Polar align use iPhone ?

[jkm13]

Hello

I wonder is there are way to align my mount using iPhone? Could it be possible with iPhone's app? Anyone tried this?

Thanks

[sbooder]

If you install the Polar Align App for the iPhone there is a camera setting which makes the app look transparent, you can then hold the camera against the polar scope and align.

[Gazabone]

Or this one (which from memory is free)

http://myastroimages.com/Polar_FinderScope_by_Jason_Dale/

[jkm13]

Thanks for guide!

I'll try both app

[sbooder]

There is also Scope Help App for iPhone which is free and also has a bubble level, GPS and red light built in as well as the polar position.  I find it most useful.

[ecuador]

I had made my own since I wanted something to calculate a centering offset for my ZEQ25 (since I programming was more fun to me than disassembling the axis to fix the polar scope reticle) and I recently made it available to the app store, so you could also try Polar Scope Align Pro (also a free version). It doesn't have a camera view, but it has reticles for iOptron, Takahashi, Astrophysics RAPAS so it is quite useful if you have such a mount. Also it corrects for atmospheric refraction, important if you are in relatively low latitudes.