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Shot using Star Trails mode the on Huawei P30 Pro Camera again. 

Wow that's great. 

10 hours ago, lenscap said:

Hi, and welcome back.

A rough polar alignment is sufficient for visual observing & short-exposure snapshots. No need to see Polaris.

Level the tripod, set the latitude bolts for your location.

Point the N leg of the tripod North as best you can, for example, using a compass (google the local magnetic variation), app or local map.

Select Siderial speed for stars or planets & this will keep the target in a low or medium-power eyepiece for hours.

Here is a smart-phone holder.  https://www.firstlightoptics.com/adapters/celestron-nexyz-3-axis-universal-smartphone-adapter.html

Here is the manual for that scope;

  https://s3.amazonaws.com/celestron-site-support-files/support_files/AstroMaster-EQ_Telescope_Series_Manual_Web.pdf

Good luck.

Thanks for this informative reply. Just one thing what is siderial speed? 

Took this on my Huawei P30 Pro using Star Trails mode at 0.6x zoom so using its wide angle lens. 

Took this on my Huawei P30 Pro using the 50x Superzoom feature, no special lenses or telescopes. Brilliant phone. 

Hello All

New to the forum, well not completely, I was a member years ago, but forgot the email address, username and password I used to signup so here I am! 

Last year I got an AstroMaster 130EQ MF for my birthday, but since then I've hardly used it, partly due to cloud haha, and I'm not enteriely sure how to best set it up... 

Does anybody have a guide they can send me?

Is there a way to set it up when you can't see the North star as from what I've read you need it to be polar aligned to the North star in order to use it properly? 

How does the motor work, will it keep planets, stars etc in view, so I can leave it and return and still be able to see it? Also I want to attach my phone to the lenses I have to take photos. 

Thanks All!