i got my 6se last summer. I spent the entire summer trying to align it to be able to use the go to computer. I read through stacks of directions, asked questions in blogs, and watched countless terrible "you tube" videos on how to do it because no matter what i did, i could not align this thing. after a few evenings out I managed to get it to say "alignment complete" and with great excitement hit the button to take me to the moon ( just a quick first command). The telescope started moving on its own, doing its thing, and it stop. It stopped on the opposite side of the sky. Disappointed i completely gave up. Being a first-time scope user i was just excited to look at Saturn and the moon and things of the sort. I tried a couple times later in the season to align again and never could do it. So, in the frigid cold of northern PA i have retired the scope for the winter and decided to learn more about it before spring comes. This is the first video on my curriculum, and you sir are a genius. You see in all my trying and learning not one resource ever told me about the calibration part. Thank you so very much, you have been my #1 teacher and now my mentor. You are awesome and your video was nice and informative and easy for beginners to understand. Thank you
Thank You for the video. You're the only person that has mentioned calibrating the system first before aligning. The suggestion with the tape on the legs was very good as I always set the legs out to the maximum forgetting that my wife is a foot shorter than I am. I start letting her play along with me from now on.
Thanks for the video, I was hesitating at buying this scope, but after your video I did purchased it with all of the kit that comes with it (lens/filter and the battery/flash light) Clear Skies !
Your video is just what I was looking for..... either it's not in the manual, I missed it.... and certainly no one told me to calibrate before trying to align. The manual says it's ok to use planets to align.... but this is not recommended per many forums. I've been to a small star party and an astrophotographer for help.... and both events were disasters in terms of me being humiliated and frustrated by their egos and my insecurity. Can't wait to try again ;-)
Im new into this. Two weeks ago got my new 8se, Learn to handle it trough a lot of reading and web search. Thanks for your videos very informative,really enjoy them especially the web cam mod. and the wooden wedge. Thanks.
Thanks for putting these videos out there, I'm getting a lot out of them and I'm thinking I will get the 8SE as soon as I can build up the funds. I also like your video that shows the wedge you built. I think with the close-ups you have on that video I should be able to build my own. The fine adjustment knob you have on the wedge looks good. I think there must be a lot of people out there like me that is interested in your wedge, maybe after I build mine I will also make a video on how to build one. I really don't see anywhere on UA-cam anyone showing dimensions and how to build one. But your video does have one of the best views of it and should be fairly simple to copy. So, another big thanks to you!!
Thanks so much for this video. I just received mine 2 days ago. Of course the weather is yukky and I have aches and pains associated with the cold, but I did manage to take it out tonight. The scope is to die for. so cool, now I just have to remember to focus with it. I did manage to find the moon without too much trouble, now to focus. Kinda funny tho, I had just mentioned to my daughter I wished it had the GOTO button, and then you showed me how to activate it. I cant wait to see what I can see with it. My only trouble is it is too heavy for someone like myself with very bad knees. Once again, thanks for this video
Thank You Friend Great Information,I Found putting the supplied bubble level on top center of the battery tray over the NexStar label works as well at leveling . So now I Know where it is all the time.
Very helpful thank you. I was having trouble aligning my 6se it kept saying alignment failed. I now know I have to calibrate first thanks to your video. 👍🏻👍🏻😁
Thank you so much you’re the first one to show the power supply. Is that plugging the telescope into the cigarette lighter in the power supply? I couldn’t tell in the video. Does the power supply come with the cord to charge it in the wall? Thanks
Just bought a second hand 6 se(my first proper scope) and it is a beauty. in the instruction manual on Star Pointer operation it tells you how to use it and after that in bold, quote, Remember to remove the plastic cover over the battery and always turn the power off after you have found an object. This will extend the life of both the battery and the LED, unquote, Question? Why does leaving the cover on drain power? it is there to protect surely? am going to remove when not in use and replace when in use to be safe. Excellent Tutorial, I built mine with you instructing, many thanks.
Yes you can operate it manually but, it is not recomended that you just move it with your hands. You can use the hand control to move the scope where ever you want. Thanks for watchin!
Thank you! I keep telling people to use a higher magnification eyepiece to align their finder scopes because if you use a 23mm or above and then if a person switches to a 9mm or higher, then the field of view changes and the object your looking at will not be in the field of view. Plus eyepieces vary in FOV. :)
To make a fake alignment on this telescope the best and easiest way I found was to do a Solar Align. If you are doing it during the day just go outside and roughlly track the position of the sun. Then come back inside your house and fake pint to the sun as your alignment solar system object. This should work but remember not to pint the telescope to the sun for real if you don't have the propper filter. Thanks for watching and clear skies!
