Thank you my friend. I wanted to make a section for southern hemisphere also. So i made a simulation with aligning to Octans constellation. I am curious if you are able to see them in polar scope from southern hemisphere. A fiend from Brisbane Australia told me that they are very dim.
@@GalaxyArtMedia Correct I just just make out three of the four stars in the asterism from my backyard Bortle 5. However from my dark sky site Bortle 3 they're fairly easy to see once you know what to look for.
Thank you very much 🥰 Jon. Is very usefull to have one. Also is great for timelapses and astro timelapse. Will upload videos on how to make timelapses also when i finish editing. I am making a series of tutorials for star Adventurer
I appear to have a massive blind spot when it comes to the dials on the back. I've never been able to work them out. Unfortunately, I still can't fathom what is supposed to be lined up with what and when, so I just guess.
You can try use them first as i did show in the video, and see if the time meridian calibration does match with your location, if not check the Instruction manual and see how to calibrate the time meridian indicator using the meridian off scale. Is very useful to use the graduation circles because it can tell you if the vertical line in polar scope is vertical and perpendicular with the earth, and if it is, you are ready to start the polar alignment using a phone app.
You turn the dial to the same date marking as i did in the video and if you have the tripod leveled you should have the middle line vertical, and after you can also the smartphone app to know where to place Polaris in the reticle of the star adventurer
Awesome video! Just one question... I got a Star Adventurer 2 Pro pack and when i see through the polar scope, the image is fully inverted. I mean horizontally and vertically too. When i adjust the Adventurer to the left, the image goes to the right and so on. Is this normal like that?
This is an excellent tutorial - short and to the point. Very helpful - thank you! Question for you - is it really necessary to adjust the dials on the back to align the reticle properly? I usually just loosen the clutch and rotate until the numbers on the reticle are sitting properly. By the way, great idea to mount the arm and weight before performing the polar alignment and checking for proper calibration of the polar scope each time.
Hello. Thank you very much. Glad you find the tutorial helpful. You can align also without using the dials and check visually if the vertical line is vertical but using the dial can help you get directly there if the tripod is aligned
Hello, thank you, glad you enjoyed the video. I got also the polar scope illuminator and adapter when i received the star adventurer set, you can check my first video when i also unboxed and i did show the accessories. if you do not buy the set and the illuminator is not included you can order it from any astro shop that have the sky watcher polar illuminator. Here is the link of the video : czcams.com/video/pXB4_DORyjM/video.html
my head hurts about 6 minutes in, what the hell is the time meridian, what is the graduation circle, the polar scope is an actual telescope?? 🤯I don't get any of this!
Those are the names, more information can find in the star adventurer manual, but simple answer: the polar scope is a small telescope used to align the mount with Polaris. you can sue the graduation circle to verify if the position of the tracker is good before the polar alignment, or you can estimate when looking in the polar scope that the vertical line is vertical, then you place Polaris in the same position as it shows the star adventurer app on your phone, or other polar alignment app
They can help you set the mount for polar alignment as i show in the video, also can help you find dso objects if you also make a setting circle for declination axis
@@GalaxyArtMedia The video does not show that. You just set the the zero and six on the reticule vertical and use the app. I can do that. What does the date and time do and what are the east/west markings on the date dial for. And what time are we using? Local time? The video does not show any of this does it? It's OK if you don't know.
@@jodyschultz5870 There a few pages on this in the manual to long to write in comments. you do not need to use the date and time circle to find position of Polaris if you use the phone app. please check the manual (online version) page 20-23 if you want more information or a video that is special for setting circles. For polar alignment using a phone app Follow the steps i show in the video
@@GalaxyArtMedia Thanks for the reply. The firs thing you need to understand is that I know how to polar align using various scops and apps or Sharpcap and an asi 120 and a guide scope with my CGX or ASPA via CPWI or drift in PHD2 etc. I have read the manual pages 21-23 and it does not have any information on how to USE the time and date circles. Appendix 1, pages 38-39 describe how to calibrate the date circle to Oct 31 but also no information on how to use the time and date to achieve a polar align. Do you know how to do that? You wont find it in the manual because it's not there!
