[acropolite (Phil)]

My Sharpsky Pro focuser arrived this week from the UK.

The Sharpsky Pro is an evolution of a product that was initially offered as a Kit and which some IIS members have already built and use.

After seeing the proliferation of remote focusers at Astrofest I decided it was time to jump. Allan Gould had shown me his own kit built version of this focuser at Astrofest and after seeing a mention in another thread I couldn't resist the urge to hit the buy button....

The focuser arrived in perfect order (well packed) in just 8 days from order, a refreshing change from the often 40+ days or not at all for stuff from China. All hardware is beautifully built and easy (logical) to operate.

The Sharpsky Pro was developed by Dave Trewren in the UK. In it's present form it consists of a PC capable remote focus controller, manual control paddle, focus motor with encoders and an additional remote temperature sensor as well as cleverly designed 4 port dew controller.

Here is the package including a tape measure to give an idea of size. The cord on top of the main control unit is the additional temperature sensor, more about that later.