| This guide describes how to connect a Celestron telescope mount to your computer over Bluetooth using ASCOM drivers which will allow you to control the telescope mount using standard astronomy software. Our test setup is based on a Celestron telescope GT Mount with NexStar+ hand control and the operating system is Windows 7 64-bit. This setup has been tested and confirmed working with the following: Software: Cartes du Ciel (ASCOM drivers) Starry Night Orion Special Edition astronomy software (ASCOM drivers) PHD2 astronomy software (ASCOM drivers) Stellarium astronomy software (not ASCOM drivers) Note: this setup will NOT work with Celestron NexRemote software Mounts: Celestron CGE Mount Celestron GT Mount Celestron SLT Mount Since most Celestron mounts mainly works the same way we expect that this setup will work with most (possibly all) Celestron mounts variations. Controller: NexStar+ hand control Celestron StarSense Auto Telescope Alignment Accessory |
The Setup
The setup looks like this:
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