@@jodyschultz5870 hello. I am not sure why you want to know this because you get more complicated but if you download the online instruction manual it says there at the pages i indicated. Google star adventurer instruction manual and download pdf. I only know theoretical how to do it from what i have read in the manual. I did not try because using the app is just easy and fast. Manual drift alignment i tryed though but it can take alot of time.
OK I finally was able to figure out how to use the time and date circles. Everything you say about the time and date circles is irrelevant. If you are using a phone app they should be totally ignored and have no effect on anything. The time and date circles need to be calibrated to where you are on the planet and then they can be used in the absence of a phone app. The process is a little bit involved and your explanation is incorrect and incomplete. I would be best if you remade the video, removing any reference to the time and date circles as it just adds confusion. Please note, it's no good telling me what it says in the manual because the technical writer that wrote that did a very bad job and it is also incomplete, which is probably why you are confused in the first place.
The video is not a setting circles video. Pleas read the title. You can find other videos with more information on what your looking for. What i said about setting circles using along the phone app is corect you can use them to see if the polar finder is in the right position. Regarding offsets depending of meridian lines and other information like that you can find in the manual or in videos tutorials that focus on this subject.
@@GalaxyArtMedia You are wrong. What you said about the circles is irrelevant. I now understand how to use them and you obviously do not. Some people just can't admit when they don't understand or when they are wrong. You use the circles OR a phone app. Not both. Using the time and date circles is way more complex than what you describe in the video which is just what it says in the manual which is totally incomplete. The reticule does not even have Polaris marked.
@@jodyschultz5870 No you are absolutely irrelevant. The video is 100% correct on the circles and the only point of that is to ensure that the reticle is set so that 0 is on top, 3 on the right, 6 at the bottom and 9 on the left. Then the app showing rotation to allow for checking polar alignment at a rotated position works correctly.
@@stevebarkes7939 Don't be ridiculous, why would you need time, date, just to set the reticule to vertical? Using time and date circles was how we used to do it before phone apps but now they are obsolete. It's still fun to do it the old way if you are a geek like me. Here is an explanation of how it works : czcams.com/video/wh5kipL1mPA/video.html In future pleas don't spew misinformation if you don't know what you are talking about.
@@jodyschultz5870 I watched the video you reference. Wonderful for polar aligning with nothing on the mount and counterweight down. But polar aligning with camera/scope on and pointed at a target is a different thing all together. The procedure listed here is supported by many other astrophotographers. I won't comment any more on this. Since you were "finally able to figure out" everything go right ahead and use it. The procedure in this video worked for me, and I didn't need to figure anything out.
Hello. Glad the video helped! Don t hesitate to check the channel.membership perks. A lot of astrophotoghy data is available to download for members, data captured also with the Skymax 127
To the point. Easy to follow. No nonsense. Great video friend
Thank you very much my friend! I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Very useful polar alignment tutorial, great starter tips!
Thanks so much! Clear sky my friend!
It's a very easy-to-understand and well-structured video.
Thank you so much Taro Seki San! Clear sky my friend!
Its pleasing to see you didn't neglect the southern hemisphere.
Thank you my friend. I wanted to make a section for southern hemisphere also. So i made a simulation with aligning to Octans constellation. I am curious if you are able to see them in polar scope from southern hemisphere. A fiend from Brisbane Australia told me that they are very dim.
@@GalaxyArtMedia Correct I just just make out three of the four stars in the asterism from my backyard Bortle 5. However from my dark sky site Bortle 3 they're fairly easy to see once you know what to look for.
Thank you for your video. I look forward to seeing more.
You are welcome. I am glad you enjoyed watching! I am finishing now a new video. How i made my telescop cover from a cheap heavy duty tarp.