Yes, you can use it for astrophotography with the propper equipment. To answer your second question I will say that, yes you can see planets, stars, double stars, nebulae and even the andromeda galaxy, it all depends on how dark is the sky in your site. Thanks for wathing and commenting!!
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Thanks, i said that becouse I'm from Costa Rica and i wanna buy one, but if the telescope dosen't work in the future my only oportunity would be to operated manually, no one in my country can fix a telescope.
Really enjoyed this video, I am just starting and trying to decide which Telescope to buy. I think it would be helpful if you could also walk us through a photography setup,. I know there is a tilt feature on the 6SE to stay in alignment, not sure I understand this. Thanks again are you still satisfied with the 6SE ?
The "Tilt feature" you are referring too is an equatorial wedge placed under the scope to create the proper polar alignment in Equatorial mode. That is better for tracking and photography. You just setup "Equatorial Mode" in the controller and your good to go. Celestron has one for sale, or DIY Build one your self.
Thanks once again a good Instructional vid Can you tell me how to do a Fake Allighnment on the 6SE so that I can set up my GoTo in the day time to check that Stalarium and my scope are Scynced together Regards Mike from Scotland
Unfortunately you can't. If you try something else than the T-adapter and ring you risk your self on dropping the camera and therefore damaging it. There are some other ways to attach it but they all involve acquiring some sort of adapter. Thanks for watching my videos and... Clear Skies!!
Thanks. Enjoyed your presentation. You did not show where you plugged in the powerpack (at the powerpack itself). Is it one of the large ports (cigarette lighter)?
Hello baiter, I have brought the Nexstar 4SE and I also have a digital Canon Camera. Is it possibile to attach it without buying the T-Ring and T-Adapter? If so do you have any video tutorials on doing so? Thanks for the video it was much help!
great info... just quick questions what are the chances of aa batteries getting leaked or stuff up your telescope if eft for 2 long. 2ndly is there big difference between 8se and 6se detail view of moon and jupiter etc. regards
Great stuff loved it. I'm thinking of buying a scope and still undecided it must have goto as I'm a neewbe so it could be a Konos goto 90 or the 130 or one like yours, What would you recomend?
Hi, Thanks for the video, hello I'm from chile and I am interested in buying this telescope from amazon, but I have a doubt, this telescope is used to astrography and the other is if he looks through the telescope can see the stars or some nebulous, please answer
Does the power pack come with the telescope? Or an extra? I just ordered 1 today and AAFES wasn't clear about what all you get in the package. Military, go figure. Thanks for a response.
Already some comments: 1. You didn't show how to put on the accessory tray on the tripod 2. You didn't show what the "tapes" look like nor the increment numbers, ticks or marks on the tripods. 3. What's the reason for the 3, 6, or 9 volt plugs? 4. So how do I move the red dot finder so it and the scope are looking at the same object?
Comets will never be added to the object database, as they are relatively fast-moving transient phenomena and are only visible for a limited time while they are within the solar system, approaching or leaving the vicinity of the sun.
You will be able to take photos with a camera, but with this type of mount you can not do long exposure photography. For long exposure photography you will need a computerized German Equatorial mount.
Im looking to buy a telescope and i have been looking at this one. I don't know much but i want a good telescope that can look at a lot more than the moon. Is this telescope powerful enough to zoom far into the moon but also look at other planets and deep sky? Is the picture of a cassegrain high quality, or is a refractor a higher Quality picture?
I need help my telescope won't allow me to use the hand controller it says when i turn it on, error 17 improper model (Some features won't work properly) and i push buttons it says error 16 improper model (Some features won't work properly) ):
Baltier, What type or make Web Cam & adapter do you recommend? Is the quality of capture very good? I downloaded a free 30 day trial program called Snag-it, it allows you to freeze a video frame and capture the particular frame you want out of the video once the video is captured to your computer, it works great, I also captured this You Tube video with Snag-it for reference, it copies video with sound also. When I get my 8se scope to set up at a site I will use your video as a reference with my laptop in the field....Have you tried a 2x or 3x Barlow with your eye pieces? What about using a Baader 8 to 24X zoom eyepiece instead of individual eye pieces? Your opinion is greatly appreciated....Thanks!
