[Crater101 (Warren)]

My own issues with the Star Adventurer GTi have been well documented here, and I won't go over them again. One thing I did send with the return e-mail was a picture I took through the polarscope. No matter how I adjusted the illumination through the Synscan app, how I rotated the mount, or how much light was on the other side of the scope (and yes, I tested this in daylight as well...) all I ever got was an eye watering pink smear when the polar scope illumination was on, as the attached image shows. Lines, blurring, the works. There were no visible obstructions in the tube, and in daylight, the polarscope was reasonably clear (about what I'd expect, anyway) but switching on the illumination was meaningless.


That, with the other issues documented on this thread, has soured me on the product. I understand that several people have good copies of this mount, and I wish them the best, but I wouldn't buy another star tracker from Skywatcher.