Very usefull for beginers
Thanks a lot! Glad to hear that!
Very nicely explained. Thanks for sharing these important astrophotography tips 👌Looking forward to seeing new vlogs on your channel👌
Thank you 💗. Working to finish more videos. Glad you liked the tutorial!
Great video! I've been thinking about buying this setup. Thank you!
Thank you very much 🥰 Jon. Is very usefull to have one. Also is great for timelapses and astro timelapse. Will upload videos on how to make timelapses also when i finish editing. I am making a series of tutorials for star Adventurer
Very nice!
Thank you ❤️ Liviu
Great video and nicely explained. 👍
Glad you liked it Clear sky Jim!
I appear to have a massive blind spot when it comes to the dials on the back. I've never been able to work them out. Unfortunately, I still can't fathom what is supposed to be lined up with what and when, so I just guess.
You can try use them first as i did show in the video, and see if the time meridian calibration does match with your location, if not check the Instruction manual and see how to calibrate the time meridian indicator using the meridian off scale. Is very useful to use the graduation circles because it can tell you if the vertical line in polar scope is vertical and perpendicular with the earth, and if it is, you are ready to start the polar alignment using a phone app.
@@GalaxyArtMedia Thanks. I'm not usually thick, but I just can't get my head around what any of them refer to. I will work it out. Thankyou.
Does it always go to the middle line between 10 and 11 on the date dial, or does that get set on the date you are attempting an image?
You turn the dial to the same date marking as i did in the video and if you have the tripod leveled you should have the middle line vertical, and after you can also the smartphone app to know where to place Polaris in the reticle of the star adventurer
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Salut. Merci!
Very Good video! Thanks! 😀
Glad you liked it! Koszonom szepen
@@GalaxyArtMedia Do you speak Hungarian? 👏😀
@@torokzoltan4242 Only a few words i know. I have some Hungarian friends here in Romania. My name is half hungarian Ioan Nemes :)
Awesome video! Just one question... I got a Star Adventurer 2 Pro pack and when i see through the polar scope, the image is fully inverted. I mean horizontally and vertically too. When i adjust the Adventurer to the left, the image goes to the right and so on. Is this normal like that?
Hello. Thank you. Yes it is normal same way you will see through a telescope using an eyepice without a correcting star diagonal.
This is an excellent tutorial - short and to the point. Very helpful - thank you! Question for you - is it really necessary to adjust the dials on the back to align the reticle properly? I usually just loosen the clutch and rotate until the numbers on the reticle are sitting properly. By the way, great idea to mount the arm and weight before performing the polar alignment and checking for proper calibration of the polar scope each time.
Hello. Thank you very much. Glad you find the tutorial helpful. You can align also without using the dials and check visually if the vertical line is vertical but using the dial can help you get directly there if the tripod is aligned
Thank you so much, lovely tutorial, I finally understand the process.
I have a question, where can I find the adaptor for the black small light?
Hello, thank you, glad you enjoyed the video. I got also the polar scope illuminator and adapter when i received the star adventurer set, you can check my first video when i also unboxed and i did show the accessories. if you do not buy the set and the illuminator is not included you can order it from any astro shop that have the sky watcher polar illuminator. Here is the link of the video : czcams.com/video/pXB4_DORyjM/video.html
my head hurts about 6 minutes in, what the hell is the time meridian, what is the graduation circle, the polar scope is an actual telescope?? 🤯I don't get any of this!
Those are the names, more information can find in the star adventurer manual, but simple answer: the polar scope is a small telescope used to align the mount with Polaris. you can sue the graduation circle to verify if the position of the tracker is good before the polar alignment, or you can estimate when looking in the polar scope that the vertical line is vertical, then you place Polaris in the same position as it shows the star adventurer app on your phone, or other polar alignment app
I still have no clue what the time and date dials are for. Does anyone know?
