Beardy30

No me neither but having a Seestar myself I’d still be tempted at some point by the celesteon

Don’t think I’ll risk it

Sorry I meant price aside capabilities wise and quality wise obviously- be interested to see if it’s worth the upgrade

I wonder how one of these would compare to the Seestar https://www.firstlightoptics.com/rowe-ackermann/celestron-origin-intelligent-home-observatory.html

I have a steel tripod not sure if that will make a difference

Has anyone ever fitted this to the AZI GTI mount - the know its over payload but for visual only could it work ? Possibly with a RDF instead of the finder scope to reduce weight ?

I had a 127 and my 4” Achro beat it hands down for me so I’m not surprised there

Thanks guys interesting indeed that they are preferable to a 127 Mak - thanks

Has anyone ever compared these two scopes for dSO and planetary - I’m assuming the Mak will win outright for planetary and lunar but it would be good know if anyone has ever compared both side by side and which comes out as the best all rounder

Has anyone ever used one of these with the kids and if so what’s the verdict on them ?

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Yea I thought that might be the case - think I’ll avoid a Mak in future for this reason

Fries anyone know if it’s possible to fit a Crawford style Focuser into the 127 Mak rather than having to use that awful Focuser knob ??

I went for the 102 startravel on the azi GTI - personally I found it frustrating and have since ditched my 224mc camera and I’ve bought a Seestar s50 - it’s so simple to use I’d recommend it, however I also Like my 102 - not a high end scope but it does a good job visually

hello and welcome from Preston

fantastic choice, im over in Preston , could do with this weather shifting!

Good advice here and I agree

Hi - I would highly recommend the Sky-Watcher Star Travel 102, yes you will get some chromatic aberration at that price point but it’s not as bad as you may think, it is however a superb scope that is hassle free and gives great wide field views of stars etc I have one and recently sold my 127 as it could t get a look in on the 102 by comparison- just my personal perception of course. I had some impressive views of Jupiter which blew me away to be honest which gave a lasting impression. Mount wise you’ll struggle so I’d recommend looking at this separately personally- I went for the AZI GTI - and I’ve not regretted it

My seestars50 picked it up Nicky yday morning

I’ve never used Samsung personally so cannot comment sorry

I use an iPhone 13 currently but I’m eventually going for a dougee T20 from Amazon they are very compatible and affordable at £140

Finished this evening with a shot of Capella - 3min-10 secs of data - 10second exposures. Wasn’t able to get anything else, moon too bright and light pollution saw to that but not bad tbh quite pleased with the image for my first go

First moon shots with the SeeStar and it had to be done with the full moon tonight ight

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Interesting 🤔