It's super annoying that Skywatcher don't have their polar clock reticle aligned with 0 at the top when the scope is in home position. I cannot understand why they don't do this at the factory! Mine is rotated by several hours which makes polar alignment a pain.
You can rotate the reticle. Take off the outer ring, and then use a small nail or something, tapping gently with a rubber mallet, to rotate the inner ring. Gently. Tap once, check, tap again, check. then replace the outer retainer.
Hi, nice video ,but i have questions ,for example if by turning my RA 90 degrees i achieve the projected Polaris position ,should i just do it that way , or is there a way to "move " the "0" to be at the top with out turning your RA ,like manually rotating it to be at the top?thank you for your patience
g`day OPT good video .... i listened to the OPT space junk podcast on cameras (released this week) and thought it was great. i learned a lot from dustin and tony. i am looking forward to more on your astro gear talks on the podcasts..i wish these video were longer and a little more in depth but its good to get the basics of the subject as well.... i love astronomy so i am easy pleased.. thanks for these uploads cheers james D
Thank you very much! We are very glad you are enjoying these videos and our podcasts. We are trying to keep these videos as simple and easy to understand as we can for the beginners. Trying to find that right balance between basic and too much is a work in progress. I'm sure in the future we will release more in-depth advanced tutorials. Stay Tuned!
Nice a simple In my mouth polar clack is shift to the left when mount is in home position Do I have to fix the polar clock Or simply move the mount until clock position look straight up and than pound the star at needed time clock ?
Excelent! One question please: I just bought a new skywatcher120/1000 rig with manual equatorial neq5 and I'm still learning the equatorial (before it had a 70mm with altaz mount. Once I managed to put it in parking position (orient the tripod to the north with a quality compass, level the tripod , level right ascension and level declination and adjust latitude of Madrid), can I consider that alignment is good enough to visual moon and planet by using the A.R. manualy slow motion to track it ? Even if it is fake alignment? because sometimes you want to see the moon during the day or because there is something building, that does not allow you to see the polar. And if i lose the objet, can i correct the declination too? thank you again
How do you ensure the polar scope is at 12 and 6 o’clock and is truly vertical . I usually just do it by eye - but it seems like I should try to ensure it’s vertical with some precision - just don’t know how . Thank you
Unfortunately that is a method of polar aligning that we cant show at this moment due to us living in the Northern Hemisphere. We would HIGHLY recommend buying a QHY Polemaster which can help you get the perfect polar alignment to both the Northern and Southern hemispheres in under 5 mins. Check out our video posted a few weeks ago on how the Polemaster works. The tutorial is for the Northern Hemisphere, but it's pretty much the same method if you clicked Southern
celestron mounts have any star polar aline you can aline on any stars.. as i can not see the southern pole star and live in australia and one of the reasons i want a celestron CGX mount to replace my celestron evolution AZ mount is for this function on all celestron german equatorial mounts hope this info helps cheers james D
Thank you man. I just searched everywhere how to perfectly align with the NCP. Oh my gosh. But I have question. I have a GoTo Telescop, I don't need to find the Celestial Pole when using the azmuth mount right? I should only point the telescope tube to the north and than to proceede the 3 star alignment?
On the Skywatcher EQ6 Pro - Do you have to purchase the additional Polemaster accessory in order to polar align or is there an optical/by eye device built in? Thank you
Hi there, would we need the QHYCCD polar camera with the EQ6-R Pro mount or the internal illuminated polar clock allows us to do proper polar alignment?
You don't need the mount to be on to look through the polar scope and polar align but it is recommended that it is on and tracking so that once you are polar aligned and things are locked down, its already perfectly tracking.
If I remember correctly, well at least the way I used to do it, you put it on a spot on the scope that touches a circle around the center. To save my self the headache of doing that I bought qhyccd polemaster, and I would recommend the same to you if you need to go to a dark location and want to save as much time as you can in the initial setup.
I would like to see this explained for the Southern Hemisphere, that part that is on the bottom of the World, every video I see is for the Northern Hemisphere. It is as if the bottom part of the World does not exist!
While getting it directly in line with the Southern Celestial Pole it quite difficult (as the polar star has a magnitude range between 5.45 and 5.50), it is possible to get it close to it. Draw an imaginary line from the long axis of Crux for about 4-5 times its length, and then drawing another imaginary line, this time perpendicular from the middle of the 2 pointers (Alpha and Beta Centuari). These two lines should be at a point that is approximately the Southern Celestial Pole. For more information, check out www.lincolnharrison.com/blog-index/southern-hemisphere-polar-alignment.
the shaft for the Dec blocks the polar scope, so there is a hole drilled thru it for polar alignment when rotated 90 degrees, also rotating the the dec 90 degrees moves the main scope out of the way so you can access the polar scope.
