Were you able to follow my directions and get polar aligned? Have something you're having trouble with? Let me know if you have problems or questions and I'll try to reply back to everyone.
@@poggergen1937 the North Star, or Polaris, doesn’t “crest”, it is fixed in the same position. This is why you align your mount to it. The rest of the sky revolves around it as the earth spins.
@@astrotourguide So at night, with everything aligned correctly, the up/down screw on my latitude, if i point at the north star it will be there? in my telescope’s home position?
This is such a good video and thanks for explaining everything so clearly. I've had my telescope for a while so I've had to struggle through all these stages - if only this video had existed back then! I've never bothered polar aligning but I realised it's limiting my results so tonight is the night and your explanations will be in my head as I do it. Also, I never knew I could rotate the tube! I've always just thought, 'Ok, I can't look at this part of the sky because I'm too short to see through the eyepiece when it's sticking straight up like that.' Doh. :)
I have been out of this hobby for over 40 years...to much time working and raising kids with my bride.Now in my 70's I have plenty of time unless my doctors start night shifts. So when I jumped back in I purchased a C electron 127 equally but not using an equal much before I needed to preschool myself. I did look at many TH-cam clips before yours and I wish I watched yours first. I found your presentation easy to understand and follow by you. giving a hands on easy to follow viewing.. So in a few weeks my tube will arrive and it will be a restart of a place I want more info on as with my beliefs I will hopefully will be smiling down upon my family. One sky holds so many secrets and holds so many mysteries that would it not be so nice to solve at least one? So to end I thank you enough to have hit the like and subscribe buttons! Thanks again for your time and class! The Fish up in snow covered and cold NY State ( Orange County )
Great video. We just got the Orion Observer 90 mm reflector telescope, and we use your video to guide us. Otherwise, we just gave up. The booklet instructions aren't very clear. Thanks again.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I had been frustrated for a while using this equatorial mount and didn't quite get how to locate a star I can't see! This helped me a lott thank you sir!
Well I gotta thank you for making this video, after watching dozens yours has literally rang every bell I need to set up my Celestron Astromaster 130ed md. I bought the scope for fun but wasnt having much until now! again...thanks a lot!
Thats the best explained equatorial tutorial vid I've ever seen. Tomorrow my 130mm skywatcher Eq2 will arrive.... Thank you for your helpfull information.
Thanks for the video! I finally fully understand how my Celestron mount works and how to align it correctly! Congratulations on the very clear explanation!
Thank you for the great video. You are right about a Equatorial mount being a hobby killer. But I am determined to get mine aligned and tracking probably. Your guide help me achieve that goal. Clear Skies,
Wow, this is the most complete video I’ve found on Newtonian Equatorials. Got a Celestron 114 for Christmas about eight years ago and am just now really learning how to use it. Thanks a-lot.
This has been an amazing help for me, I purchased my first EQ scope today and I’m feeling pretty confident now! Just need to wait for some clear skys 🤞🏼
'Just back from getting a free reflector from a Craig's List ad. I'm a few minutes into your video and I've doubled my knowledge. thanks, 'thumbs up and I've subbed
Thank you very much for this helpful explanation of the puzzling multi-axis system! I definitely was fighting the design before; thanks for showing how to balance and move it. Total revelation! : )
Very, very helpful! Am following your instructions to the letter, and in a couple of hours will see the results. Thanks for taking the time to walk us through it!
Hey Chris what a great tutorial . I have had a telescope for many years but had to revisit some of the setup points you have gone through before i can show my grandchildren basic night sky objects , A super video thanks very much Steve in the UK,
Thank you for this video. I'm just starting out (mainly because my son wants to become an astromaster), and i learned quite a few things from your video. I am in the south, but not Australia 😂
Thanks for your very clear explanation of how to setup the mount. As I'm in Australia I'll need to align with the southern pole but I now have a much better knowledge of how to setup and use this type of mount.
