[cafuego (Peter)]

I'm now able to control my telescope via the ASIAir app to select and slew to targets and I can manually focus the setup using a bahtinov mask. So, where to go from here?

What I have now is a Meade LX 200 on its fork mount and a 294 OSC camera.

My fairly vague plans are to get an EQ mount to use instead of the fork mount, so I can actually guide and take exposures of more than 30 seconds.

The tracking on the Meade mount is not stunning, so even at 30 seconds I end up having to throw away half (or more) of all subs.

Would it be helpful to invest in an Ir/Uv cut filter to keep the star size in check when I'm not shooting with my Ha/[OIII] filter? Should I see about an auto-focuser to get better focus than I can do manually?

Other suggestion welcome, though what with buying a mount I don't think a mono camera and filter wheel will be in the budget for a looooong time ;-)