Mick H

Have you tried doing a factory reset by pressing the 0 key while powering up the scope?

Might help.

Package from Auntie FLO arrived this morning.

 Took advice from SGL members here (thank you).

Brought the AstroZap Baader Solar Filter instead of the Seymour Glass Filter, Just waiting for the Baader Solar Continuum Filter to arrive which was not in stock.

Lovely pic Geof, mind blowing how many stars?

Well done.

I love studying photo's of globular/open clusters as these are what I see most with my setup.

I have viewed M13, so will now try and view M14.

😉

I love the sound my NexStar 8se makes when it does it's auto align using StarSense.

Yeah it would be loud to neighbours in the wee hours, but I play my bugle to cover up the sound of the scope.

I'm lucky though I have no neighbours anymore, I guess they didn't like the sound of my 8se. 😉

Lovely pics of Albireo Reggie, I love viewing through my scope.

Opps, slitly newer thread this time. 😳

2 minutes ago, Branduinbunny said:

Got my issue fixed!

👍

Just glad you got it fixed.

6 minutes ago, Branduinbunny said:

Yes, I did.

It won't connect at all.

Have you gone to settings/plug ins and checked the box telescope control load at startup?

I don't have Windows Laptop, I use a MacBook Pro and have no problem.

Hi Stu, lovely images.

I plan on getting a Astrozap Baader Solar Filter, and Baader Solar Continuum Filter for my 8se.

You probably have a dedicated solar scope. 

I know I will never see anything like your images, but I was wondering if H-Alpha filter would be any use for me.

40 minutes ago, Cornelius Varley said:

Please check the date of the post before replying.  

Yes sorry Peter, I had not realised this was an old thread as Branduinbunny  had replied one hour ago.

On 11/01/2014 at 10:37, LilRob said:

Hello People 

I am trying to connect my new celestron to stellaium 

i have connected to correct com3 as it says in device manager but when try to start it just says stopped 

First time trying to connect 

I have installed all the drivers given to me but still does not work 

anyone know how to resolve 

Many Thanks 

And clear skies 

I take it that you have done an alignment before trying to use Stellarium?

7 minutes ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

Liverpool City Council street lighting dept didn't even bother replying to either of my emails about a ridiculous LED in the cul-de-sac behind us... So nice result, well done.

 

 

A letter to Jurgen Klopp might help sort that out. 😉

Oh and well done Swoop1.

Hi Ian, welcome to SGL.

Hi Karen, there is a double star in Virgo called Porrima which might be good to view.

There is also many galaxies in Virgo, and the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.

49 minutes ago, Sharpy said:

Hi my names Jordon.

I just registered as I am having the same issue with exactly the same set-up and have found a temporary work around until hopefully Celestron find a solution.

I know it doesn’t take long to manually enter time & location but I like to speed up the set-up process as much as possible so I can spend my precious time (have 2 young children who can wake up at any moment) on achieving precise polar alignments for astrophotography as I am on a wedge.

Now I have found it doesn’t matter how you connect the WiFi/HC/SS with or without the splitter this will work. First turn-on and go to menu/time and location/time location source and turn on Manual entry then turn off scope. Next turn on again and do the same above but turn gps accessory as the source then wait for gps fix. Now start alignment procedure and you won’t have the SS ERROR. Now your kit will work perfectly until you turn off again.

I know this isn’t perfect but you can avoid manually inputting until Celestron come up with a fix.

Hope this helps

Hi Jordan, and welcome to SGL.

That is a good find, and hopefully it might help David until Celestron come up with a fix.

I don't have GPS as I only setup in the garden. 

I only had to enter my location once as it is stored in the mount, so I just enter time and date and let StarSense do it's stuff.

The only benefit I can see of using GPS is going to other sites.

stinky, have a view of some globular/open clusters.

I use a Celestron 32mm Omni Plossl.

Nice picture Richard, right place, right time.

Well done.

Appsolultly stunning, well done ShineOn. 

Go to Menu on the hand controller, Starsense, Reset AIS Camera. Once that is completed go to Menu. Hand controller, restore defaults. Second, recycle the power on the unit.

Could it be that the air is now getting cleaner with this lockdown, so it appears a little brighter?

As you can see, I'm no Scientist. 😳

Beutiful pic Peter, well done.

1 hour ago, New Young Star said:

bonus , done it😎

Well done, no not really.

You only done that to out do me, B..... Bikers. 😉

4 minutes ago, Ships and Stars said:

Good grief, they will be everywhere...

I also saw them last night 😡

Ships,

Time to get out of that Tank and into your satellite destroyer flying thingy. 😉

David, under your profile (see pic1) choose Account Settings, then under settings (see pic2) chose Signature

Add your stuff.

Hope that helps.

One of the first things I upgraded on my 8se was that piece of junk, I replaced it with a Telrad finder.

Once it was set up I have not adjusted since and it is always spot on.