TheHickiesFTW I love the goto mount on the SE model but hate the fact that it won't let you move the scope manually . This is the only advantage I'd give to Meade mounting system.
i got my 6se last summer. I spent the entire summer trying to align it to be able to use the go to computer. I read through stacks of directions, asked questions in blogs, and watched countless terrible "you tube" videos on how to do it because no matter what i did, i could not align this thing. after a few evenings out I managed to get it to say "alignment complete" and with great excitement hit the button to take me to the moon ( just a quick first command). The telescope started moving on its own, doing its thing, and it stop. It stopped on the opposite side of the sky. Disappointed i completely gave up. Being a first-time scope user i was just excited to look at Saturn and the moon and things of the sort. I tried a couple times later in the season to align again and never could do it. So, in the frigid cold of northern PA i have retired the scope for the winter and decided to learn more about it before spring comes. This is the first video on my curriculum, and you sir are a genius. You see in all my trying and learning not one resource ever told me about the calibration part. Thank you so very much, you have been my #1 teacher and now my mentor. You are awesome and your video was nice and informative and easy for beginners to understand. Thank you
Thank You for the video. You're the only person that has mentioned calibrating the system first before aligning. The suggestion with the tape on the legs was very good as I always set the legs out to the maximum forgetting that my wife is a foot shorter than I am. I start letting her play along with me from now on.
Extremely helpful!!!! My son and I just followed you instruction and it worked like a dream. Thx so much
Thank you, awesome job of explaining how to get started with this particular scope.
Thanks for the video, I was hesitating at buying this scope, but after your video I did purchased it with all of the kit that comes with it (lens/filter and the battery/flash light)
Clear Skies !
Your video is just what I was looking for..... either it's not in the manual, I missed it.... and certainly no one told me to calibrate before trying to align. The manual says it's ok to use planets to align.... but this is not recommended per many forums. I've been to a small star party and an astrophotographer for help.... and both events were disasters in terms of me being humiliated and frustrated by their egos and my insecurity. Can't wait to try again ;-)
Great quick setup tips. Looks pretty easy! Getting mine later today!
next Tuesday I get my NexStar 6, I will be very attentive to your video while armo. Thanks for sharing this information.
Im new into this. Two weeks ago got my new 8se, Learn to handle it trough a lot of reading and web search. Thanks for your videos very informative,really enjoy them especially the web cam mod. and the wooden wedge. Thanks.
Thanks for putting these videos out there, I'm getting a lot out of them and I'm thinking I will get the 8SE as soon as I can build up the funds. I also like your video that shows the wedge you built. I think with the close-ups you have on that video I should be able to build my own. The fine adjustment knob you have on the wedge looks good. I think there must be a lot of people out there like me that is interested in your wedge, maybe after I build mine I will also make a video on how to build one. I really don't see anywhere on UA-cam anyone showing dimensions and how to build one. But your video does have one of the best views of it and should be fairly simple to copy. So, another big thanks to you!!
Thanks for watching, I'm glad it help you.
Man, I wish the Celestron guys could see this. It's free advertisement for them :)
Clear Skies!!
Please Can I use mirror 2 inch to celestron nexstar 6se
Thanks so much for this video. I just received mine 2 days ago. Of course the weather is yukky and I have aches and pains associated with the cold, but I did manage to take it out tonight. The scope is to die for. so cool, now I just have to remember to focus with it. I did manage to find the moon without too much trouble, now to focus. Kinda funny tho, I had just mentioned to my daughter I wished it had the GOTO button, and then you showed me how to activate it. I cant wait to see what I can see with it. My only trouble is it is too heavy for someone like myself with very bad knees. Once again, thanks for this video
Thank You Friend Great Information,I Found putting the supplied bubble level on top center of the battery tray over the NexStar label works as well at leveling . So now I Know where it is all the time.
I allways wear a headlamp with a red light to set up in the dark, ideally you want to go out at least 2hrs after sunset. Good clear video
Thinking about this scope. This was a very well presented video! Thanks,
Very helpful thank you. I was having trouble aligning my 6se it kept saying alignment failed. I now know I have to calibrate first thanks to your video. 👍🏻👍🏻😁
Thank you for taking the time to present this video. The tips are very useful!
Thanks for a se-6 tips I had one for 2 years, and haven't used it very little
Thank you so much you’re the first one to show the power supply. Is that plugging the telescope into the cigarette lighter in the power supply? I couldn’t tell in the video. Does the power supply come with the cord to charge it in the wall? Thanks
Thank you. It was very helpful. I can't wait to get started.
Thank you so much for your presentation on setting up my celestron 6se telescope...I really really appreciate
Thanks for posting this useful video on the Nexstar 6se!
