Polar Scope and Accessories
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Product Information
Overview
In order for any star tracker to work the way it's designed, polar alignment has to be done in the first place. It is the act of aligning the rotation axis of a star tracker in parallel with Earth's self-spin axis. How do you know when your Move Shoot Move Star Tracker's rotation axis is aligned? Well, the Polar Scope we have here does just that!
Option 1: Polar Scope A Package For NOMAD
This polar scope Kit is for the NOMAD tracker, it includes:
- Polar Scope A
- Polar Scope Mount for NOMAD
- Fluorescent illuminator (looking like a white tube)
Note: This polar scope is the newest polar scope which can work in both hemispheres, the inner reticle is for the users in the Northern hemisphere and the outer icon is Octans which is for the users in the Southern hemisphere.
This polar scope A comes with NOMAD kits which includes the polar scope by default after 2nd Jan 2024 Please check this here to know more about how to use it: https://www.moveshootmove.com/pages/how-to-use-the-polar-scope-a-with-octans-reticle
How to use Fluorescent illuminator?
Please use your headlamp or phone light to shine the light first, the paper inside will absorb the light and then glow in the dark. If you want to test it before going out, please test it in a dark room.
This is the example of the lightened image of polar scope A
Option 2: Polar Scope Mount for NOMAD
If you are an MSM user wanting to upgrade your tracker to NOMA and you are wondering, will my polar scope work on NOMAD? Yes, your polar scope can work on NOMAD by this polar scope mount.
Option 3: Polar Scope Fluorescent Illuminator
The white tube-shaped light is the fluorescent light for the polar scope, attach it to the end of the polar scope. Shine it with a light from a phone or headlamp or others for one minute, then this light will glow in the dark.
Option 4: Metal Polar Scopellluminator
Product Specifications:
Key Features:
How to Use the Illuminator:
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Install the batteries:
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Unscrew the illuminator body.
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Insert two LR754 cell batteries into the battery compartment.
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Screw the illuminator body back together to secure the batteries.
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Attach to the polar scope: Screw the illuminator into the threaded hole on Polar Scope A.
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Turn on the illuminator: Rotate the top knob to the right to activate the red light.
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Align and Fine-Tune: You are ready to do the polar alignment now. During alignment, you can adjust the red light brightness by turning the knob left or right as needed.
Option 5: Right Angle Viewfinder + Adapter
Overview
Features
- Individual eyesight adjustment with built-in diopter
- 1x and 2x switchable magnification
- Multiple click-stop eyepiece positions to provide a variety of viewing angles
Compatibility
- MSM Polar Scope A
- MSM Polar Scope B (unavailable now, replaced by the newest Polar Scope A)
- Compatible with the polar scope on Skywatcher and the polar scope on iOptron Skyguider Pro.
- Any Polar Scope with an eyepiece of a contour of a cylinder that has
- a height greater than 22mm
- a diameter between 27.3 and 30.3mm
Package Content
Right Angle Viewfinder + Adapter
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Right angle viewfinder
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Right angle viewfinder adapter
How-tos
- Polar Alignment with Polar Scope (video)
- Reticle Calibration (This is not required for beginners. Be sure to read this tutorial before getting started. Applying too much force on adjustment screws may break reticle frame and we will NOT be responsible.)
Customer Reviews
The Polar Scope A is mandatory if you want good Polaris (NH) alignment. It is solidly built, but not bulky and has great optics and reticle markings. It mounts securely and conveniently to the upper left side of the NOMAD tracker. This should be the first accessory you obtain to get started quickly with the NOMAD!
The MSM Polar Scope adapter is a great product. It's all metal construction except for the screw which holds the Polar Scope. You can attach most polar scopes.
Compré el Polar scope, es un producto que cumple con su función, pero lo que más me sorprendió es lo rápido que llegó el pedido a España. También he de decir que compre el MSM Nomad desde una tienda local y es un producto insustituible en mi mochila astrofotográfica. De hecho estoy pensando comprar otro para usarlos simultánemente en dos cámaras.
Un producto de 10.
This item is very useful. Thanks!
The Nomad tracker is a big improvement over the old rotator tracker. The Nomad is small, portable, and tracks extremely well with lenses 85mm and less. Still testing the accuracy between the polar laser and polar scope to see which is more accuratae, but am happy for the 60 second tracked shots I am getting right now. Keep up the great work and inovation MSM!
Polar scope and laser. Because I’m a belt and suspenders kind of guy :-)
Although I only needed a few small parts for repairs and additions, I was able to order them easily and the delivery was perfect! Super service, thank you
Perfecto complemento para la alineacion polar; usando el puntero láser y el buscador polar, las estrellas salen perfectas.
Estoy muy contento con la adquisición. Lo recomiendo
Although using the laser pointer alone for polar alignment gives the ability to track with acceptable accuracy, adding the polar scope alignment has allowed me to use a 135mm lens for exposures of up to 2 minutes without noticeable trailing. The new illuminator makes it quite easy to use. Definitely worth the small extra investment!
I've been a long-time owner of a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Pro and have a love/hate relationship with the polar scope illuminator on that tracker. I got a MSM Nomad last fall, with the polar scope, glow-in-the-dark illuminator and a laser. The polar scope and glow-in-the-dark illuminator worked ok. This winter, I found out that you could order longer levers for the older design of V and Z brackets (which I have owned for about three years or so), I put them in my cart to refit each of my brackets. Looking around the MSM online store, I also found this handy-dandy illuminator! I have used it three times now, and I absolutely love it! Sky-Watcher could learn a thing or two from MSM when it comes to polar scope illuminators, that's for sure! Way to go, Move Shoot Move! I love my Nomad, and I love it even more now with an amazing illuminator for the polar scope!
