Skywatcher Star Adventurer GTI: Essential Preparations Before your First Night of Astrophotography

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5 ай бұрын

I'll guide you through the essential steps to prepare for your first night out with the Skywatcher StarAdventurer GTI. We'll cover everything from leveling your tripod to balancing the mount and prepping the StarAdventurer GTI for polar alignment. Additionally, I'll demonstrate how to set up camera controls using the snap port and provide a review of the Apetura case for the StarAdventurer GTI
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@jeans_ 2 ай бұрын

I’m not used to listening english. But this video is so easy to understand for non-english regions. Thank you for making this video

@astronotna 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@loribeasley1956 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for walking thru the setup steps for balancing the mount. I have watched many videos on the process and yours was the easiest and clearest, in fact I found the complete setup process much easier to follow. Many thanks!

@astronotna 5 ай бұрын

Glad this helped in someway! Thanks for watching this one!!

@triple9finestacker631 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this easy to follow tutorial. I am brand new to astrophotography and i really appreciate your help, you made things super easy!

@astronotna 4 ай бұрын

Glad this helped! I appreciate you watching this one

@clintboxy4841 3 ай бұрын

Not one for these types of informative vids but you won me over props to you my man 👍

@astronotna 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@eslinca 2 ай бұрын

I was gonna say the exact same thing! Love his energy

@kevsymonds3875 2 ай бұрын

Big thanks for your videos very helpful

@astronotna 2 ай бұрын

Glad this helped you out!

@corinlewis3073 5 ай бұрын

Thanks alot, I have a Skywatcher GTI mount, I'm taking to San Antonio Texas for the total solar eclipse on April 8th, I found your video very informative .

@astronotna 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful and have a great time that sounds awesome!

@corinlewis3073 5 ай бұрын

@@astronotnathanks 😊

@maxencedc 3 ай бұрын

@@corinlewis3073 how was it?

@waynewheaton3210 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I picked up a GTI a while back and waiting to get outside with it. And like many others I'm starting out with a DSLR.

@astronotna Ай бұрын

Congrats it's an awesome mount. I hope you enjoy it. I myself am waiting for the clouds to part so I can shoot more with it. Wishing you clear skies!

@AmatureAstronomer 5 ай бұрын

Good info. Just replaced my Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi (can handle 11 pounds) with a Sky-Watcher EQM-35i (can handle 22 pounds).

@drohnenflug9873 5 ай бұрын

Many, many thanks for the info!

@astronotna 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@berubed 3 ай бұрын

Merci beaucoup. 😃

@hthrlandry 3 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@astronotna 3 күн бұрын

Oh man you are most welcome and thank you for watching this one!!

@joaomoreiraastrophotographer 4 ай бұрын

Great video! 👏 Just a note: This feature 10:31 only works if you let your phone connected all the time.

@astronotna 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for adding that it is one thing I did not try. Appeciate it!

@astro_benni 5 ай бұрын

nice video, like it

@bakerfx4968 5 ай бұрын

Nice video! One comment though, you don’t level your tripod so things don’t fall. You level it so your polar alignment stays aligned throughout the night. The closer you get it to exactly level, the better your tracking will be

@astronotna 5 ай бұрын

Totally! There's a big debate online whether and why to level your tripod. I was trying to opt out of that discussion. Lol 😆

@4925kelly 3 ай бұрын

I only know how to approach things from a common sense standpoint coming from high speed wheels and rpm engines. All balancing when not using centrifugal loads are properly done at right angles only to the gravity source, otherwise you’re adding in resistance because of the angle. But the real question is, how much will the gears handle the small amount of slight out of balance that isn’t noticed because of resistance? Balance at right angles and you can’t do much more that that.

@eslinca 2 ай бұрын

Thabks for the vid

@astronotna 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

@guyyanez6949 5 ай бұрын

Greetings and thank you for this video. I was wondering if the extension tube will fit inside the Apertura bag with the rest of the mount accessories.

@astronotna 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful thanks for watching it. Yes there is enough space to fit all kinds of things in there. I got cables and filters in mine. You should be able to fit an extension tube in there depending on size. You can store stuff on top of the compartment that holds the counter weights. It's pretty deep there.

@rnursemd 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the videos! I'm going to dive right into to astro. Can you recommend a dovetail for use with the GTi?

@astronotna 3 ай бұрын

Glad I could help in someway. Definintely go for the ADM saddle upgrade. After that just about any dovetail that comes with any telescope will work well with it.

@johnv341 3 ай бұрын

When setting up my GTI, I was confused by the "altitude" nomenclature until I figured that they meant "latitude". Probably just a typo, reversing the first 2 letters. BTW, we cannot see Polaris from Oz, so setting due south is slightly more problematic. But our beautiful southern skies more than make up for that inconvenience.

@astronotna 3 ай бұрын

Indeed they do. Clear skies my friend

@Test-bi5rg 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning the polar scope has focus modification function. The manual never mentioned it and the blur vision made me nuts. In addition, does your GTI have a bubble level? My unit only has an empty hole in the location where the bubble level supposed to be.

@astronotna 5 ай бұрын

Yes mine does have a bubble level.

@dbotkins 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips on balancing the declination axis and the RA lock. Can you tell me what kind of tripod head/vixen plate your using with this setup?