Great video! Very helpful to me. Do you have a video on setting the backlash?
Yes, please, make a video when you get the DSLR camera, and if you can please make a review. Very good video, Thanks!!
Just bought a second hand 6 se(my first proper scope) and it is a beauty. in the instruction manual on Star Pointer operation it tells you how to use it and after that in bold, quote, Remember to remove the plastic cover over the battery and always turn the power off after you have found an object. This will extend the life of both the battery and the LED, unquote, Question? Why does leaving the cover on drain power? it is there to protect surely? am going to remove when not in use and replace when in use to be safe. Excellent Tutorial, I built mine with you instructing, many thanks.
Very good tips there! Thank you very much!
Dude, I love your videos. Very professional and informative.
This is a good telescope for long exposures. In order to get long exposures it is recomended that you get a telescope wedge and autoguide system.
Thanks man. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Clear Skies!!
Thank you for this. Will try out these tips with my new 8SE :)
Thank you very much!
Yes you can operate it manually but, it is not recomended that you just move it with your hands. You can use the hand control to move the scope where ever you want.
Thanks for watchin!
Thank you so much for this information it really helped.
GOOD DEMONSTRATION OF SETUP, YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED...
Thank you! I keep telling people to use a higher magnification eyepiece to align their finder scopes because if you use a 23mm or above and then if a person switches to a 9mm or higher, then the field of view changes and the object your looking at will not be in the field of view. Plus eyepieces vary in FOV. :)
It was on sale at Costco for 700-800. Great price, amaazing telescope.
Thanks for the comments! I'm in the process of buying a DSLR camera for my telescope. When I do, I will certainly make a video.-Thanks.
Thank You for the informative video.
Thanks. I got a few good pointers.
Where did you get that huge moon picture? Is it a wall sticker?🤔
😮 the cable that attaches the telescope to the computer, do you have a link for that so I can order one?
To make a fake alignment on this telescope the best and easiest way I found was to do a Solar Align. If you are doing it during the day just go outside and roughlly track the position of the sun. Then come back inside your house and fake pint to the sun as your alignment solar system object. This should work but remember not to pint the telescope to the sun for real if you don't have the propper filter.
Thanks for watching and clear skies!
Nice video. Can you do one on attaching a DSLR to the SE telescope? Many thanks!
Yes, you can use it for astrophotography with the propper equipment. To answer your second question I will say that, yes you can see planets, stars, double stars, nebulae and even the andromeda galaxy, it all depends on how dark is the sky in your site.
Thanks for wathing and commenting!!
Thanks, i said that becouse I'm from Costa Rica and i wanna buy one, but if the telescope dosen't work in the future my only oportunity would be to operated manually, no one in my country can fix a telescope.
Really enjoyed this video, I am just starting and trying to decide which Telescope to buy. I think it would be helpful if you could also walk us through a photography setup,. I know there is a tilt feature on the 6SE to stay in alignment, not sure I understand this. Thanks again are you still satisfied with the 6SE ?
The "Tilt feature" you are referring too is an equatorial wedge placed under the scope to create the proper polar alignment in Equatorial mode. That is better for tracking and photography. You just setup "Equatorial Mode" in the controller and your good to go. Celestron has one for sale, or DIY Build one your self.
nasanction is it hard to build a wedge on your own?
Thanks once again a good Instructional vid Can you tell me how to do a Fake Allighnment on the 6SE so that I can set up my GoTo in the day time to check that Stalarium and my scope are Scynced together
Regards Mike from Scotland
The hole set with the power tank and eyepiece set was about $700, but is worth every single penny.
Thanks for watching, Clear Skies!!
Nice helpful video - thanks!
Wanted to add to my comment, the Azimuth mount should be good for up to 30 sec exposures without seeing star streaks.
Great video. Thank you!
Unfortunately you can't. If you try something else than the T-adapter and ring you risk your self on dropping the camera and therefore damaging it. There are some other ways to attach it but they all involve acquiring some sort of adapter.
Thanks for watching my videos and...
Clear Skies!!
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thanks. Enjoyed your presentation. You did not show where you plugged in the powerpack (at the powerpack itself). Is it one of the large ports (cigarette lighter)?
Awesome vid, man.
I swear I hear parakeets in the background. LMAO. :)
Can i operate this telescope manually?
How good is this telescope for long time photos?
