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Originally Posted by foc
Sorry to hear things are still amiss with your StarAid device Chris, Just thought I would check if you saw Peteram's late response of the 27th to your query for help on CN. I am also looking at other options but the light weight single cable format of the StarAid would be nice if it can be made to reliably perform. At least you have a product for your cash, I still have no word to confirm that my payment will result in one.
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Originally Posted by LewisM
10 years now using a Lodestar and either PHD or MaxIM guiding and no issues whatsoever - never failed to calibrate, never failed to guide (except with an HEQ5 mount that I found I was under-powering slightly). I use a 10 year old laptop to run it all, and that thing has never missed a beat either (just changed it's original battery today).
Gimmicks are usually just that, unfortunately.
Get a decent guidecam and run SharpCap polar align routine and you'll have NIL problems.
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If I’m imaging with a proper telescope, like the APM 152mm and a heavy mount the setup is already massive so a laptop is hardly much effort on top and then I run SG PRO and phd. Perfect.
When I’m using a small mount, a DSLR and camera lens the whole point is simplicity and carting a laptop around is onerous. That is the point of devices like StarAid. If they worked flawlessly why would anyone bother with anything else? The problem is, they don’t.