How to use Sky Align to align your telescope

[@teddymasters1347]

It's so incredible that this works without needing to put the names of the stars. I could defiantly find a few stars whose name I know, but the fact that it's just any three bright stars is unreal to me

[@strangerous1313]

Why would you be so defiant?

[@gringocangrow]

@@strangerous1313 First day using the internet? Typo's are just beyond your brain's smoothness.

[@Eastkeats]

@@gringocangrow Your first day on the internet? it was clearly a joke

[@eyupgunes-ol5gr]

Evet yıllar sonra izledim ve çok mutlu oldum. Zira şimdi celestron Fi5 wif-fi 22204 satın aldım. Ancak Türkçe hiç bir makale ve video anlatım yok. Alignment yapamamıştım bu sebepten. Boşuna KZbin 'da zaman harcattılar bana. Bir açıklama bu kadar net, anlaşılır ve profesyonelce olabilir. Sizi kutlarım ve çok çok teşekkür ederim. Şimdi artık benden yardım isteyen diğer celestron kullanıcılarına sizin bu videoyu paylaşacağım.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@1squit]

It's hard to believe that Celestron still sells a telescope which requires that you enter the date and time every time you use it. It reminds me of an old IBM PC from 1982.

[@caput_in_astris]

Scott RC1 You don’t - the GPS in your scope will automatically give you coordinates and time, which you need to confirm. That’s it. Just a note: if instead of the hand control you use your computer, then you need to enter the site informations the first time. Pretty easy. Well this is at least the case with my CPC. Clear nights!

[@1squit]

@@caput_in_astris That's good to know; thanks.

[@jimstrausbaugh558]

and they still use the old school large usb plug . they must of bought a container of them in the '90's

[@silentasamouseiaminsideyou6865]

Jim Strausbaugh These telescopes are for beginners. They aren’t like those heavy-duty that can automatically find your location and see your time by just turning it on.

[@1squit]

@@silentasamouseiaminsideyou6865 Good point.

[@grantlewis8420]

Try as I might I couldn't align mine tonight, very frustrating

[@alanelpmas8881]

Agreed!

[@Jud2009_]

Mine wasn’t letting me change my local time, was that your issue too?

[@pleaseholdadvertising7883]

I exclusively use the Sky Align alignment feature on my 8se. It just works. No need to know where specific star are.

[@pleaseholdadvertising7883]

I have found that you need to make sure your scope stand is level before doing the Sky Align. I use the provide round level tool to make sure the level bubble is in the center of the red circle. You can adjust the leg extensions to get it level. One time saving trick I came up, is to level the stand on a flat level surface. Then with a magic marker I drawl a line on the extension leg against the black plastic adjustment housing of each of the three legs. That way, when I set up on a surface like a sidewalk or parking lot that is level I just extend the legs to the mark I made. Helps me to save a few minutes when setting up.

[@TheZilfer25]

These exact directions are not anywhere. I had to figure this out on my own also. I first collumated then did the laser line up then made sure it was level. Really helped out alot. It's easier to line up the laser dot during the day on far away objects

[@Ewumm]

It's honestly pretty amazing that this coffee maker-sized machine is able to calculate your precise view of the sky just with your nearest city, local time, and 3 bright stars

[@strangerous1313]

Why?? your phone is much smaller, and look what it can do.

[@Ewumm]

@@strangerous1313 A phone is just as, if not more amazing

[@dahboup]

@@strangerous1313 Nobody said a smartphone wasn't impressive. What he is saying is a computerized telescope around $500USD that can triangulate it's own position and find almost anything in the sky at the click of a button is impressive, which it is, very impressive. The fact that it also works without issues consistently is insanely impressive. And the fact that Celestron put a threading on the back of the scope for a camera so you can view and do astrophotography without changing the eyepiece is also very impressive.

[@barcakid7712]

The best guide I found yet

[@Ewumm]

Well it *is* made by the producers lol

[@TheECSH]

better to just use two-star align, much easier. Just pick any two stars you recognize. Very easy to do with so many free stargazing apps these days.

[@alanelpmas8881]

Thanks, I will try it.

[@markymark6948]

Where do u get the two star align

[@jpscharged]

@@markymark6948 when you enter the alignment set up two-star alignment will be one of the choices along with single star and moon or daytime alignment.

[@davidaaaa4611]

Very Good video. That should really help people who have new telescopes with no experience setting one up. Thanks for the video.Excellent video to align a Nexstar telescope.

