[roughy (Mark)]

There has been a quite interesting thread lately on the Vixen Polarie.

I was wondering if anyone had knowledge of both systems.

The Polarie kit with tracker, tripod and carry bag is listed at $825.

The Star Lapse kit with drive, controller, camera mount and beam is listed at $835.

Clearly the Polarie is the smallest and would be suitable for overnight bushwalking. The Star Lapse system on the other hand appears to be upgradeable to a full equatorial mount which would make it a suitable grab and go observing setup for small tubes (eg 80mm refractors).

Both appear to have optional polar scopes but I wouldn't know what view of Octans these can achieve.

Does anyone have thier own views on each, or on one or the other?

Cheers

Mark