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Celestron Star Sense

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  • 04-07-2016 4:13am
    #1
    manicdee
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭


    Hello everyone.

    I was wondering if any of you, have used the Celestron Star Sense?
    Would you recommend it?


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    #2
    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    manicdee wrote: »
    Hello everyone.

    I was wondering if any of you, have used the Celestron Star Sense?
    Would you recommend it?
    Haven't used it, but it does sound like an interesting add-on over the old tried and tested Celestron Nexstar hand control aligment system.
    I am aware of some firmware issues from early on but they appear to be sorted by now.
    It all comes down to convience I suppose, the claimed time of a StarSense alignment would appear to be 3 minutes. The usual aligment time with Nexstar hand controller (for me on a CPC 925) is in or around 5/8 minutes.
    However the only thing that would stop me adding it to my kit is the price of €400 which to my mind is a bit too rich when I already have a integrated system (Nexstar) in place.

    Good discussion about Statsense on the Cloudy Nights forum http://www.cloudynights.com/topic/471930-celestron-starsense-autoalign/


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    #3
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    Agreed, the price is too steep to fix something that isn't broken.


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    #4
    rolion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,362 ✭✭✭rolion


    I'm using it,a brilliant piece of kit.
    Make sure its updated to latest firmware,both the unit handheld and the mount engines firmware.
    Coupled with the GPS unit,in few minutes I have the scope ready.
    Enjoy it !!


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