The value of Celestron Starsense tech

[markse68]

I don’t get how they can parent platesolving- it’s been around for a long time i think? Maybe just their method but it’s using 4 stars to get a finger print- other methods maybe possible? 

Mark

[markse68]

On 21/05/2023 at 20:04, Sunshine said:

it will only work correctly if the module is mounted directly on top of the dob, looking straight up, I have a friend who mounted a module on his skywatcher dob but had it off to the side a bit and he had issues until he relocated it directly on top of the scope.

Not sure about this Sunshine? I had mine mounted at 45 deg rotation and it seemed to work ok- it recognised the rotation and the horizon on the phone screen was consequently at an angle and it was able to find objects just fine. Maybe the imu gets a bit confused at times but it still seems to work with the platesolving

Mark

[Sunshine]

1 hour ago, markse68 said:

Not sure about this Sunshine? I had mine mounted at 45 deg rotation and it seemed to work ok- it recognised the rotation and the horizon on the phone screen was consequently at an angle and it was able to find objects just fine. Maybe the imu gets a bit confused at times but it still seems to work with the platesolving

Mark

You say you mounted the module at 45 degrees from top so that module sits approximately where a finder scope sits on a dob and it works fine? interesting, i know a couple of people who relocated theirs after finding it was iffy when mirror was aimed at sky off from top center. 

[markse68]

23 hours ago, Sunshine said:

You say you mounted the module at 45 degrees from top so that module sits approximately where a finder scope sits on a dob and it works fine? interesting, i know a couple of people who relocated theirs after finding it was iffy when mirror was aimed at sky off from top center. 

Yep- 45 deg from top dead centre. I have it on a tri-finder bracket with the rdf vertical. Was using it last night and it works fine. I don’t know if it would work better if it was level but it seems to work ok like this. Mark

 

[Sunshine]

13 minutes ago, markse68 said:

Yep- 45 deg from top dead centre. I have it on a tri-finder bracket with the rdf vertical. Was using it last night and it works fine. I don’t know if it would work better if it was level but it seems to work ok like this. Mark

 

Thats great, i don’t recognize that module, looks different than my module on my dob, yours seems sleeker and less bulky, is that an official starsense module? I like yours more lol

[markse68]

4 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

Thats great, i don’t recognize that module, looks different than my module on my dob, yours seems sleeker and less bulky, is that an official starsense module? I like yours more lol

it’s a diy mount i made for my old iphone- bit less bulky than the Celestron universal mount yes

Mark