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Very nice presentation as usual . You didn’t actually comment about the cable connections , like you said you would ! Does it plug into the AUX or the handset please ? Nextstar + or Starsense one only ??? With Starsense one … nothing else needed ?
Salve, vedo che sei esperto. Sono un astrofilo dilettante. Ho comprato un C8 usato e ho notato che la lastra correttrice ruota con una certa facilità. C'è un modo per sapere in quale posizione va fissata perché ho scoperto che deve stare in una certa posizione. Grazie in anticipo di tutto l'aiuto che potrai darmi!!
Having trouble getting cam to launch. Java is updated correctly on my PC. Anyone else run into this? Basically when I double click Celestron firmware manager.class to run it I see what looks like a command prompt flash on the screen for a brief moment and disappear. Nothing happens after that.
"I bought this telescope, not as a beginner but as an experienced user, for my 16" self-built truss tube Dobsonian. Simply because of the code for the app. I could also build the mount myself. I find it a missed opportunity that you don't offer the whole thing separately without the telescope. I've seen some Dobsonian users with 20" and 24" Dobsonians using this system at ITV this year, and it works really well, even though it's still too bright for important target stars at 200x. Offer it separately for around 50 dollar or so, and it would sell like hotcakes. Clear skies Felix"
Nice tutorial, I just bought the ASI air plus with the am5 mount. I am a bit confused on how the calibration frames are done. I was using a mirrorless camera so it was easy to make changes but now with the zwo camera, it excuse the pun, I am in the dark. Can you explain
Love this for a refresher! Just found two Japanese made scopes (New and In the box) both came with EQ mounts. The first was an orange tube Celestron "comet catcher" and the second a Tasco 911 TR. Both were sealed from the factory. The Celestron mirrors appear to be much higher quality. Weird focuser however and probably will tinker with the Tasco to get reacauinted after years of GOTO garbage scopes.
Yes I have one I bought from you and cant get it to work.. It’s on a Nextstar 6SE. It goes through the autoaline process and tells me it’s been successful. Then I pick something to look at from the menu and it swings in completely the wrong direction. I have been to the Geelong astronomical society and Dave there spent a couple of hours trying to get it to work. With no success. I don’t know what to do next.
@@rogergm62 are you using a wedge? im using a Nextar 8SE with a Wedge to convert the mount in a Equatorial mount, I can get 30-40 seconds to exposure but not more, im thinking to purchase one of this for deep space photography..
g`day i would like to see a video using the evolution with the starsense guider as far as i know you can not guide with the evolution mount but i would very much like to. too get longer exposures on my alt/az mount 20 to 30 sec max at this time unguided
@@brianallan1974 i own one no they do not guide do you own one ?? you can get your star alinement with a starsense (plate solving) but NOT GUIDE with a evolution mount
Brilliant tutorial, well done! Just a question on the EQ Mod cable - you mention that you use this cable as opposed to the Synscan hand held unit - does the cable replace the Synscan completely, and does the ASIAIR provide the same functionality as the Synscan? Apologies for the simple question, but I'm just starting out and have bought the ASIAIR plus, along with a ZWO 662 MC camera. I have a Saxon MAK 127/1500 telescope. Thanks ! 🙂
at 5:20 you indicated that the pier extension tube is an extra and not included, but several sites (including Sky-Watcher's own website) indicate that it is included.
@@OpticsCentralAustralia Thanks, but it never shows up. I think ZWO cocked up their production units because there are increasingly more people having problems.
I'm a newbie. No scope, no camera but a S50 owner. Thank you for the compass calibration. In stargazing, you are once again the only one that actually shows what to do to START capturing an image. All other reviewers assume, so thank you. Reminds me of when my new car idle was too high, needed to adjust but couldn't find the screw. Bought the manual, went to the appropriate page, which showed a photo of the carburetor with a chart and caption that read "make the adjustment". Assumptions. Excellent video. I'd like to visit but I'm only 23 hours away by air.
I have used many optical devices for decades, including two telescopes. I have found that the maximum useful magnification on the vast majority of amateur-level telescopes, including substantial Dobsonians, Newtonians, catadioptric, and refractors, is about twice the diameter, in millimeters, of the primary optic, be it a mirror or lens. And that is only possible, and enjoyable, on one night out of perhaps six or ten clear nights. The reason is that the eyepieces that come with factory scopes are often of poor quality, but the main reason is that the skies above, even when apparently crystal clear, are stratified and the seeing is therefor poor. Stratification is going to be evident when stars twinkle. If bright stars twinkle, it means the air is moving in pockets above you and creating its own lensing effect, which means distortion. So, near the 7:30 minute mark, when the maximum magnification is announced, and it is over 400 power....that's almost nonsense.
This technology has high 'face validity', which means that it seems to be intuitively true and useful. Newcomers to the hobby quickly become overwhelmed by posts on forums suggesting a way ahead for them in the dense forest of information, technology, and gear. Then, there's how to use the scope, what to look at, and where do I find it? This system will replace the anxiety and numerous errors and frustrations with almost immediate success and pleasure. This, in turn, means retention, a larger market for all the retailers, and more knowledgeable and experienced amateurs populating the discussions on forums and getting even more 'newbies' sorted out and on the right path.
