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Originally Posted by Finbar
Deane, thanks for the heads up. I’ve been wanting to get one for use on my Saxon mount with refractor.
Nik, for those of us who are visual this “old” tech works very well. My experience is that it has been quite accurate. But, you’ve got me thinking, perhaps Asiair pro on the refractor would be a good idea. Perhaps I would’ve got some shots of Sunday past’s Jovian spectacle.
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Well AsiaAirPro is less than half the price, but it also does guiding, focusing, camera management, mount control ..
Of course there is SharpCap for 1/20 th of the price.., but you need a laptop whereas with the pro it's all controlled wirelessly from the phone in your pocket.
I used to really want a starsense, i mean really really want, but now i wouldn't use one if someone gave me one for free as there are far better options that i want attached to my scope.
Basically with the pro you do a polar alignment which can take between 5 and 15 minutes going back and forth with your dec and AZ bolts, 5 minutes if your mount is on flat concrete, 15 if you are in a field and are not (you don't need to level your mount, except by eye). Once polar aligned you slew away from the pole, press do a plate solve (5 seconds) select a target on the phone, say alpha centauri and do a goto. If its not centered you press do another plate solve and say goto and you are accurate for the night. if during the night a target is not centered, you have the image on your phone so you press it and click Centre target..., if you want to resume a nights viewing you recall a previous image and press goto...
easy as, polar aligned and accurate dead center goto's, plus the other functionality. Or mix and match and crank up the laptop for other functionality if you choose.