Just bought the same Meade Polaris 130 eq as you used in the video. Seems to be a nicely made scope, obviously it's on the budget end of the scale as telescopes go but the optics look very sharp at that price. The only complaint I have is with the stand, the mount itself seems fine but the stand is quite wobbly. I found that the majority of the movement is in the plastic ends fitted to the legs where they join onto the mount, the metal leg is simply pushed into a plastic socket and secured with two little pop rivets, of course it's not a tight fit so there's lots of movement present in the assembly. However with mine I've been able to eliminate virtually of this movement by pouring epoxy resin into the joint, it now feels considerably more stable, even if there's a bit of a wind up the scope stays pretty much wobble free in the eyepiece. Hope this helps anyone else who's got the same scope. Cheers, good video BTW 👍😉
Excellent video! You filled in all the gaps I had in my knowledge of how to use my equatorial mount telescope and get it polar aligned. Cannot wait to go out later this evening and play with it again :)
I have almost identical telescope with a motor but it’s really hard to get it to work together with the telescope- can you offer some tips on how to get it to work?
Brilliant! Thank you, that made it so much clearer! I can now align my scope, AND as a bonus, I now know that the ring in the middle isn't broken! 😂 Great vid, happy to subscribe!
Just got the Celestron 127EQ for Christmas and had no idea how to set it up after the initial build. This video was excellent and showed so much in just 20 minutes. I feel ready to try it out tonight now! Very many thanks for taking the time to make it :-)
Thanks for posting such a great video. You covered all the minor details which a beginner is looking for. I particularly liked the way you explained , the sequence and context was very easy to follow .
You just need to tighten them enough that it doesn’t slide around on you, not all the way super tight. If you over-tighten them, it can bend the telescope tube. But by leaving them just tight enough to hold it in place, you can slide it around if you need to move the position of the eyepiece when you’re out viewing.
Thank you.. I am very new at this and was using only my camera, but I am struggling to balance the telescope when I attach the camera!!! any advice on this? I have a Nikon 850d.. which I guess is very heavy for the telescope.. or maybe it’s just me who can’t figure it out. Help!!!!
If you’re using this exact telescope then, yes, it’s too heavy for this rig. This beginner’s telescope isn’t good for photography. The mount doesn’t track automatically and is way to shaky.
What do I do if everything looks like it’s all upside down? I have a celestron powerseeker 127 EQ and when I set it all up everything is inverted. I tried looking at a far away house and the roof was on the bottom and the windows were on top. I don’t know what I did wrong
Very helpful! Question: If my mount is level, set to true north and altitude adjustment is properly set - would that be good enough for visual observations? I'll try both methods as soon as the clouds clear up!
Yes. If you’re just doing visual, just getting it level pointed to true north with the proper elevation set will be pretty good. You might occasionally have to adjust the declination knob as something drifts if it’s a little off. Whereas if it’s spot on you only have to turn the RA slow motion knob. But for most of the time, it’ll be fine. Once you do a full alignment on the North Star the first time, you’ll have the exact elevation set. From then on you can just set up and point to true north and you’re in business.
So most of my view to the North is blocked by trees, so I guess I'll point it south and use the South star? For setting the altitude adjustment, I have a latitude of 035°21-38"N. So I'm setting it to 35°?
If you’re in the northern hemisphere, which with that latitude you are, you can’t fix it on the South Pole. It’s below the horizon. If you can’t see the North Star you’ll have to look up your magnetic deviation and then use a compass to find north and then offset it the number of degrees to account for that deviation in your area. Although really, for visual use, just point it north and set the mount for 35° and you’ll be good enough.
It was really good and simple explanation. I have a question that once I polar aligned, then what should I do to my RA DIAL and DEC DIAL, I mean does I neet set it to both these dials to zero when Polaris is visible?
Honestly, I never set them as I don’t use them when I’m stargazing. I just use charts to find my way. But, if you want to use them, after you polar align, then center a star that you know in your eyepiece that is somewhere near the equator or ecliptic, and then set the dials to match its known coordinates. For instance, center up Betelgeuse in Orion and then look up its coordinates in your charts or app and set the dials to match and they’re set.
Were you able to follow my directions and get polar aligned? Have something you're having trouble with? Let me know if you have problems or questions and I'll try to reply back to everyone.
What size is your mirror. I have a Celestron Astroblaster 130, f650.
Thank you so much for this video. I was so frustrated last night when I first tried using it.lol
Do i have to wait for the north star to get high enough without touching the up/down control? can i lock on to it as soon as it crests the horizon?
