Great video, but I have just one question and that is when you mount the OTA on the fork does it matter where on the fork it goes or do you mount it all the way to the back closest to the eyepiece

I find it easy to use the laptop to align, but I am wondering if l, once aligned, I could switch to the app and use the goto function. The app has the ability to track satellites and comets, where the laptop does not.

My mother bought this telescope years ago. We could never even get a image out of it. Your a genius!

This is a great video. Thanks for including all the hassles you went through to get everything set up. Seeing the reality has made me far more interested in taking this step into astrophotography, rather than just a “ look how easy this is” with all the struggles edited out. Well done.

Hi. I Love your video's but I have a couple of options that are confusing. first I have a Celstron 8se with a StarSense, SkyPortal WiFi module, and Sky Safari App I would like to use the sky portal without the hand control, so if I use sky Portal can I remove the StarSense module and store it away?

Thank you so much, I got this as a gift but forgot how to use it

Amazing simple explanations! Haven’t bought one yet but this has eased my mind about its complexity. Thanks!😊

Thank you

CELESTRON PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING: Keep time and location same after input, and have the system "ASK" if new location. AND please utilize BLUETOOTH instead of WIFI. that is all.

man... You make it look so easy. I have the same exact telescope, and 2 star alignment does not play nice with me. I can not even get the skyportal to align. I have read that the telescope does not need to be level, is this true??

I've been following your videos, since I got this 8se. The problem I'm having was the GPS coordinates. I purchased the GPS and connected it, then I found out I had to go to utility settings and turn it on. Then I bought the wifi dongle. So, I get the 3 star alignment. Then once I select something and press go to, this telescope takes off in the wrong direction. I press moon, it's 180 degrees off. Or it will go to the moon, saturn. On the money, then it's completely off, again. So frustrated. I could really use some help.

Awesome video! Thanks for taking the time.

Can you connect Wi-Fi to a camera to view remotely on the laptop?

I just bought the Celestron 8SE and the WiFi adapter for the iPhone we have. I want to thank you for your channel but I am still having difficulty focusing the 3 stars. I align 2 and then it states I only have one! I’m starting to loose my mind!!!!

Thanks for sharing

What star tracker are you using?

That was excellent thanks so much!

you did not use level! without level it will not work!. And wood deck is not stable. It vibrates. Sorry.

Can I connect my Celestron Nexstar 5 to a Google Chromebook ?

Good to see you back , where you been, see you have gone much further on your astronomy journey.

Just getting into astrophotography and this is SUCH a good resource oh my goodness thank you so much

Pillars of Creation.

This is good, will definitely start watching your channel.

Was looking at Jupiter tonight and noted the same 4 moons. Pretty awesome

Can this mount auto follow the planets?

Mike: Off topic question, sir. I have the Celestron NexStar 8 SC, which I bought in a kit form with mount, tripod, 2” lenses, battery pack, and dew shield, non-heated. Although I’ve had the setup a bit over a year, I’ve been busy and haven’t fully learned all the ins and outs. Here’s my current question. When viewing the Andromeda galaxy, all I see is a fuzzy round shape using my highest power lenses. Is this all we can see with our telescopes? I assumed the 8” would clearly show the galaxy. What say you, sir. Brad in Frisco TX.

Many thanks for adding this video. It helped me get some great processed images of Saturn and Jupiter in just a few minutes following your instructions. 👍

Thanks lot.. i have canon mirrolus DSLR camra can i connect it for NiNa

7:38 You could have started the video with this info first! +750$ for the nice H alpha filter I was thinking the 'regular/cheap' solar filter would give me theses amazing image.. Unfortunately, they won't and for my purpose the cheap version is almost useless. Thank you very much for this video and solid information.

Hi am new to deep sky and trying to learn. I have shot landscape Astro for a few years now. I usually shoot with an Astro tracker for my wide angle lens. Am sure deep sky can be captured while tracking but is it affordable? 😊😊 TIA

So far I've yet to get a proper alignment on this damn scope. Every time i align with a third object it errors. Extremely frustrating.

Im going to download and try it tonight. Great video.

hello I have the starsense camera on the nexstar 8se with the wifi module I bought a substantial diagonal which will lock on the mount if the alignment procedure takes the telescope to the zenith How high does the starsense camera raise the ota? thank you paul

thank you for your very helpful video

I tried to connect my canon t2i on Nina but couldn't...looked for drivers, but found none...thanks for any help. CS

One issue I found was that the star needs to be high enough for the scope to recognize it. I tried Capella, it wasn't high enough, a few hours later the scope recognized it.

Is there no need to level the tripod first?

It's much easier if you use a flip mirror instead of changing from eyepiece to camera after I did that about a million times I brought my flip mirror and it made keeping my object in my field of view Nice. And taking pictures or videos of Jupiter or Saturn became More precise keeping my frustration intact.

Baader hyperion eye pieces have a t2 thread under rubber eye lid I use a 5mm without front lens it's 22mm

How are you getting all the moon in your eyepiece on a 8SE.? I'm using a .63 focal reducer and can't get the entire moon. Are you using a wide field of view eyepiece? 76 degree ?

Pretty damn, sweet.

Doesn't the 8se Celestron doesn't it track

Wondering if you have any information noted on IPS and Barlow lens combinations reviewing particular objects we just bought the Celestron 8sc and we want to see galaxies, nebulous, planets can we see asteroids in the asteroid belt is that or is that a no

Keep making these videos. We really appreciate your time and knowledge. Thank you, sir.

This is really cool

What are good eye piece combinations to use to see mars, Jupiter, or a galaxy? Thank you to any who answer this, in advance.

does this method work with the phone app?

is there any way ofbbeing able to use the handset buttons? it is unbbearable use the pc controls all the time whilenobserving!!!

Aye,this video was so dang helpful. Way better then the lousy instructions that came with it. Now back to the next two videos. Lol thank you, sir.

hello, you wear glasses, what eyepiece do you use, when using a high magnification?