[@eldridgefelder3427]

We have a NexStar 127 SLT, alignment was successful, but every time I move to a planet like Mars, it centers Mars but doesn't track. We have to keep telling it to goto Mars every few seconds to keep it centered. What are we missing for the Tracking function to work?

[@digitalmetropolis]

I would like to know this as well. Thanks

[@jameslaverty9557]

i cant even align ! i have the same telescope (127slt nexstar) how did you align it?

[@eldridgefelder3427]

@@jameslaverty9557 I was never successful. We just manually execute our alignments to the best of our abilities.

[@splay4770]

when do the new products come out

[@DouglasLippert]

Make sure your mount is level before you start.

[@joemerhej825]

hi I've followed your instructions but the controller still showing align failed

[@rpow6506]

usually the cause is bad location or time info. Mine is generally caused by not having the "daylight saving time" setting correct.

[@joemerhej825]

@@rpow6506 thanks for help you were right. what i did i have adjusted the scope to N and it is fixed now

[@sprinta5886]

Joe Merhej, I have to do what? I’m having the same issue. What did you do exactly?

[@sprinta5886]

Please help me///. Yes! Just got the match confirmed!!!! Yes. Instead of city database I used custom site and put in longitude and latitude using my phones compass app! Yes!

[@joemerhej825]

@@sprinta5886 first I sat one of the tripod legs toword North (not 100% if this is relative ti the issue solution) then putted 8mm eyepice and selected 3 stars very close to each other(i always select Saturn, Jupiter And Antares). make sure the tripod stabilised as good as possible

[@thestarsweknow]

What would be the battery life of the finder scope in hours at full power? Also, guessing each time we move location (say when we take the scope on a comping trip), we may have to set it up again, right?

[@strangerous1313]

yes

[@shadowwind18]

"Up" and "Right", last. ... Left and right are reversed, by default, at slow speed I believe. So, for the sake of clarity; which direction should the front of the scope physically move as it makes its final movements towards the alignment stars?

[@nealrothchild3470]

Ive never been able to figure this out.

[@mesenteria]

This is in reference to the internal gearing of the drive mechanism since the procedure being mentioned is to control 'gear lash'. So, it's in reference to the optical tube that is being moved to align with the object of interest...meaning you simply use the buttons on the paddle as they appear and press the up and right arrow buttons last.

[@shadowwind18]

@@mesenteria unless I'm misreading your reply, it sounds like you have the same difficulty tbh. Since (only) when the scope is moving in slow speed - as it most likely is when making final positioning adjustments - hitting the "right" arrow, moves the front of the OTA to the left. At other speeds it does not have this reversal. And since the directions do not acknowledge that reversal at slow speed, and iirc the speed is not specified, it is left to Assumption, as to whether the effect is accounted for, and what we should actually do.

[@alanelpmas8881]

I have tried this; every time, I get 'Alignment failed'.

[@Bikes_Buggies]

Yeah, every......single.......time

[@diamond_enderman568]

I have an issue. Pretty much 95% of the time I align them over and over in these steps, and it just keeps saying Alignment Failed. What am I doing wrong? I put the date and time correctly

[@nytarskongen0072]

It needs location too

[@nytarskongen0072]

Date, time and location, and more I don't know since our twlescope hasn't come yet

[@diamond_enderman568]

I set the date and time correctly, but I’ve been trying to figure out how to reset the location, because I take my scope to different places. When you figure it out, please let me know how to change the location

[@nytarskongen0072]

@@diamond_enderman568 I will 😀 it's coming tomorrow or in 2 days

[@diamond_enderman568]

Okey-dokey!

[@johnr4898]

Each time I move the scope to a different spot in my yard I must re-align it?

[@miamianz]

h ow does the control know which star it is? i just ordered a 8SE ill have to come back to this video

[@jadensmiley6297]

No matter your location the angles and legnths of the sides of the triangle will be the same for the same trio of stars. It uses these measurements to calculate which stars you chose.

[@colinwalker6282]

@@jadensmiley6297 so it doesn’t really matter which stars to choose??

[@MrEye4get]

Why would you use a city database? It is very limited. Why not simply enter your location directly?

[@JubeProductions]

the reason there is a city database is so that people can select the closest city from a list of known locations in the database. Other than Coordinates, What location information could you enter that the computer would understand? Some people might not know their coordinates or how to obtain them, but most of them would know the closest city from a list.