@@poggergen1937 the North Star, or Polaris, doesn’t “crest”, it is fixed in the same position. This is why you align your mount to it. The rest of the sky revolves around it as the earth spins.
@@astrotourguide So at night, with everything aligned correctly, the up/down screw on my latitude, if i point at the north star it will be there? in my telescope’s home position?
Thank you so much for this video, it was the first video that I actually understood
Awesome! I'm glad it helped. Subscribe and stand by. I'll be uploading new content soon.
Thank you, finally a good video with a simple explanation for alignment
This is such a good video and thanks for explaining everything so clearly. I've had my telescope for a while so I've had to struggle through all these stages - if only this video had existed back then! I've never bothered polar aligning but I realised it's limiting my results so tonight is the night and your explanations will be in my head as I do it. Also, I never knew I could rotate the tube! I've always just thought, 'Ok, I can't look at this part of the sky because I'm too short to see through the eyepiece when it's sticking straight up like that.' Doh. :)
Finally I found a good Video that helps me understand that kind of telescope. I have a Celestron very similar to that one. Thanks!
I have been out of this hobby for over 40 years...to much time working and raising kids with my bride.Now in my 70's I have plenty of time unless my doctors start night shifts.
So when I jumped back in I purchased a C electron 127 equally but not using an equal much before I needed to preschool myself.
I did look at many TH-cam clips before yours and I wish I watched yours first. I found your presentation easy to understand and follow by you. giving a hands on easy to follow viewing..
So in a few weeks my tube will arrive and it will be a restart of a place I want more info on as with my beliefs I will hopefully will be smiling down upon my family.
One sky holds so many secrets and holds so many mysteries that would it not be so nice to solve at least one?
So to end I thank you enough to have hit the like and subscribe buttons!
Thanks again for your time and class!
The Fish up in snow covered and cold NY State ( Orange County )
Great video. We just got the Orion Observer 90 mm reflector telescope, and we use your video to guide us. Otherwise, we just gave up. The booklet instructions aren't very clear. Thanks again.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I had been frustrated for a while using this equatorial mount and didn't quite get how to locate a star I can't see! This helped me a lott thank you sir!
This is the first explanation iv actually understood 😂 fantastic tutorial sir. 🤜🤛
Thank you so much. I've been playing along with your video in daylight, can't wait to get set up tonight! I'm really excited!!!
Thank you! My dad gave me this telescope and this is the best advice I could find on how to get it set up.
Wow dear, knowledge video 💖💖💖,🙏 thank you 😊❤️ for sharing 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! I just bought our first telescope and it has an equatorial mount and this by far has been the most helpful tutorial I have found to date.
The best setup tutorial I have seen so far.
Well I gotta thank you for making this video, after watching dozens yours has literally rang every bell I need to set up my Celestron Astromaster 130ed md. I bought the scope for fun but wasnt having much until now! again...thanks a lot!
Thanks for the feedback! That’s exactly what I was hoping to do!
Excellent tutorial. Good job. Thank you
Great video!! Thanks so much. I wish the manufacturer had something like this that came with the telescope.
I have watched 8 of these videos and learned more from yours....thank you for posting this!
Thats the best explained equatorial tutorial vid I've ever seen. Tomorrow my 130mm skywatcher Eq2 will arrive.... Thank you for your helpfull information.
Thanks for the video! I finally fully understand how my Celestron mount works and how to align it correctly! Congratulations on the very clear explanation!
I'm glad it helped. It makes it worth the effort to do the video! Thanks for letting me know. :-)
Thank you for the great video. You are right about a Equatorial mount being a hobby killer. But I am determined to get mine aligned and tracking probably. Your guide help me achieve that goal.
Clear Skies,
Such an amazing way to explain the basics. Really helped a lot. Thanks man!
Your video rocked I was about ready to give up thank you so much
Wow, this is the most complete video I’ve found on Newtonian Equatorials. Got a Celestron 114 for Christmas about eight years ago and am just now really learning how to use it. Thanks a-lot.
Many thanks! not used my telescope for years and that was the perfect revision course!
This has been an amazing help for me, I purchased my first EQ scope today and I’m feeling pretty confident now! Just need to wait for some clear skys 🤞🏼
Thank you so much for this video !! Really helped me hugely !!
wow excellent video. you sir are a good teacher. thanks
Excellent video! It helps alot to get uncomplicated instructions to setup a telescope.
