Celestron SKY PRODIGY Instruction Manual page 18

SkyProdigy will then take an image of the sky and calibrate the
center of the camera sensor with the star seen in the eyepiece.
Note: In order to manually slew the telescope and center a bright
star in the eyepiece it may be necessary to rst align the StarPointer
nderscope with the eyepiece. For instructions on aligning the
nderscope, see StarPointer Operation in the Assembly section of
this manual.
Capture Setting
exposure time settings for the camera to use under di erent sky
conditions. Capture Setting should be changed only if you are
having di culties aligning the telescope using the StarSense
alignment method. The options below represent various condi-
tions that could result in unsuccessful alignment under normal
capture settings.
brighten the sky enough to a ect alignment.
limit the brightness of stars that the camera can image.
These setting represents the default setting that should work
under most conditions.
city lights which can adversely a ect alignment.
record too many stars, needlessly prolonging the processing
time.
not be processed by the camera.
in case any of the above setting do not apply.
After making changes to the capture settings, perform a
StarSense Auto, or Manual alignment and observe the number
of stars that are acquired for each image. A minimum of 8 stars
are needed, but 20-50 stars produce the best results. If your
captured images are not recording enough stars, go to the
Custom setting. Increasing the gain or exposure time has the
potential to increase the number of stars detected up to
the threshold for your observing location, the wind and
other factors.
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