Controlling Backlash in Your Mount

Controlling Backlash in Your Mount

Correcting Backlash GoTo Approach to Minimize BacklashBacklash and AutoguidingUnderstanding BacklashIf your computerized mount keeps moving slightly after releasing the hand control’s direction arr...

Controlling Backlash in Your Mount

Correcting Backlash GoTo Approach to Minimize BacklashBacklash and AutoguidingUnderstanding BacklashIf your computerized mount keeps moving slightly after releasing the hand control’s direction arr...

Summer Constellation Spotlight: Cygnus

Summer Constellation Spotlight: Cygnus

  Cygnus, the Swan in Latin, is a familiar seasonal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, visible during the Summer and Fall. The constellation is easy to spot thanks to the distinctive...

Summer Constellation Spotlight: Cygnus

  Cygnus, the Swan in Latin, is a familiar seasonal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, visible during the Summer and Fall. The constellation is easy to spot thanks to the distinctive...

Summer Constellation Spotlight: Lyra

Summer Constellation Spotlight: Lyra

  Lyra, the Lyre, is a small but well-known constellation in the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer sky. It resides between the constellations Cygnus, the Swan, commonly known as the Northern Cross, and...

Summer Constellation Spotlight: Lyra

  Lyra, the Lyre, is a small but well-known constellation in the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer sky. It resides between the constellations Cygnus, the Swan, commonly known as the Northern Cross, and...

Getting to Know your NexStar+ Hand Control: Essential Hand Control Functions

Getting to Know your NexStar+ Hand Control: Essential Hand Control Funct...

The NexStar+ hand control you’ll use with most Celestron computerized telescopes offers features and convenience that were unavailable even to professional observatories a generation ago. Regardles...

Getting to Know your NexStar+ Hand Control: Essential Hand Control Funct...

The NexStar+ hand control you’ll use with most Celestron computerized telescopes offers features and convenience that were unavailable even to professional observatories a generation ago. Regardles...

Caring for Your Celestron Telescope: How to Maintain, Store, and Ship Your Telescope

Caring for Your Celestron Telescope: How to Maintain, Store, and Ship Yo...

Taking good care of your Celestron telescope will prolong its lifespan, giving you more time under the stars. It’s important to learn how to perform regular maintenance, store your scope...

Caring for Your Celestron Telescope: How to Maintain, Store, and Ship Yo...

Taking good care of your Celestron telescope will prolong its lifespan, giving you more time under the stars. It’s important to learn how to perform regular maintenance, store your scope...

Can I Motorize My Manual Telescope?

Can I Motorize My Manual Telescope?

The short answer is: it depends. If you own an alt-azimuth manual telescope, unfortunately, you won’t be able to motorize it. But suppose you own one of Celestron’s manual CG-2,...

Can I Motorize My Manual Telescope?

The short answer is: it depends. If you own an alt-azimuth manual telescope, unfortunately, you won’t be able to motorize it. But suppose you own one of Celestron’s manual CG-2,...