Hello baiter, I have brought the Nexstar 4SE and I also have a digital Canon Camera. Is it possibile to attach it without buying the T-Ring and T-Adapter? If so do you have any video tutorials on doing so? Thanks for the video it was much help!
great info... just quick questions what are the chances of aa batteries getting leaked or stuff up your telescope if eft for 2 long. 2ndly is there big difference between 8se and 6se detail view of moon and jupiter etc.
regards
Great stuff loved it. I'm thinking of buying a scope and still undecided it must have goto as I'm a neewbe so it could be a Konos goto 90 or the 130 or one like yours, What would you recomend?
just bought mine today :D
Good tutorial thanks
So do you have to do the pre alignment during the day before you do the Star Align at night?
Hi, Thanks for the video, hello I'm from chile and I am interested in buying this telescope from amazon, but I have a doubt, this telescope is used to astrography and the other is if he looks through the telescope can see the stars or some nebulous, please answer
Does the power pack come with the telescope? Or an extra? I just ordered 1 today and AAFES wasn't clear about what all you get in the package. Military, go figure. Thanks for a response.
can you take long exposures of nebula with this?
Hey Thanks for this... how do you attach a modified webcam or camcorder? thanks! CT
Already some comments:
1. You didn't show how to put on the accessory tray on the tripod
2. You didn't show what the "tapes" look like nor the increment numbers, ticks or marks on the tripods.
3. What's the reason for the 3, 6, or 9 volt plugs?
4. So how do I move the red dot finder so it and the scope are looking at the same object?
Please Can I use mirror 2 inch to celestron nexstar 6se
Comets will never be added to the object database, as they are relatively fast-moving transient phenomena and are only visible for a limited time while they are within the solar system, approaching or leaving the vicinity of the sun.
very comprehensive video!! I will buy one as soon as I sell one kidney lol
You will be able to take photos with a camera, but with this type of mount you can not do long exposure photography. For long exposure photography you will need a computerized German Equatorial mount.
Do you have to do the star alignment each time the telescope is set up or is this a one time only setup only?
Does this telescope auto track objects?
Yes.
Im looking to buy a telescope and i have been looking at this one. I don't know much but i want a good telescope that can look at a lot more than the moon. Is this telescope powerful enough to zoom far into the moon but also look at other planets and deep sky? Is the picture of a cassegrain high quality, or is a refractor a higher Quality picture?
I need help my telescope won't allow me to use the hand controller it says when i turn it on, error 17 improper model (Some features won't work properly) and i push buttons it says error 16 improper model (Some features won't work properly) ):
Baltier, What type or make Web Cam & adapter do you recommend? Is the quality of capture very good? I downloaded a free 30 day trial program called Snag-it, it allows you to freeze a video frame and capture the particular frame you want out of the video once the video is captured to your computer, it works great, I also captured this You Tube video with Snag-it for reference, it copies video with sound also. When I get my 8se scope to set up at a site I will use your video as a reference with my laptop in the field....Have you tried a 2x or 3x Barlow with your eye pieces? What about using a Baader 8 to 24X zoom eyepiece instead of individual eye pieces? Your opinion is greatly appreciated....Thanks!
Thank you for this video! :)
Does Celestron have comets added to their object database yet?
Thank you!
Is there a huge difference between the 6SE and the 8SE?
8SE is much heavier. Also it will have bigger range (you can use magnification around 200-250x max for visual, for SE 150-200x is max)
as far as I know, they don't have any in their data bases. But new versions could have that.
How did you move the scope up manually without striping the gears . I thought the the goto mount was locked untill the telescope was turned on?
I think you can move it up and down but it wont let you move it left and right.
TheHickiesFTW I love the goto mount on the SE model but hate the fact that it won't let you move the scope manually . This is the only advantage I'd give to Meade mounting system.
I was gonig to ask that too.
how did you get that for 700? the stock tube/tripod is 800 alone!
this is huge is that that 6 or 8
Strange, doesn't seem to be a problem for Meade's controllers.
what is the diference betwen the 6SE and the 4S4. im new. thanks
Thanks I just the 4 se. I'm a beginner
late... lol. thats ohk ... im very happpy with se 4. thanks one more time
Why did you pick the 6SE over the 8SE?
RB Corn dude are you kidding
are you still around?
how much did u cost it?
Thanks to you for watching!
the size
Are you on facebook?
in multiple videos you do stuff off screen. Doesn't help.
Too much waffle and not enough clear instruction
Very poor indications
Get that piece of shit Apple sticker of that telescope and tell Darth Vader to stop breathing so loud.
Great video! Thank you so much!
Great vid , Thanks!