TheSkySearchers

Looking for input on SGP vs. The Sky Imaging Edition. Aside from price which is certainly notable any other points you would like to point out.

sorry i can't help, i assume most people would have one or the other, the cross platform looks pretty nice, linux,mac and windows .

Me neither!

I'm a big APT fan with a recent curiosity about NINA.

Regards

Graeme

I guess a follow up would be, is APT suitable for doing all the other 2 programs support?

APT is a poor man's SGP. APT does about 90% of what SGP does. For most of us, APT is more than enough software to run everything we need. For $23, you can't beat it.

Cheers,
JT

TheSkyX does not have the sequencing of SGP. It does have things like built in auto-guiding (instead of using Phd), focusing (single star and full frame) and more. It is a beast of a program with a manual that is upwards of 700 pages. If you're used to "new school" programs like SGP, Nina, Voyager, etc, I would skip TSX unless you get the full suite with a Paramount mount.

Dan

I started with APT, However after I got my Nitecrawler, I couldn't get it to focus properly. I switched to SGP and fell in love with it. It works great with my Nitecrawler albeit it's a bit on the slow side auto rotating. It won't just rotate to what degree you need prior to platesolve. Does a platesolve that rotates a few degrees and does a check and so and so on. But the focus is spot on.

I do use about 90% of the features SGP has and is well worth the few $$ you spend on it.

I have thought about checking out TheSkyX but I couldn't find enough info on their website to convince me. You pay several $$$$ for the program, that you have to spend several more $$$$ for camera control and other addon's and on top of all that there is a hefty subscription fee.