@astronotna 3 ай бұрын

I am using a old celestron tripod from a CG2 and I did the ADM saddle upgrade for the gti. I featured both those item in this video if you want to take a look. Hope this helps! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d71liNJ2usfLc5s.html

@andrewandlee 4 ай бұрын

Hi. Great video thank you. Do you mind if I ask which tripod you have please!! I have a pretty sturdy tripod for a Meade LX10, and wondered if I can use that (if not I’ll get the package that includes the tripod) many thanks in advance.

@astronotna 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! My tripod is an old tripod from a 2010 celestron cg2! They haven't changed much and is of similar design of the skywatcher one. As long as it's stable you should be good

@SaurabhShukla_22 3 ай бұрын

Hey man, that's such a nice video. Do you know what snap cable to buy to use with Sony A7C camera (type c port). It seems nobody is able to make it work. I cannot find a cable in first place.

@astronotna 3 ай бұрын

I also could not find anything appropriate for ya. Seems to be a common ask with these cameras.

@SupraStututututu 3 ай бұрын

Nice video, thanks! Could you please tell me what type of bar/plate/adapter do you use to mount dslr camera on? I just got SA gti and I didn't take into account it doesn't come with some kind of dovetail bar.

@astronotna 3 ай бұрын

I would recommend something like this as it has screw for standard camera amzn.to/3y6DMpG and its also long enough to balance.

@SupraStututututu 3 ай бұрын

@@astronotna Thank you!

@GTheoMedia 24 күн бұрын

Awesome review . How do you know which 3 stars to choose to do the proper alignment ? How do you know if it is aligned successfully after going through the process? I've been doing the 3 stars alignment but I can't seem to figure it out what am I doing wrong, after that it won't go to any of the correct stars/nebulas etc after I do the alignment. So I must do something wrong. (It is properly aligned to Polaris.)

@astronotna 23 күн бұрын

Thanks! If you are properly aligned to polaris and it slews to your alignment stars in the first place that is all that is required. The aligment stars you choose are the brightest ones you can see in your sky. What do you have mounted on your GTI?

@GTheoMedia 23 күн бұрын

@@astronotna Thanks. So far I am using a very light dslr 75-300mm canon lens . I don't have a scope yet , I need to master proper alignment first :). For example I did the alignment , I clicked to go on Andromeda and it went crazy down , not even pointing at the sky , lol :))

@astronotna 23 күн бұрын

It kind of sounds like it thinks its in the southern hemisphere. Are you using the app? or a handcontroller?

@GTheoMedia 23 күн бұрын

@@astronotna I am using the app, will double check but I am pretty sure location is automatically set up by the phone location.

@NewtoAstrophotography Ай бұрын

Im not following when you say about aligning Polaris. are you saying I need to look through the view finder and move the mount to where the app shows where Polaris is? so if the app shows its at 11 o'clock thats where it needs to be when looking through the view finder?

@astronotna Ай бұрын

Yes. there is representation of the polar clock inside of the mount on the app. Line up polaris as it is seen in the app and you are aligned after that. My apologies if it wasn't as clear as it could have been here.

@swistren 5 ай бұрын

Any idea why my GTi doesn't have the black item that the counterweight shaft screws into? Mine just screws directly into the hole

@astronotna 5 ай бұрын

Missing part from the factory sounds like.

@triple9finestacker631 4 ай бұрын

Look in the box more, its hidden in a corner of the fitting cardboard the GTI rested in.

@triple9finestacker631 4 ай бұрын

Hey, might you help me out... i have the evolux 62ed, and i have the camera adapter for the camera, but i dont know what i need to hook the camera, with the adaper, to the scope, it looks like im missing the eyepiece projection adapter... but im not sure which one i need to use, or if they are universal. If you dont mind helping me, id greatly appreciate it!

@astronotna 4 ай бұрын

You have the camera adapter, the piece that spins right? if you do you would need a t adapter for your camera if its a DSLR. you haven't mentioned what kind of camera you have

@triple9finestacker631 4 ай бұрын

@astronotna oh sorry, so i do have the adapter for the camera, its a canon eos rebel 60D. I see that the scope itself is 2 inches, and i didnt realize that you could use those other adapters along with an eye piece, i suppose this is how you get the really good shots of deep sky objects? But yes, i do have the piece that attatches to the camera, im curious about what i need that attatches to the scope itself that the camera and camera adapter attatch to? Thank you.

@astronotna 4 ай бұрын

According to skywatcher it's just the camera adapter/rotator + T ring for your cam. I don't have a skywatcher refractor but that's what it's referencing. Alternatively you can call them as well. They are always super helpful

@triple9finestacker631 4 ай бұрын

@@astronotna thanks dude, i think i got it figured out... i needed a 2in to 1.25in adapter.

@astronotna 4 ай бұрын

Nice glad you got it sorted

@user-hd9zg6gh4o 4 ай бұрын

Can't get mine to get a wi-fi connection. What is the exact name of the app? What other tricks to get it connected? Or am I dinosaur and should just stick to manual?

@astronotna 4 ай бұрын

I used the synscan pro app in this video it should just be in your app store

@user-hd9zg6gh4o 4 ай бұрын

@astronotna I started with the synscan pro. Then the older synscan. Finally got it to work. It was the phone. I had to shut down my internet and unconnected the phone to get it to link to the gem. I am running on the Synscan pro now.

@astronotna 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! I am glad you got it sorted out!!