[@semiosis-dd]

I recommend using an eyepiece with a reticule (crosshair) for this alignment, otherwise I find that the alignment fails nearly every time

[@jefflyu9315]

I tried 7 times tonight，but all failed----------------------I do not know why

[@B11-_-507]

True words, but when the telescope turns to the star, then when I see, I don't see anything. I don't really deviate. If the problem is from me or from the telescope, I wish you would give me an answer to my comment @Celestron

[@waad6997]

I have the same problem

[@mesenteria]

You have to focus the view for your eye and for the eyepiece that is in place. If you have the star diagonal in place, and the largest mm eyepiece, the 25, installed in the top tube of the diagonal, you must use the focus knob to the right of the diagonal to focus whatever might be in view. This means turning the knob one way many times, or the other way, clockwise or anticlockwise, until you begin to see a brightening object. Slow down, keep going, and soon something will pop into cleaner focus.

[@nativebarzilcitizen]

i have a celestron nexstar 130+, and whenever i turn the computing console on, it does that, but it fades out from red to just plain. then it just simply either turns off, or crashes. any fixes? also, another thing it does is say verifying packages again, then says application start for a split second and goes back to verifying packages and on and on and on.

[@erentunali7228]

when I use the city database there is always an error message

[@kalasag9113]

For long deep-star photography exposure, can this be used to autoguide an HD-wedge-pro mounted CPC telescope (like a 925, for example)?

[@Eire32]

Kalasag 911 No StarSense can do that for you with your wedge CPC

[@caput_in_astris]

Nope that won’t work - well at least it doesn’t with me. Max 30 sec exposure with sky align. For longer exposure, you just need dedicated guiding.

[@ender9094]

I've been trying to do sky align using the celestron phone app, and it's been much more difficult than this. I seem to have to select the star that I'm trying to align to, but with this you don't. It's it best to just scrap aligning with the app, and just do this, or are you not supposed to select the star on the app the way it sends to be telling me to? I've unfortunately been struggling with alignment (brand new to the hobby) and it's been somewhat detracting from the enjoyment of it.

[@AdyB2008]

Do you have one of these for the Astro Fi 5 please?

[@niceguy4895]

I just got my telescope today same one basically and have no clue how to set it up

[@nytarskongen0072]

Means you haven't watched tutorials 🤣

[@clarkegerrior463]

Hello there, hoping for some help. I have figured this all out and even no problem lining everything up. I seem to be confused as everything I see through the telescope appears to be just a black dot with no detail? When I focus on a star or planet.. I see nothing but a black circle. Am I doing something wrong? Something wrong with my telescope? Thank you

[@fredhowell5306]

Sometimes in the dark, one just might insert a Barlow instead of an eyepiece. Happen to me a few nights ago, after scratching my head, I decided to turn on a light. Barlow not an eyepiece in the diagonal.... might check and see.

[@starlitsnow3541]

I’m not sure, but I have seen some kind of circle divided into four parts. That was because it wasn’t focused correctly.

[@4LYN90]

My 6SE stucks in time settings... nothing happens at Pressung enter... whats to Do??

[@ellis2888]

Mine keeps saying Aligment failed Lucky for me i will buy another model and get rid of this one. I'm tired of align each time i'm gonna use it

[@jefflyu9315]

haha , me too! But I think it should be my fault.

[@sonyamorrell8311]

What procedure if need to change city data base. Don't use it in same location every time. I couldn't get a show for city data base in the screen. What to do for it to come on the screen.

[@pierrerossouw3635]

In the setup, just press "UNDO" button until you get to the location setup entry page.

[@TheWillchcole]

If the SkyAlign was not done right, and I want to do it again, how do I reset previous one?

[@strangerous1313]

just start from scratch

[@Rick-or2kq]

I found admittedly through frustration that even if it shows failed it is close enough to put the object into the view of the finder scope, so from there just zero it in. I have succeeded 3 times out of maybe has many has 50 with a successful alignment. Thinking very hard about just buying the Star Sense Auto align.

[@chrislj2890]

At the 1:05 mark, first make sure the finder scope is actually on tight, lol.

[@mercster]

LOL I thought the same thing. They bumped the finder and it was obviously jostled, making it out of alignment now. 😂

[@fawnlliebowitz1772]

I live in podunk, closest "city" is 30 miles away. Will this work or can I plug in long and lat?

[@jaydenl.johnson365]

You can do long and lat

[@strangerous1313]

Hmmm. 'Podunk' is not on the list of cities.

