Celestron nextar 8se manual#
Celestron nextar 8se android#

Get a small mounting bracket and attach a compact camera to your telescope.

Get a small mounting bracket that attaches to your smartphone (Android or iPhone) and to an eyepiece, and then take photos.

iPhones with the NightCap app work the best.

Stand at the eyepiece with your smartphone and try to centre it by hand to take a pic of whatever youвЂ™re looking atвЂ¦not a very effective method most of the time.

Take photos with a tripod of the night sky.

You can do impressive but basic AP with an 8SE, itвЂ™s not designed for AP, not really. Tables and chairs and mounts, oh my, all travel basically as they are.

I use a large gym/travel bag for my scope. Nothing is going ANYWHERE I donвЂ™t want it to go. I use a grocery bin to carry all my accessories, and most of them are kept within plastic kitchenware containers with lockable lids. There are a lot of little parts and they can get lost easily. If you are viewing with children, a simple step stool of some sort can save a ton of grief trying to adjust to everyoneвЂ™s height. I have one with variable height which is great. I like being able to sit at the telescope and stare at a few things without having to stand for hours bending awkwardly for some objects. This is definitely not a priority, but a great tool to have if youвЂ™re explaining stuff to other people and you want to point to various stars. I prefer one with an optional white light for the end of the night when IвЂ™m packing up.

Great for showing respect for other astronomers (white light is deadly to night vision). TheyвЂ™re available everywhere, often even dollar stores, and thus not super expensive. Great if youвЂ™re using a deck or dock, also good even if youвЂ™re in dirt or sand and the legs вЂњsinkвЂќ. But again, you could wait and see if you have problems. I have had dew problems from time to time, but I wouldnвЂ™t say a lot, and I have no idea if my screen would have it without the shield. However, the added benefit is that it provides a light shield to the front of my scope. I donвЂ™t often observe into the morning hours, I donвЂ™t often observe on grass, and IвЂ™m not often observing for a long time for it to heat up. I donвЂ™t know that I use the вЂњdewвЂќ part that much. A simple sky map, a book, or an app, all of them will work to give you an idea of what is up there to look at.

Celestron nextar 8se manual#

But if someone rarely does manual spotting other than at the first couple of alignment stars, the red-dot might be good enough.Д®. The 8SE comes with a red-dot finder that just about everyone hates.

Celestron nextar 8se android#

Or use an app like GPS COORDINATES for your Android phone.Д. If you know where you are going beforehand, Google Maps will give you the coordinates. I need it to make sure the scope is level before trying to align.Д¬. A simple bubble level, or apps like Cliniometer for an Android phone. I have two old Powertanks and I may try to revive them to just use as a backup.Д«. I have the Celestron Lithium-Ion tank, which seems to work well for me, but I wouldnвЂ™t necessarily want to use it for a 12-hour viewing excursion. Nevertheless, here are my thoughts on some extra considerations.ДЄ. Obviously it all depends on what they want to look at the most and from where. But I did respond and thought I could maybe turn it into a post too.

I thought it would be an easy answer, and then realized it is almost as difficult to answer as what scope would be best for someone. A new owner of an older 8SE asked me what I thought were the priority accessories to get to go with the stock package (mount, OTA, and 25 mm Plossl).