'Just back from getting a free reflector from a Craig's List ad.
I'm a few minutes into your video and I've doubled my knowledge.
thanks, 'thumbs up and I've subbed
Thank you very much for this helpful explanation of the puzzling multi-axis system! I definitely was fighting the design before; thanks for showing how to balance and move it. Total revelation! : )
Very, very helpful! Am following your instructions to the letter, and in a couple of hours will see the results. Thanks for taking the time to walk us through it!
Hey Chris what a great tutorial . I have had a telescope for many years but had to revisit some of the setup points you have gone through before i can show my grandchildren basic night sky objects , A super video thanks very much Steve in the UK,
Thank you! Just got mine and it's great to have a tutorial to follow!
Great video! We’re just getting started with the hobby and the explanations were great!
Thank you for this video. I'm just starting out (mainly because my son wants to become an astromaster), and i learned quite a few things from your video. I am in the south, but not Australia 😂
Very helpful, I’m very new to this and have an Astro tech 130, so all of what you covered is helpful.
Fantastic, even though I am in Australia 🇦🇺.
I have just bought a used scope and you have dispelled a lot of fear.
Thank you dude, very helpful and give me a giggle as well, keep it up!
Amazing explanation, thank you! Please post more vids, you're a natural teacher.
Thank you so much for this video. You anticipated all my questions and then answered them.
What a great and informative video, thank you very much for this valuable informations. Greetings from Costa Rica!
Thanks for your very clear explanation of how to setup the mount. As I'm in Australia I'll need to align with the southern pole but I now have a much better knowledge of how to setup and use this type of mount.
Just bought the same Meade Polaris 130 eq as you used in the video. Seems to be a nicely made scope, obviously it's on the budget end of the scale as telescopes go but the optics look very sharp at that price. The only complaint I have is with the stand, the mount itself seems fine but the stand is quite wobbly. I found that the majority of the movement is in the plastic ends fitted to the legs where they join onto the mount, the metal leg is simply pushed into a plastic socket and secured with two little pop rivets, of course it's not a tight fit so there's lots of movement present in the assembly. However with mine I've been able to eliminate virtually of this movement by pouring epoxy resin into the joint, it now feels considerably more stable, even if there's a bit of a wind up the scope stays pretty much wobble free in the eyepiece. Hope this helps anyone else who's got the same scope. Cheers, good video BTW 👍😉
Excellent video! You filled in all the gaps I had in my knowledge of how to use my equatorial mount telescope and get it polar aligned. Cannot wait to go out later this evening and play with it again :)
I am a beginner and I appreciated very much your guidance. Congratulations for the clarity!
Thank you for brightening things up in my messy mind.. get a better understanding of how to get things started especially when you're begginner.. 2 👍👍
I have almost identical telescope with a motor but it’s really hard to get it to work together with the telescope- can you offer some tips on how to get it to work?
This was so much help to a Newbie. Thank you.
Brilliant video! I'm new to stargazing and you have made it sound so simple compared to a lot of other videos out there.
Thank you sir for filling in the gaps.. Very informative..
Excellent video, spent a long time finding one that made sense
Lot information even to begin use the Polaris, professor! Not so easy! Thank you though!
So helpful. You're a star! Thank you!
Brilliant! Thank you, that made it so much clearer! I can now align my scope, AND as a bonus, I now know that the ring in the middle isn't broken! 😂
Great vid, happy to subscribe!
🤣🤣same, i thought it was broken for so long
Excellent tutorial! Thank you. It's definitely worth to learn how to use equatorial mounts.
This video was amazing and so informative. Thank you.
I have my first telescope and have a had a few struggles to set it up, thanks to your lesson I think I might just have worked it out.
Very helpful and well explained
Thanks for the advice.. Well Explained and easy to understand on how to set up newtonian telescope for all beginners . Nice!
Just got the Celestron 127EQ for Christmas and had no idea how to set it up after the initial build. This video was excellent and showed so much in just 20 minutes. I feel ready to try it out tonight now! Very many thanks for taking the time to make it :-)
Thanks for the video! It was excelent!
Thanks for posting such a great video. You covered all the minor details which a beginner is looking for. I particularly liked the way you explained , the sequence and context was very easy to follow .
