Therefore, you can use your spotting tool to find something, and then move to your scope. Note: When you are using your spotting tool, the benefit is that it and your scope should be pointing at the same thing, so if you see it in your spotting tool, you should see it in your scope. Align spotter scope or TelRad or red-dot finder.Turn on scope, wait for the screen to clear (about 3-5 seconds).
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I have both a simple bubble level (allows you to see all directions, not just the one direction that a typical hand level shows you) and an app on my Android phone called Cliniometer / called Bubble level on iOS
This allows me to rest the star diagonal in my right hand while standing “behind” the arm, and guiding it with my left hand into the mounting rail slot. I find it FAR easier to have the knob facing left so that I am attaching the OTA vertically with the opening facing up and my star diagonal / backplate facing down. Attach Optical Tube Assembly (OTA)…some people attach it with the tube horizontal, Celestron nameplate facing you and readable, tightening knob underneath.Add top of mount/arm if not already attached (I leave mine attached all the time).** If using vibration suppression pads under the legs, add them underneath.
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I’ll give the full write-up below with all the bells and whistles, but this will just be the short process steps.
Regular Auto Two-Star alignment – Short version Or until two people help you figure out why it’s not working (see above two posts). Give upĮither get a different scope or take up knitting…I actually thought about both. Here are my “four” options, although the first two are obviously tongue-in-cheek: A. I’ve blogged about my challenges and successes ( Finally learning with the Celestron NexStar 8SE and Solving alignment problems with the Celestron NexStar 8SE), so I thought I would do a quick summary of the proper way to align my scope in case it helps others.