Some of my equipment.
After waiting a while for the tech to mature, I decided that a Smart Telescope would be fun to play with. So, I got the cheapest one on the market.
ZWO built it originally and they spun off a new company called Seestar to market it. In this case, the unit is the Seestar S50, a 50mm triplet in an all-in-one design including mount, camera, computer and storage.
Here’s the first light images from it:
This combo worked on the GTi mount, but was a little on the heavy side. It works better with just the AT60ED and my 30mm mini-guidescope. The camera is a QHY183C.
This is one of my scopes that I use from time to time. Its a relatively fast 800mm, F/4 optical arrangement. When tuned it produces great images. Trouble is, its hard to tune. But, not impossible. In addition to the scope, there’s a 500mm, F/5 achromatic telescope mounted on top and is used for guiding.
The laptop is used to control the telescope mount, control the cameras and do the guiding.
