Celestron StarSense AutoAlign

Become an instant astronomer, even if you’ve never used a telescope before, with the one-of-a-kind Celestron StarSense AutoAlign. Just set up the accessory, push the Align button on the hand control, and StarSense begins capturing and comparing images of the night sky against its internal database.

In about three minutes, it’s gathered enough information to triangulate its position and align itself. Then, press the Sky Tour button: StarSense will automatically slew to all the best stars, planets, galaxies, and more currently visible in the night sky.

The self-alignment technology behind our award-winning SkyProdigy series is now available for most of Celestron’s current computerized telescopes and compatible with many older models as well. (See compatibility list below.)

A small digital camera takes the place of your finderscope and attaches using one of two provided mounting brackets. The included StarSense hand control, with a database of over 40,000 celestial objects, takes the place of your NexStar hand control.

The camera automatically captures a series of images of the sky. StarSense identifies the stars in the images, matching them to its database. Once a positive match is confirmed, StarSense calculates the coordinates of the center of the captured image, thereby determining exactly where the telescope is pointed.

Before StarSense, using a computerized telescope required a lengthy alignment process of finding and centering at least two bright stars in the telescope’s eyepiece. But StarSense automatically aligns itself with minimal user input. Just enter your time, date, and location and let StarSense do the rest!

FEATURES

• Enables automatic alignment of your Celestron computerized telescope. See a full list of compatible telescopes in the technology tab.
• No need to identify or locate any star in the sky–StarSense automatically aligns your telescope, so you can begin observing in minutes
• Aligns in 3 minutes or less
• Provides advanced mount modeling—align on numerous stars throughout the sky for extremely precise GoTo pointing accuracy
• StarSense hand controller included