[@fawnlliebowitz1772]

30 miles north of Kingsport Tn is Podunk @@strangerous1313

[@callisto1023]

Does it work with Celestron 70mm refractor telescope ?!!!

[@adrianflimsandplays2933]

After I did all of those thing why when I press on a deep sky like the Orion nebulae it goes the wrong way and stops at nowhere did I do something wrong

[@strangerous1313]

did you point your scope North before starting?

[@dedyheriyanto5995]

How to set to home position?

[@k9gang861]

My remote dose not work how can I fix it ?

[@strangerous1313]

read instruction book

[@leeroberts4170]

Aligns perfectly with selected objects but way off when selecting anything other than the 3 selected in setup

[@rashedulhasan842]

I recently bought 127slt. I am from Bangladesh a country of asia continent. When I want to align the telescope as sky align I could not find my city or even my country in the city database. What should I do? Any suggestion pls...

[@Feraloxide]

Very late reply, sorry. You can input your GPS coordinates instead of using your city. Use your phone’s compass! Hope this helped.

[@henryhuyhoang]

Question...If I do the align at home, now if I go up to the mountain or to another city, do i have to start the align all over again starting step 1 ???

[@mercster]

Yes.

[@126k9]

Technically, yes, since your in a different location

[@apaasfonseca]

if I move to another place do I have to do it all again? or just change GPS place?

[@pierrerossouw3635]

The place does not have to be exact, it can be several miles away and still use the same position ID. But if you move the scope/tripod, even slightly, then it is likely to be not in exactly the same alignment for the celestial objects. Confirm the scope is still level (with the bubble level) and then you may get away with re-alignment (of just one star or object). I suggest do a fresh alignment, a one-star alignment is probably all you will need to do.

[@jonugu]

My city ain't on the city menu and the coordanets method never works I have tried aligning it over 50 times and it either fails or isn't accurate is a shame spending 780€ on a telescope and only by able to use the manual mode

[@sanjanakaushika6819]

Can i use this in sri lanka

[@gonzalosoto9190]

In all the World

[@zerocool4580]

Dose anyone know why when I zoom in I see my reflector mirror and the star becomes to look like my reflector?

[@nytarskongen0072]

Focusing

[@nytarskongen0072]

You need tofocus

[@Ecleido75]

Amazing video

[@MMphotography1996]

Why isn't there a dobsonian 8" from Celestron !?

[@我在国内贩卖星特朗米]

Mystery Man most dob are made by skywatcher

[@edwardhaydukjr6168]

my scope will not remember anything so every time i have to enter it all again. why?

[@strangerous1313]

You have to 'tell' your telescope where it is. For example you live in Indiana, but now you wish to use the scope while on vacation in Florida.

[@elisamo2976]

When looking through the eyepiece and using the hand remote to move it around is up actually down and Vice versa

[@mercster]

Yes, with reflector telescopes the image is reversed and upside down. This is normal.

[@1190176]

Don't we have to enter the name of the star that is used for alignment? How does telescope know which part of the sky it is looking into during the alignment process?

[@robj144]

I believe that knowing your location, time, and date, by entering 1 star, slewing to the second and third star, by the relative movement to get to each star, it know where those three stars are compared to one another. It then compares to a database and figures out what three stars they are based on their relative positions and then can find all the stars and objects. It doesn't matter what stars they are because no matter what stars you pick, there is only combination of three stars at those relative positions anywhere in the sky.

[@astrojet9484]

I'm using 127slt to shoot Orion, but it is not precise. It stops tracking in minutes.

[@CelestronDotCom]

Hi Bill, Please reach out to our technical support team so they can assist you: www.celestron.com/pages/technical-support

[@03roush1]

Trouble with celestron nexstar SE8. I just did the 2 star auto align and it worked. I selected Mizar and Vega. Then when I double checked both alignments all good. Then I selected jupitor and it was off. Then selected the my original stars and was on point. Then I selected jupitor again and it was still off, so I sync jupitor, then went back to my 2 stars I choose and they were off. I followed pollywogs post but no luck. Any help would be great.

[@CelestronDotCom]

Hello 03roush1, Please reach out to our technical support team for them to assist you with your alignment. www.celestron.com/pages/support

[@niceguy4895]

This is why I had to send my telescope back because this was too difficult with that control thing I want to buy another one but I dont know how to use the remote thing

[@kingdomofme3681]

Everytime I try to skyalign, it just fails please someone help because I can't find any info on this problem. I'm about 30 miles out of the city I chose. I tried entering vega, Arcturus, and Polaris. It just fails everytime. I'm using a nextstar 5se. Please help. I'll use 2 star align but it's not accurate. When I go to choose planets, it only shows moon and Pluto. I'm truly lost.

