Celestron 94005 StarSense Automatic Alignment Telescope Accessory, Black

I'm not sure Celestron aren't milking it a little with the separate autoguider, Be nice and would seem to make sense to combine them but I guess that's business and there may be technical reasons, perhaps. But it's a great bit of kit, I still take time to polar align as well as I reasonably can after all it's not going to hurt - and anything to get the best results. It's quick to get going and within a couple of minutes it's oriented itself and you can then further add precision by adding other stars, systematically using a more powerful lens and then precision tuning it. It's not cheap clearly but really does mean you can get viewing quicker which is even better if it's not an entirely clear night, or you only have a short time. Reassuring too as it's scanning numerous stars across the night sky. After a quick alignment I've certainly had stable 45s-1min 15s exposures.

Excellent item. I use this to align my avx mount. Once calibrated to your scope setup it works great. I run it from the cpwi software an not the handset. I think I set the axis limits to 20 degrees so it won't search for stars below my fence line. The calibration to your scope is very important but is not difficult to do, an you don't have to calibrate each time you use it. Once you click the star sence auto align ,it only takes a few minutes to align it self. You can also run a polar align routine if you want to get your mount spot on, but read up an how to do it in the instructions first.

I believe when this works it’s great, however mine didn’t work and Celestron were not very helpful. I don’t think it worked from day one but it was very hard to be sure. I eventually managed to get it to connect to my computer which brought up an error fault and when I contacted Celestron they told me it was out of warranty but they could look at it and see if it was possible to repair. It wasn’t and now it sits reminding me to beware of making expensive purchases!

First time out, seems to works well, no more fiddling about for ages finding/centering alignment stars.Magic to watch it do it all itself, much faster than you can!(Everything (location,time, mount mechanics) has to be set correctly of course.)Its a bit pricey, but there is a lot to it, and the quality is good.Note: there is no new version of nexremote (to do the pc mimic of the new handcontrol), which is a shame - i found that really useful with the original nexstar handset. However, to make set up easier without nexremote, Ive found I can set the location and time data from a laptop via the starsense handset serial port, communicating with the same command protocol as the old nexstar handset. Once aligned, Goto's etc should therefore work with stellarium etc, communicating through the serial port, but i havent tried that yet.

This accessory works very well now and I am able to auto align and GOTO stars and planets with ease.At the time of writing this review, it does not yet work with all Celestron GOTO mounts such as the GT but they are working on it.Be prepared to spend time updating the camera and handset to the latest firmware online. The manual that comes with the unit does not explain how to do this. You will need to join 'Team Celestron' to download the latest update(s) and connect the handset and camera to the PC and the mount to install.Alignment is very accurate. Overall very pleased so far with this purchase, it saves a lot of time and effort aligning my C8 AVX telescope.***** Update **** Planet pointing has now been fixed, planets and earths moon now appear near or even right in the centre of the eyepiece every time. Polar Alignment has also been fixed. You will need to download, install and update your mount and StarSense camera to the latest version from the Team Celestron website.Recommended.

Without doubt, this is the best accessory I have bought for a telescope. Initial set up took a little while but was straight forward. Now I have a fully automatic scope that works flawlessly. Select the auto-align option from the replacement handset and the scope moves to various parts of the sky and after a few minutes it is done. Now select from the thousands of objects and it will put the item in the centre of a 20mm eyepiece. It makes casual stargazing in town so simple, even I can do it.

Brilliant gadget. Enabled me to get an excellent align for the first time, and thus enabled me to see things like Andromeda and the Ring Nebula that I stood no chance of finding previously.Easy to use, and certainly does exactly what it claims.

This was a christmas present. But it never worked. When it arrived the box was ripped and damaged. Put it onto my celestron 8se and got error messages I tried for ages to get it working and waited months for a clear night to first use it. But lucky Amazon was very positive and helpful. Got a telerad now stay manual.

Compré el StarSense Autoalign para simplificar la alineación de un telescopio Nexstar 8SE y puedo confirmar que funciona de maravilla. Es fácil montarlo y la fijación es muy solida. Una vez montado es muy rápido y no hay necesidad de identificar o localizar estrellas: alinea automáticamente el telescopio. Lo pones en marcha y se puede observar en pocos minutos. Es bastante mas preciso que hacer la alineación manualmente. Lo uso con un Celestron SkySync GPS que busca la hora, fecha y y la longitude y latitud de forma automática (algo muy útil si observas en sitios distintos). Es caro pero merece la pena si quieres pasar menos tiempo montando el equipo y mas tiempo observando el cielo.

premessa 1: possiedo un nexstar 6se, quindi perfettamente compatibile con l'accessorio;premessa 2: trovo l'allineamento con il cercatore in dotazione, ai limiti dell'impossibile;dato tutto ciò e leggendo varie recensioni positive, mi son fidato ed ho fatto l'acquisto dello Starsense.Risultato; dopo 3 giorni di utilizzo è una delusione, almeno per me; da qualcuno è stato paragonato ai "vetri elettrici" di un'auto....io lo paragono ai "vetri elettrici che si chiudono solo a metà in un giorno di pioggia"..... (quindi inutile.....).Il dispositivo è parecchio impreciso nell'allineamento; diciamo che punta sì la stella, ma.. "+-", con un errore anche di 10 gradi; e chi punta le stelle sa che anche una differenza di 1 solo grado rende la ricerca e visione della citata stella, in un oculare, del tutto impossibile.Così equivale a cercar un ago in un pagliaio.Oltre a questo, in modalità "auto align", va a caccia di fonti luminose dappertutto; il risultato ? a meno che non viviate in un ranch americano a decine e decine di km da un lampione, lo Starsense si "attaccherà" alle luminarie della vs strada e da lì non si schioderà più. vi scrive "acquired 100 stars" e poi impazzisce.metto 2 stelle solo perchè, montato sul nexstar, fa "figo" quando il telescopio è in casa.--- AGGIORNAMENTO DOPO VARI ALTRI TENTATIVI ---quando ci vuole...ci vuole: mi devo ricredere. Dopo AVER LETTO parecchi forum e spiegazioni d'uso in internet, ho trovato la "quadra" ed ora il dispositivo funziona benissimo; la questione è proprio questa: essendo precisissimo nella ricerca, la sequenza delle operazioni da fare (....modalità "manual align"....) per allinearlo DEVE esser altrettanto precisa; è vero, SE tutto è perfetto, in 3 minuti avete allineato il vs telescopio. Ecco perchè ora mi sento di metter 5 stelle al prodotto :)mi raccomando...CERCATE in internet la sequenza ESATTA; il manuale (esistente peraltro SOLO in inglese..... )non è abbastanza dettagliato in merito.e buona visione stellare a tutti ! :)

très bon accessoire pour tout télescope celestron et autres marques également .permet un alignement rapide et sans prise de tête .pour débutant surtout mais produit trop chère qui équivaut à s’acheter un deuxième télescope donc préférer plutôt un chercheur de bonne qualité et professionnel dans une gamme de prix abordable

Genial. un poco complicado de usar al principio, unas dos veces y practica, y alineas tu telescopio en 5 minutos.

Easy to installSaves a timeWorks when first 10 stars are outWorks in light pollutionWorks either obstacles aroundLove it