He tells you what you need to do, but doesn't tell you how to do it. Like how do you rotate the polar scope to be oriented correctly? Not very useful guys, you can do better than this.
We feel this video caters more to the beginners who are just learning this for the first time or just need help with the basics. We will go more in-depth with some more advanced techniques in the future.
@@OPTTelescopes Hardly catered to beginners. That set-up he has is way more machine than I have. I have watched the video three times, and I still don't know how to polar align my pitiful PowerSeeker. I'm searching the internet to find out what I am doing wrong. Guess I'll keep searching.
@@f32440i It's not a troll, there is no need to level. you align the mount to the pole anyway, the position of the mount relative to the ground is irrelevant
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went too fast how do you align a polar clock, mine is eons off
have to put mount upside down to get 0 at the top
It's super annoying that Skywatcher don't have their polar clock reticle aligned with 0 at the top when the scope is in home position. I cannot understand why they don't do this at the factory! Mine is rotated by several hours which makes polar alignment a pain.
Agreed pain in the ass skywatcher
You can rotate the reticle. Take off the outer ring, and then use a small nail or something, tapping gently with a rubber mallet, to rotate the inner ring. Gently. Tap once, check, tap again, check. then replace the outer retainer.
@@mesenteriathanks. In fact I now get NINA to do my polar alignment automatically. Works beautifully and I can get down to 10 arcsec easily.
Perfect !
Concise and to the point . So many other videos tutorials butcher this simple procedure ( and take 30 min to do it )
Thanks again !!
We're glad you found the video helpful!
Great information. Some people on TH-cam make it into a dark art . Thanks
Awesome guys! Keep these tutorials coming ;)
Thanks! Will do! So much more to come!! Keep up the amazing work on your channel as well! We love what you're doing.
Hi, nice video ,but i have questions ,for example if by turning my RA 90 degrees i achieve the projected Polaris position ,should i just do it that way , or is there a way to "move " the "0" to be at the top with out turning your RA ,like manually rotating it to be at the top?thank you for your patience
g`day OPT good video .... i listened to the OPT space junk podcast on cameras (released this week) and thought it was great. i learned a lot from dustin and tony. i am looking forward to more on your astro gear talks on the podcasts..i wish these video were longer and a little more in depth but its good to get the basics of the subject as well.... i love astronomy so i am easy pleased.. thanks for these uploads
cheers
james D
Thank you very much! We are very glad you are enjoying these videos and our podcasts. We are trying to keep these videos as simple and easy to understand as we can for the beginners. Trying to find that right balance between basic and too much is a work in progress. I'm sure in the future we will release more in-depth advanced tutorials. Stay Tuned!
I did this. Went to 1 star alignment and did moon and its never center. Its a good bit away
This is a very helpful video. Thanks!
You're welcome, and thanks for the kind words!
GREAT CLEAR STEPS..CHEERS
Would like to see the full three star alignment process using the SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTi. Thanks!
Very helpful. Thanks
Nice a simple
In my mouth polar clack is shift to the left when mount is in home position
Do I have to fix the polar clock
Or simply move the mount until clock position look straight up and than pound the star at needed time clock ?
How do you change the orientation of the clock in the polar scope? Mine is like an X, rather than +. Any advise would be gratefully received.
I made hundreds of polar alignments with my Skywatcher Eqm35 pro and I never needed to turn the declination axis.
It varies from mount to mount, but a good handful of mounts require you to. We figured it was best to put in for those it applies to.
@@OPTTelescopes Yes i know. :)
только как убедиться. что 0 стоит ровно? кроме того чтобы выставить ноль приходится немного открутить искатель полюса, но тогда он начинает шататься)
Thank You for the Share
You bet!
how do you do this in the southern hemisphere? you cant see polaris here!
Excelent! One question please: I just bought a new skywatcher120/1000 rig with manual equatorial neq5 and I'm still learning the equatorial (before it had a 70mm with altaz mount. Once I managed to put it in parking position (orient the tripod to the north with a quality compass, level the tripod , level right ascension and level declination and adjust latitude of Madrid), can I consider that alignment is good enough to visual moon and planet by using the A.R. manualy slow motion to track it ?
Even if it is fake alignment? because sometimes you want to see the moon during the day or because there is something building, that does not allow you to see the polar. And if i lose the objet, can i correct the declination too?
thank you again
What if I don't have a polar scope?
Thanks man! but my telescope mount doesn't have the clock thing, its just a hole and has no clock, idk what to do.
I'm sure you've figured it out already, but there's different polar scopes. check out Trevor's video on polar alignment :)
How do you ensure the polar scope is at 12 and 6 o’clock and is truly vertical .
