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[sambathraj]

Nowadays, there are many articles about how to use the NexStar 8SE. However, 5-6 years ago, such resources were scarce, and I ended up storing the telescope in the garage because I couldn't see anything through it. Recently, I picked it up again and I am now enjoying the view. I will document my journey here so that anyone interested in starting with the telescope will find it useful.

 

I want to thank this community for helping me along the way. I will update this post as I publish more articles.

 

 

July/16/2025 - Initial Setup:

1. Unboxing the Next Star telescope: https://x.com/clears...032769662120276
2. Calibrating the telescope Using Star Align process: https://x.com/clears...050679357022558

Edited by sambathraj, 16 July 2024 - 11:48 AM.

[csa/montana]

Welcome to Cloudy Nights, glad to have you join us!  This thread is being moved to Celestron Computerized Telescopes, for better fit of topic.  Thank you for sharing your journey with this telescope with the membership here

[sambathraj]

Welcome to Cloudy Nights, glad to have you join us!  This thread is being moved to Celestron Computerized Telescopes, for better fit of topic.  Thank you for sharing your journey with this telescope with the membership here

Is there any way to keep updating the original post? I would like to continue the updates. The edit button is not visible anymore. 

[mlord]

For us mere mortals, EDIT is only available for the first 24-hours.

[Thrifty1]

For a quick example of how to do a manual 2-star alignment that works great for me, here is a video I made.

https://youtu.be/zD0...sKHurWrzvnk9mze