then back if you want to accept" is a common in this poorly written operations manual. All in all, not worth anywhere near $320. Really good idea, but very poorly done.

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So make sure you use a eyepiece they don't give you. got it.

These are by no means looking easy and intuitive steps. I'm looking for a mount but why can't is be like something Apple designed and as simple and intiutive as one? Why not use a smartphone to controle it in the first place, that's the way forward anyway. Connect it by Bluetooth and/or an app via wifi but please don't make it scope an wifi hotspot only like my Olympus camera. The Olympus can be controlled via a smartphone but then I have no internet.

Very Complicated

What a pain

Never .eave comments but this is absolutely useless AKA install on own and it will be fine NOT

too bad you need to be a rocket engineer to use equatorial mounts. that's what turned me off to star gazing.

None of this stuff is even remotely close to modern consumer standards.

No thank you. This is easy? What a mess!