If I understand right, this doesn't completely eliminate the need to align. Just eliminates needing to put the place, date and time?
1981175
Exactly. But it's still worth it. The user interface on Celestron scopes is worse than archaic. It's actually inexcusable. This speeds up alignment a lot.
1981176
Correct, but remember, the "place" is entered as a latitude and longitude in decimal format. Not a big deal if you observe from only one or two places, but a great help if you get around. No need to look up the latitude and longitude or keep a list of them. Just start an alignment, wait a bit for the device to read the satellites signal, then align as usual. I like mine and recommend it.
1981177
That's exactly right. If you go without it, it's pretty easy to just enter the information. It works as advertised but does take several moments to track & update. You can enter it faster (unless you just walk away). Truthfully if I did it again I'd skip it and put my money elsewhere.
1981178
Yes. The SkySync automatically downs the exact time, date, longitude and latitude from one of many global positioning satellites. You still need to align using one of the various methods. But it definitely is worth it.
109728
Yes, there's a setting you can choose that will put the date directly on the photo. Not sure why anyone would want that, unless maybe for photos of belongings for insurance records to show when the items were owned.
846514
Yes, you need to align each time, unless as mentioned, you have not moved the scope. If you have a secure and weatherproof permanent location, you can enable hibernation in the menu to keep the last alignment.Once you become familiar with certain named stars and "best pairs," you can do an auto two star align to save time.
1726764
Don't know for sure, but so many things that are 'out of alignment' are often due to posture. This gizmo definitely helps posture. I would check with M.D. in case it's something more......if female, osteoporosis (for example).
1339737
I was wondering the same thing... From the answers I see that they aren't stuck together, so I won't have to cut off the extra letters. So that's good.
1814424
Yes. You can have the time as it shows in the picture and the date (Mon 2.24.) for example shows up on the lower display (where it show the temperature).
340358
keys are flat, im not to sure what you mean alignment distance if you mean if they're straight lined up even then no, they're like any other keyboard slightly spaced off.
1592393
Sorry, I do not use Align because they cause me stomach problems. I like these more.
691199
I recommend that you go for Align. Though it may be more expensive than others, but still you get an excellent quality for your money.
616659
We can remove the "In Loving Memory" if you would like. There is no charge for this. However, we do charge to add or change text (with the exception of the name and dates). Please let me know if you have any other questions at all.
1504550
Yes, go to the set up menu and you can choose the option of having the date and time imprinted on your pictures
782215
Sure is! I think the decimal needs to move to the left once and thats probably a rough estimate. Nice piece though
417458
It does, but it's not a full day with time slots or anything. It's just a small space where you can add stuff.
1737834
Yes, it says "today is the 24th" (or 22nd) but not the day of the week.Odd, I feel that if it can be programmed to say "today is" then "the 24th" or (22nd) why not have it say "tuesday the 22nd" (or 24th)
1684702
As I recall, there were rails in place that have to be manually lined up with the rails on the back. Tedious and coordination is required, I found that it took some figuring, but once you get it, it's done.
159567
I do too, but the suggestions below seems like this can be resolved by checking the precise alignment and with practice should work.
491200
Yes, leave white strip on (aligns transparency). There is a smooth side and a coarse side - print on coarse side.