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12-09-2019, 02:18 AM
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Dark sky rules !
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: 52N 6E (EU)
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Fully electronic 80mm scope A$6000 vaonis.com
I stumbled upon this scope which is completely electronically controlled by an Android / iOS device but costs EUR 4000 (A$6000) and weight 11.5 kg, so no travel scope....
It has a 1x0.7 degree FOV, so rather narrow.
Is this device worthwile ?
https://vaonis.com/stellina
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12-09-2019, 03:25 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Lake Macquarie
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Looks like it is using a sensor like the ASI294, and frame stacking to produce its image. Typical sort of EAA approach really. Doesn't really look like an 80mm aperture though, based on the little legs. We need something else in the image to provide scale. I suspect there is a small optical lenses designed to fit in front of the sensor.
Worthwhile to whom?
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12-09-2019, 03:57 AM
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Feel free to edit my imag
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Llandysul, WALES, UK
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OMG it is not even an apo, 80mm, just 6MP,
https://gizmodo.com/i-made-amazing-i...ute-1837845368
Is it worthwhile in WHO'S eyes
I would be asking questions like, how outdated is the chip, repairs?, repairs out of guarantee?,
https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/r...lescope-review
in about two years this will be available from Chinese suppliers for £300-600
Oh and DO NOT use it at star parties, and observing sessions, clubs etc you will be told to leave with your glaring phone on and worse a tablet
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12-09-2019, 07:46 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Killara, Sydney
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Seen that before somewhere but assumed it was vapourware.
Either they will fail at that price point, and any stock auctioned off when the company closes, or a Chinese clone will appear at a more reasonable price.
Sounds like it’s also in need of being hacked to fix the wifi issue and make it accessible from anywhere across the interwebs. An even better hack would be to mate the electronics with a larger scope and better camera.
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12-09-2019, 07:50 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 372
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That's if you use your phone/tablet at full brightness when observing.
My own tablet, a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) 4G/LTE with S Pen, gets set to absolute minimum brightness when I'm out on the patio of an evening, and usually the light polluted skies are brighter than its screen when I'm running Stellarium.
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12-09-2019, 07:56 AM
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Ultimate Noob
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 6,984
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It was on Kickstarter a number of years ago and won some international design award from memory.
At its price point you could cobble together the individual components and make something better at half the cost. It may not be as stylish or as integrated but the people this is marketed at aren’t us
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12-09-2019, 11:47 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: North Queensland
Posts: 3,240
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But it's water resistant: Water falling as a spray at any angle up to 60° from the vertical shall have no harmful effect.
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12-09-2019, 12:34 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Kilmore, Australia
Posts: 3,342
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60 degree rain, I would be more worried about it blowing over!
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12-09-2019, 12:34 PM
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ze frogginator
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 22,062
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Looks like an Apple scope, very pretty. Practical? meh.... Mainstream public who love their iPhone will buy it though.
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12-09-2019, 01:19 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: North Queensland
Posts: 3,240
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The_bluester
60 degree rain, I would be more worried about it blowing over!
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Could be from sprinklers
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13-09-2019, 08:06 AM
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Farting Nebulae
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Tamleugh, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 1,384
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Wow, that's a price! But worth it, the flowery Apple-like description makes me want to buy one. Sort of like some of the flowery image descriptions I see on here. No, it's not a glob. It's an intense gathering of stellar giants drifting across the void of the cosmos...
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13-09-2019, 11:07 PM
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Dark sky rules !
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: 52N 6E (EU)
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I'd rather see an eyepiece with builtin electronics which you can pop into any telescope. Smartphones and tablets have enough computing power to do the image processing, plate solving and control the aligning.
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