I use Celestron's SkyPortal software with an Evolution mount (essentially the mount being used for the Origin platform). It pretty much covers all of your concerns, i.e.:jrkirkham wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:06 pm...
What about people who like to explore? Can they be aimed by coordinates? If I wanted to take shots of patches of sky to detect the movements of asteroids is possible? Could I hunt for unnamed double stars? I understand that there will be a slight lag that doesn't occur in visual or when tethered to a computer. I wouldn't want to spend too much for a system that doesn't have those capabilities...
- you can
- with the StarSense Autoguider (an add-on) you can aim the scope at any region of the sky and guide on a star/comet/asteroid in that region
- you can hold the smart phone/tablet up to the sky and identify any of the targets within your view then click on them to point the scope at them
- you can set up the unit in the cold of winter and run it by WiFi from inside the house
One of the main disadvantages of a smart telescope is that you're locked into the focal length, focal ratio and sensor being used by any particular product, i.e: 330mm
bwa