[robulaic (Robert)]

Finally the weather gods allowed me a night out after getting this neat gadget. The build quality of the parts seems quite good. The new HC has more text on the display and allows manual scrolling through text. The cable is still short, that would be my one gripe.

Ok on to the interesting parts. Scope was a C9.25 on a Cgem dx (autoguiding issues solved with help from fellow IISers)

After doing an autoalign you can then slew to any bright star. Press align and centre the star in your scope. The SS saves this so you only need to do it again when you change scope. After doing this, you power down the mount and move it back to park. Then you can do an autoalign. After taking 4 images you're good to go. Total time including the initial setup was under 10 minutes.

So at full focal length and with the starlight xpress H694 I slewed to Cent A galaxy. Bang on the chip, not perfectly centred, but considering the chip size I would be the last to complain.

I often struggle with alignment as my views are limited in the urban backyard. This item did exactly what it says on the tin. One of the few times that I've bought something that's delivered that.