Great vid dude. Very clear and useful.
Thank you very, very much! Very useful and clear explanation.
Good job
Great video!
At 12:03 the tube rings screws were not fully tighten. What was the reason?
You just need to tighten them enough that it doesn’t slide around on you, not all the way super tight. If you over-tighten them, it can bend the telescope tube. But by leaving them just tight enough to hold it in place, you can slide it around if you need to move the position of the eyepiece when you’re out viewing.
Thanks!
Excellent video man thank you!!
Excellent tutorial
I found it really annoying to do and the manual I had was hard to undersand. You made it all very clear thank you so much
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Good helpfull video ❤
Thank you.. I am very new at this and was using only my camera, but I am struggling to balance the telescope when I attach the camera!!! any advice on this? I have a Nikon 850d.. which I guess is very heavy for the telescope.. or maybe it’s just me who can’t figure it out. Help!!!!
If you’re using this exact telescope then, yes, it’s too heavy for this rig. This beginner’s telescope isn’t good for photography. The mount doesn’t track automatically and is way to shaky.
Thank you so much. VERY helpful and easy to follow.
Great video, looking forward to giving it a shot, thanks
Thanks for watching. Good luck!
Very nice video. Thanks.
Now I have clarity, thank you!
Excellently explained! Thank you!
Easy to understand first class job
Helpful! Blessings from the FW Texas Cultural District.
Very helpful! Thank you 👍
Excellent video - very clear. Thank you
What do I do if everything looks like it’s all upside down? I have a celestron powerseeker 127 EQ and when I set it all up everything is inverted. I tried looking at a far away house and the roof was on the bottom and the windows were on top. I don’t know what I did wrong
Thank you so much. Wonderful tips.
Thanks from France for your very clear explanations ! Very helpful to help me set up my equatorial mount. Cheers
Subscribed, great explanation, best one I've found 👍
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful.
I really appreciate the video u made, great teaching, I hope you get more subs because your worth watching...thanks.
Thanks so much! Stand by, I'll be uploading new videos again soon.
Nice explanations. Thanks heaps.
Very helpful, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video very helpful to me . Thank you.
Glad it helped! Thanks for letting me know. :-)
Great video bud
Thank you!
This is really helpful thanks
Very helpful! Question: If my mount is level, set to true north and altitude adjustment is properly set - would that be good enough for visual observations? I'll try both methods as soon as the clouds clear up!
Yes. If you’re just doing visual, just getting it level pointed to true north with the proper elevation set will be pretty good. You might occasionally have to adjust the declination knob as something drifts if it’s a little off. Whereas if it’s spot on you only have to turn the RA slow motion knob.
But for most of the time, it’ll be fine.
Once you do a full alignment on the North Star the first time, you’ll have the exact elevation set. From then on you can just set up and point to true north and you’re in business.
2:27: is it possible I see my eyelashes when I look into the scope? What's wrong?
Yep! Nothing’s wrong. Sometimes they just get in the way. 😎
So most of my view to the North is blocked by trees, so I guess I'll point it south and use the South star? For setting the altitude adjustment, I have a latitude of 035°21-38"N. So I'm setting it to 35°?
If you’re in the northern hemisphere, which with that latitude you are, you can’t fix it on the South Pole. It’s below the horizon. If you can’t see the North Star you’ll have to look up your magnetic deviation and then use a compass to find north and then offset it the number of degrees to account for that deviation in your area. Although really, for visual use, just point it north and set the mount for 35° and you’ll be good enough.
such a good video thank you.
BRILLIANT ! thank you !
It was really good and simple explanation. I have a question that once I polar aligned, then what should I do to my RA DIAL and DEC DIAL, I mean does I neet set it to both these dials to zero when Polaris is visible?
Honestly, I never set them as I don’t use them when I’m stargazing. I just use charts to find my way. But, if you want to use them, after you polar align, then center a star that you know in your eyepiece that is somewhere near the equator or ecliptic, and then set the dials to match its known coordinates. For instance, center up Betelgeuse in Orion and then look up its coordinates in your charts or app and set the dials to match and they’re set.
@@astrotourguide thanks for your prompt reply. OK will try soon the way you guided Thanks.
Can we use motor drive with it