I usually just do it by eye - but it seems like I should try to ensure it’s vertical with some precision - just don’t know how .
Thank you
I believe this can be done by using a bubble level on each axis.
What if Polaris is not visible or in southern hemisphere
Unfortunately that is a method of polar aligning that we cant show at this moment due to us living in the Northern Hemisphere. We would HIGHLY recommend buying a QHY Polemaster which can help you get the perfect polar alignment to both the Northern and Southern hemispheres in under 5 mins. Check out our video posted a few weeks ago on how the Polemaster works. The tutorial is for the Northern Hemisphere, but it's pretty much the same method if you clicked Southern
celestron mounts have any star polar aline you can aline on any stars.. as i can not see the southern pole star and live in australia and one of the reasons i want a celestron CGX mount to replace my celestron evolution AZ mount is for this function on all celestron german equatorial mounts hope this info helps
cheers
james D
Thank you man. I just searched everywhere how to perfectly align with the NCP. Oh my gosh.
But I have question. I have a GoTo Telescop, I don't need to find the Celestial Pole when using the azmuth mount right? I should only point the telescope tube to the north and than to proceede the 3 star alignment?
Indeed with a fork mount you just need to place the telescope in its default position facing north.
How do I align/move the polar scope? it's like rotated and i bought it second hand without any manuals...
You should be able to turn the ocular of the polar scope. And for the Skywatcher mount you use the big nobs of the mount to move them.
On the Skywatcher EQ6 Pro - Do you have to purchase the additional Polemaster accessory in order to polar align or is there an optical/by eye device built in? Thank you
The polar alignment tool is part of the mount itself, exactly as you see in this vid ;)
Hi there, would we need the QHYCCD polar camera with the EQ6-R Pro mount or the internal illuminated polar clock allows us to do proper polar alignment?
You never need a camera for aligning the mount.
does the mount need to be turned on to do this? I turn on my HEQ5 pro and the red light turns on but I can not see any stars because of it
You don't need the mount to be on to look through the polar scope and polar align but it is recommended that it is on and tracking so that once you are polar aligned and things are locked down, its already perfectly tracking.
But you never say where to put polls in the scope, at the cross hairs or some where else???
If I remember correctly, well at least the way I used to do it, you put it on a spot on the scope that touches a circle around the center. To save my self the headache of doing that I bought qhyccd polemaster, and I would recommend the same to you if you need to go to a dark location and want to save as much time as you can in the initial setup.
I would like to see this explained for the Southern Hemisphere, that part that is on the bottom of the World, every video I see is for the Northern Hemisphere. It is as if the bottom part of the World does not exist!
While getting it directly in line with the Southern Celestial Pole it quite difficult (as the polar star has a magnitude range between 5.45 and 5.50), it is possible to get it close to it. Draw an imaginary line from the long axis of Crux for about 4-5 times its length, and then drawing another imaginary line, this time perpendicular from the middle of the 2 pointers (Alpha and Beta Centuari). These two lines should be at a point that is approximately the Southern Celestial Pole. For more information, check out www.lincolnharrison.com/blog-index/southern-hemisphere-polar-alignment.
Sucks to suck my man.
Absolutely no use in Sthn Hemi
I would make sure to calibrate your polar scope first some of them are not accurate...
Agreed! We plan on doing a video on how to do that in the future. Its an important step!
why does the polar scope only work when the dec is rotated 90 degrees? There must be a reason for this, but what is it?
the shaft for the Dec blocks the polar scope, so there is a hole drilled thru it for polar alignment when rotated 90 degrees, also rotating the the dec 90 degrees moves the main scope out of the way so you can access the polar scope.
@@clearush you bit his bait
@@f32440i actually it was a genuine question! 🤦♂️ (I understand now)
He tells you what you need to do, but doesn't tell you how to do it. Like how do you rotate the polar scope to be oriented correctly? Not very useful guys, you can do better than this.
Yea I need help with aligning the polar clock, how to you adjust that.
Waaaay oversimplified. :/
We feel this video caters more to the beginners who are just learning this for the first time or just need help with the basics. We will go more in-depth with some more advanced techniques in the future.
@@OPTTelescopes Hardly catered to beginners. That set-up he has is way more machine than I have. I have watched the video three times, and I still don't know how to polar align my pitiful PowerSeeker. I'm searching the internet to find out what I am doing wrong. Guess I'll keep searching.
Leveling an equatorial mount is completely unnecesary for polar alignment... not sure why so many people are convinced otherwise.
OK troll 😂
@@f32440i It's not a troll, there is no need to level. you align the mount to the pole anyway, the position of the mount relative to the ground is irrelevant