I have the Nexstar 8. It will not auto align....well it does after I set in date, long/late etc, but it is looking below horizon for first and second star. It also will not do a successful manual alignment even though I know the stars are correct. My telescope looks upside down compared to the pictures I see with the focus knob know BELOW the eyepiece and the star finder is bottom left instead of on top of the scope!! HELP PLEASE!!!
You must set TIME, DATE, and SITE-- probably does not know your actual location. Read the manual and perform all of the setup procedures.
Some of these have a "starting position" again read the manual and make sure you are in the "home" position before you start the alignment. Read my TIP on my profile page about GOTO telescopes, and join the NEXSTAR forum on www.cloudynights.com
I'm sure by now you found the answer to your question, and it's a very simple fix. You are using the telescope tube in the upside down position, you will need to slew it all the way through so that you will have the finderscope bracket in the upper lefthand corner. This is the definate fix to your issue and you may need to take the eyepiece out of the diagonal in order for the telescope to slew through the axis, othersise, it may hit the base will trying to swing though. thanks, chris walker
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