Improving Pointing Accuracy With Starsense; Solar System Align; Warning - Celestron starsense autoalign User Manual

IMPROVING POINTING ACCURACY
WITH STARSENSE
Once your alignment is complete, StarSense can
further enhance the pointing accuracy of your
telescope by adding multiple alignment references .
You can add up to 10 alignment reference points
for extremely precise GoTo accuracy .
1. Press the BACK button until you see
"StarSense Ready" on the display .
2. Press ALIGN. Add Align Ref will appear, then
press ENTER .
3. Using the arrow keys, move the telescope several
degrees away from its last alignment point .
Remember to finish movement with the UP
and RIGHT direction buttons . A checkmark will
appear on the display to confirm this .
If you only intend to add one additional calibration
reference point, then position the telescope in the
area you are going to observe or image in .
4. Press ENTER and StarSense will acquire a new
image and add the align reference point for a
total of 10 reference points .
You can repeat this process up to 9 additional times
in different regions of the sky . Adding calibration
reference points improves the GoTo mount modeling,
which accounts for flexure and other mechanical
inaccuracies to provide the best possible
pointing accuracy .

SOLAR SYSTEM ALIGN

Solar System Align provides good tracking and
GoTo performance by using solar system objects
(the Sun, Moon and planets) to align the telescope
with the sky . Solar System Align is a great way to
align your telescope for daytime viewing as well as
a quick way to align the telescope for night time
observing . Since the StarSense camera cannot
detect celestial objects during the day, Solar System
Align is done using the eyepiece .
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WARNING

• Place cap over the camera lens! Since
you may wish to use the Sun for your
alignment, remember to place the cap over the
camera lens to protect the imaging sensor .
• Never look directly at the Sun with the naked eye
or with a telescope (unless you have the
proper solar filter) . Permanent and irreversible
eye damage may occur .
1. Press the ALIGN button .
2. Use the UP/DOWN scroll keys to select Solar
System Align from the alignment options and
press ENTER .
3. Move the telescope to its home position or switch
position . Alt-Az mounts should have the telescope
pointing at the horizon . Equatorial mounts should
be positioned to the index marks . Telescopes
with switch postions will automatically move to
the home switch positions .
4. Use the UP/DOWN scroll keys to select the
Solar System object you wish to align and
press ENTER .
The hand control will only display the solar system
objects that are above the horizon for the day and
time selected .
5. Following the prompts on the hand control, center
the object in your eyepiece . Use the direction
arrow buttons to slew the telescope to the
alignment object . A finderscope or Star Pointer
will help locate the object .
6. Press ENTER when the object is in the
eyepiece's field of view . Then, center the
object in the eyepiece and press ALIGN .
Once in position, StarSense will model the sky
based on this information and display Alignment
Complete .