StarAid - Easy Polar Alignment- without Polaris! @itelescopewebinars

Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Guest Speaker: Hendrik Beijeman
Summary: Learn how StarAid allows one to do polar alignment without a direct view of Polaris. In the video, Hendrik presents the steps to perform proper polar alignment using StarAid. To do astrophotography or properly track the stars, you must have accurate polar alignment. Hendrik shows you how StarAid allows you to do just that in a few simple steps. In the second part of the video, Hendrik discusses the proper focal lengths for guide scopes.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
6:23 StarAid demo
15:07 Guiding and Polar Alignment
18:01 Guiding equipment with StarAid

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StarAid - Easy Polar Alignment- without Polaris!

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