How to Use Telescopes : How to Align Telescopes on Equatorial Mounts

[TacticalAtheist]

Fucking Adverts. :(

[bicnarok]

That is one smart mount, like a robot arm.

[crazyhamster51]

damn that thing big ;)

[montyladd]

I got a telescope about 5 years ago and i just opened it tonite hahah , but why the fuck do telescopes have a black cap over the front of them, and how wthe fuck do you see out !

[gregohks]

@montyladd Retard.Nuff said



[CutByAngels]

@montyladd I suggest you sell the scope...

[montyladd]

You are a moon man haha ! I dont know about you but in ireland where im from theres no visible stars during the day !

[EamonOregan]

@montyladd your a complete idiot.

[huangyu84]

great vid. helped me to align the telescope to the Polaris in the first time use within 5 min.

[BALLERSK]

wow that one must be expensive

[xXSparky117Xx]

It's really not that complicated. It's hard to explain simple things to an idiot, however.

[1966hero]

ok brainiac, why is he performing an equatorial allignment with an alt az telescope?

[1234abcd769]

@1966hero don't you see that he is using a wedge? so the mount is equatorial.

[boyinthehoodabdi]

hey there im a bigginer i want to buy a good teleskop :P which one should i buy? help plz

[Jordache22222]

nice



[sbrandes2001]

Now can you explain it so an Earthling can understand it? Ha! Completely lost...

[jreaper5000000]

man someone needs to teach this the cool way lol. your right when he said polzaris i was like "wtf" i don't even know how to look out of the god damn thing yet. cmon any begginer lessons for a reject like me.you teach a kid abc's first not f6cking shakespear first damn it.

[g00glian0]

@jreaper5000000 go elsewhere than idiot

[jreaper5000000]

@g00glian0 I DID LOL but u had to pull me back here with a stupid comment. make up your mind u either want me to go or stay.....see ya wouldn't wanna be ya

[TinselKoala]

Hearing you say that you are aligning on Polaris is enough for me. You already aren't doing it right...by aligning ON Polaris you are building in a 43 arc-minute error into your RA and DEC alignment.

The correct procedure is to align on a point about 1 and 1/2 the full moon diameter, towards the star Kocab in Ursa Minor. If you align exactly on the NCP your DEC (alt) motor will not have to keep making little jumps as it tries to compensate for your Polaris error.

[DASJOTUNHEIM666]

this is a fork on a wedge , no exactly an eq. eq is way easier

[jmmahony]

@DASJOTUNHEIM666

a fork on a wedge _is_ an eq mount. Eq just means a mount with one axis aimed at the pole. There are many types, but you're probably thinking specifically of the type known as a _German_ equatorial mount. 

[DASJOTUNHEIM666]

@jmmahony i stand corrected

[jcinaz]

The key thing to keep in mind about this method is that the OTA does not have to be perfectly parallel to the tines at the outset. But if you insist, use any device to measure the angle of the base (any arbitrary initial position will do) and then set the OTA to be at the 90 degree complement of that angle. At this point, the OTA is nearly perfectly parallel to the tines. After making the video adjustments several times, the OTA will be more accurately parallel to the tines.

More to come...

[SoumyaSumitra]

How far can i see with a FL 300mm of Objective and FL 15mm Plossl eyepiece Telescope?

[radiantracoon]

@SoumyaSumitra 20x magnification

[WeMustFindAWaySoon]

but way those words that cover the scene? dont understand

[leo08181]

i so need help on focusing on the telecope

[jjrichey]

eh, it was a little confuseing but it finally clicked for me. I wasn't rotating the support tines on my fork mounted C8 90 degrees after aligning w/ Polaris! Whoops!

[Petsku333]

I can't understand shit about this thing o.O

[noswonky]

Try doing that in the southern hemisphere.

[indianboy273]

i bought a telescope but did nt' knew how to use it,thanx for the info.

[BSmenot]

Man do I got a lot to learn..... I think I'll just scan the sky for UFO's

[beamqlaser]

Great, thanks for sharing. I just bought one.

[castle087]

Try copying this and paste it in the search engine

Meade ETX-125PE. Mounting & 2 star alignment (Alt/Az)

[castle087]

I have a meade with the "go to" computer feature...look up a "level north" video and it will make set up so much easier

[drm3107]

I'm just about to buy a telescope. This is really helpful. Thanks!

[Maxiball17]

@drm3107

idiot. this didnt help at all and i wasted money

[jhakasification]

Thanks for posting this video 'Dude' ;)

[Maxiball17]

@jhakasification

coming from a person who eats his own shit

[monkeyboy4746]

What he is saying is correct, you need to align the mechanical axis of the mount with the optical axis of the scope in order to ensure that the mount and scope are in sync. You can then use that alignment to polar align the mount with Polaris. He is showing the old school way of doing that, needless to say when you are buying a mount, make sure it has a built in polar aligning scope and you can bypass all this, or GOTO, where the computer does the alignment.

[pirate0bloodyskull]

this guys a douche and cant explain a single thing.

[j30ctown]

At 2:05, is speaker suggesting that I should actually put a level on the fork, and turn it till its level - or, if I have leveled my mount, and centered the RA, should it inherently be level?

Using a C8 on fork/wedge.

[vandeldog]

Thankyou have a awesome day

:) NICE dooood

[kc7fys]

This video is actually rather confusing. It needs more simple-to-complex explanation in the beginning.

[KatrinaGustavRuled]

i totally agree with you.

[calderposse]

@kc7fys agreed

[Pripyat1]

@kc7fys

Why? It is simple to understand the way he explained it.

[iw2mln]

Interesting and useful but please ... filter out wind noise with an high pass filter

[kc7fys]

Highpass filters will also filter his voice out--and anything else. A sock or any piece of cloth over the mic is enough.

[necusrocus]

You can set highpass filters to cut below any frequency, If you cut below 100 hz or so, it would kill most of the wind noise and wouldn't effect the vocal at all. But windscreens are the best solution.

[burbabe]

Great video and very helpful! Your method works very well and I appreciate your posting of this information.

[Lanciadeltaevo1]

Very well done. I have the ETX125 PE and i have to polar align that for astrophotography and with an F/15 focal length it is a huge pain!

Thank you for posting!

[meadeETX125pe]

Hello buddy, It etx125pe. I had a few problems so i had to shut my account down and open a new one.

I hope you accept my new friend invite.

[Lanciadeltaevo1]

Very well done :) I have the ETX125 PE and aligning that is a pain!!

Thank you for posting

[spartenforver]

very imformative..thxs for posting

[mrtheoden]

It's a Meade SCT (Schmidt Cassegrain). They're not cheap, several grand for the cheapest ones.

Dave

[abelcalifornia]

What kind of telescope was that? and what does it cost? I ask because I think I have the same one. (I think I got a good deal)