Pick three stars, any stars -- and with our new SkyAlign technology, the telescope knows which stars they are!

Introducing Celestron's Revolutionary SkyAlign. Aligning your telescope is easier and faster than ever. Simply input the date, time and your location (the CPC has a built-in GPS that does this for you) and then align the telescope to three bright stars of your choosing. You do not need to know the names of the stars -- you could even pick the moon or bright planets! The NexStar Computer system will automatically figure out which stars were chosen and then align the telescope.

There is no need to point the telescope North or to level the optical tube -- the initial position of the telescope is irrelevant. This makes for a fast and very easy method for aligning the telescope.

How does it work?
The NexStar® software with SkyAlign calculates the angles measured between the objects and then compares them to the known angles between objects. Using this method, the telescope determines what objects were chosen. The display will tell you which three objects you aligned to for confirmation.

Only two of the alignment objects will actually be used for calculating the model of the sky. The third object is needed to provide a positive identification of the other two. Therefore you should make sure that at least two of the three alignment objects are widely spaced in the sky by at least 60 degrees if possible. And select a third object that does not fall in a straight line between the first two alignment stars.

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