They can help you set the mount for polar alignment as i show in the video, also can help you find dso objects if you also make a setting circle for declination axis
@@GalaxyArtMedia The video does not show that. You just set the the zero and six on the reticule vertical and use the app. I can do that. What does the date and time do and what are the east/west markings on the date dial for. And what time are we using? Local time? The video does not show any of this does it? It's OK if you don't know.
@@jodyschultz5870 There a few pages on this in the manual to long to write in comments. you do not need to use the date and time circle to find position of Polaris if you use the phone app. please check the manual (online version) page 20-23 if you want more information or a video that is special for setting circles. For polar alignment using a phone app Follow the steps i show in the video
@@GalaxyArtMedia Thanks for the reply. The firs thing you need to understand is that I know how to polar align using various scops and apps or Sharpcap and an asi 120 and a guide scope with my CGX or ASPA via CPWI or drift in PHD2 etc. I have read the manual pages 21-23 and it does not have any information on how to USE the time and date circles. Appendix 1, pages 38-39 describe how to calibrate the date circle to Oct 31 but also no information on how to use the time and date to achieve a polar align. Do you know how to do that? You wont find it in the manual because it's not there!
@@jodyschultz5870 hello. I am not sure why you want to know this because you get more complicated but if you download the online instruction manual it says there at the pages i indicated. Google star adventurer instruction manual and download pdf. I only know theoretical how to do it from what i have read in the manual. I did not try because using the app is just easy and fast. Manual drift alignment i tryed though but it can take alot of time.
OK I finally was able to figure out how to use the time and date circles. Everything you say about the time and date circles is irrelevant. If you are using a phone app they should be totally ignored and have no effect on anything. The time and date circles need to be calibrated to where you are on the planet and then they can be used in the absence of a phone app. The process is a little bit involved and your explanation is incorrect and incomplete. I would be best if you remade the video, removing any reference to the time and date circles as it just adds confusion. Please note, it's no good telling me what it says in the manual because the technical writer that wrote that did a very bad job and it is also incomplete, which is probably why you are confused in the first place.
The video is not a setting circles video. Pleas read the title. You can find other videos with more information on what your looking for. What i said about setting circles using along the phone app is corect you can use them to see if the polar finder is in the right position. Regarding offsets depending of meridian lines and other information like that you can find in the manual or in videos tutorials that focus on this subject.
@@GalaxyArtMedia You are wrong. What you said about the circles is irrelevant. I now understand how to use them and you obviously do not. Some people just can't admit when they don't understand or when they are wrong. You use the circles OR a phone app. Not both. Using the time and date circles is way more complex than what you describe in the video which is just what it says in the manual which is totally incomplete. The reticule does not even have Polaris marked.
@@jodyschultz5870 No you are absolutely irrelevant. The video is 100% correct on the circles and the only point of that is to ensure that the reticle is set so that 0 is on top, 3 on the right, 6 at the bottom and 9 on the left. Then the app showing rotation to allow for checking polar alignment at a rotated position works correctly.
@@stevebarkes7939 Don't be ridiculous, why would you need time, date, just to set the reticule to vertical? Using time and date circles was how we used to do it before phone apps but now they are obsolete. It's still fun to do it the old way if you are a geek like me. Here is an explanation of how it works : czcams.com/video/wh5kipL1mPA/video.html In future pleas don't spew misinformation if you don't know what you are talking about.
@@jodyschultz5870 I watched the video you reference. Wonderful for polar aligning with nothing on the mount and counterweight down. But polar aligning with camera/scope on and pointed at a target is a different thing all together. The procedure listed here is supported by many other astrophotographers. I won't comment any more on this. Since you were "finally able to figure out" everything go right ahead and use it. The procedure in this video worked for me, and I didn't need to figure anything out.
This helped me realize that my equipment was never well balanced because I was rotating the clutch ring the wrong way 🫠
Hello. Glad the video helped! Don t hesitate to check the channel.membership perks. A lot of astrophotoghy data is available to download for members, data captured also with the Skymax 127