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Starry Nights Celestron 7 Special Edition | How Do I Connect To My Celestron Astro Fi 130 Wi-Fi?

Hi, i have just bought the Celestron Astro Fi 130 Wi-Fi Newtonian telescope. It looks great and I'm very excited to be starting my new hobby.

I' was very happy to find a Starry Nights 7 software download link and pw with the scope allowing me to use it with my windows 10 tablet.  However i've run into a couple of issues I'm hoping you good people could help me with please?

The first could be quite ignorant on my part, but I was assuming the Starry Nights software  would work 'out of the box' paired with the Wi'Fi of the scope, but the manual says I need a SkyFi-USB Wireless Telescope Adapter - is that correct? 

The second concerns aligning the scope. The instructions say to the move the scope up and down to see your first target, such as the top of a tree, But the scope does not move up and down - must it be switched on for this to happen once I've paired it with my tablet's Wi-Fi? And if yes, are there directional arrows on the Starry Night Software i can use for this purpose?

Sorry if these questions are a tad daft, but i'm a new and enthusiastic star gazer who just wants to get started really.

Many thanks, 

Simon

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    Keiron Smith

    HI Simon, 

    Get the free Celestron Skyportal app (iOS/Android) here: https://www.celestron.com/pages/sky-portal-mobile-app - Thats all you need to connect and control your scope.

    SkyPortal is a cutdown version of our professional app SkySafari.  You can purchase the Plus or Pro version to control your scope as well:

    http://skysafariastronomy.com/

    If you want to use Starry Night on your Windows 10 tablet then you need to purchase SkyFi 3 ($199.99 USD).

    https://store.simulationcurriculum.com/collections/frontpage/products/skyfi-iii-usb-wireless-telescope-adapter

    For assistance aligning your scope please contact Celestron support.  And/or checkout YouTube videos.

    Thanks!

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    Simon C

    Hi Keiron,

    Thanks for the quick reply :) 

    As the Starry Night Celestron Special edition came as a gift with the scope I was assuming I could use it out of the box as it were with my windows 10 tablet.

    I dont own an android phone nor a tablet, so I'll search online to see if i can find a second hand Sky Fi 3 anywhere going cheap

    Thanks again for your reply,

    Simon

     

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    Keiron Smith

    SkyPortal works on iOS too.

    You're welcome, Simon!  Clear skies

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