[@gonzalosoto9190]

Asegúrate de ingresar bien la hora, la ubicación y la fecha

[@dulcemascorro6834]

My align button isn’t working 😞

[@trainroomgary]

Like • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

[@Nottsboy24]

☺👍:)

[@raywood8187]

Yeah I have a NexStar 127 SLT and I tried that over and over and it never would align so it's been sitting in a closet for the last year collecting dust.

[@waad6997]

What about now? Did you get over it?

[@kristenhoule907]

My handheld device keeps saying “align failed” I have done the alignment process many times

[@strangerous1313]

is your sensor blocked? Like, as if your lens cap is on

[@cd8086]

Why does it keep failing for me

[@muhammadmuzammiliftikhar7489]

Is it necessary to align the finder scope each time you assemble the telescope and what about sky alignment? do we have to do it every time?

[@niceguy4895]

Do I have to do this in day time or night

[@UncleTerry]

Night. Don't know how your going to find ant stars to align with during the day.

[@nytarskongen0072]

@@UncleTerry i agree 🤣🤣

[@lecorrecteur4033]

3:30 why should we use the up and right button last ?

[@bbbeenn32]

My guess it deals with the rotation of the earth maybe

[@azuredragon1978]

It has to do with backlash in the drive gears. If you move the scope in one direction, then move it back in the other, you will notice there is a moment where the gears have started turning, but the scope is not moving. That deadzone is backlash. By always approaching the star from the same direction, you factor out the backlash. The gears are always engaged and the scope is always moving when it thinks it is.

[@marijuhn8407]

Can you Sky Align in different places?

[@arabgigachad5420]

What should we do if there was no stars🤨

[@gonzalosoto9190]

Back at home 🤣🤣

[@richardb7269]

Doesn't the scope have to be level where is north and south attitude some way

[@nasiralzzahrani4914]

👍👍👍😯

[@PafMedic]

I Can Twist Those Damn Screws Forever That Dot Doesnt Move..Nice to Know That i cant Do Anything With a $350 Scope...

[@CelestronDotCom]

Hi PafMedic, sorry you are having trouble with your red dot finderscope. Please reach out to our technical support so they can help address the issues. The best way to reach us is by submitting a ticket here: www.celestron.com/pages/technical-support. Thank you, Celestron

[@susfungus]

I have the same problem

[@beefsoda1]

They should be able to connect to wifi. All the information to enter is very analog

[@jadensmiley6297]

They can

[@mkdon101]

I recently bought the 127slt but having issues with the finder scope. I can see the stars with my naked eye but when I try to find on finder scope its either very faint or can't see at all. Any suggestions?

[@strangerous1313]

The finder does not enhance or enlarge anything. So anything you can't see with the naked eye, you will not see through your finder either.

[@averybell4273]

Not easy, never worked.. wish I had a regular scope

[@JonathanSavko]

I'm considering buying this, can anyone share their experience with this telescope?

[@jefflyu9315]

Daylight saving time-----Standard time?!!!

[@angelodecesare5814]

i always use 3 star alignment , but it only works with an 18mm eyepiece , not 25mm probably as the 18mm is more accurate

[@brianfulda]

That's simply not true, it works with a 25mm eyepiece just fine, but is just more accurate with an 18mm.

[@elivisk1657]

Elvis Chennai

[@alexstewart9747]

I have a £400 telescope that wont align. ffs

[@djsundayrides4869]

Sky Align said you can just use the moon to align. That is what one of the videos I saw hope that helps

[@nytarskongen0072]

@@djsundayrides4869 using the moon to align is not accurate at all lmao

[@Brookfieldilrailfan]

wtf whenever I move it it says no response and I can't move the direction keys and they don't work and when I did it it said alignment falled

[@robertmethia7080]

that is a pain in the A gps is much faster and better

[@4ThoseAbout2RaxxWeSaluteU]

What GPS do you use?

[@bruceflegg6300]

Sky align doesn't work in southern hemisphere do everything here and you get a message sky align failed everytime. A waste of of time really. And manual advice is confusing and inadequate a waste of money

[@vladi385]

I got a trick to align, use the one star alignment, then realign, end.

[@mojojojo7923]

How about that $5. Power cable ??? $1800 for a mount and they go cheap on the power cable !! Do yourself a favor and buy something else.