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Thanks for the info, much appreciated. Do you think you'd be able to take darks with it in the daytime in a low-light environment? In other words, not in complete darkness like in a fridge or whatever.

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I have the DSD flat panel (without heater) on order and was curious how it's held up for you so far in terms of dew-buildup, and if you've found a solution to deal with the issue. It's the only thing I'm worried about with this product, and I almost jumped the gun and got it with the heater before I learned that it sat on the clamp side instead of in the LED panel side, which I found a bit confusing given the description on the product page: ''For those with humid conditions, we are also offering an optional accessory – built in heater, which can dry up the dew off the LED panel.''.

I can definitely imagine the moon and the brighter planets yielding good results through the eyepiece to the phone in real-time. However, I'm more curious about what I should realistically expect to see in real-time when it comes to less bright objects such as DSO - and what the "correct" procedure is (for all I know, I may be trying to do the impossible). I'd be interested in learning some of the procedures of the members here. As in, if you primarily use the eyepiece as your looking device, and then attach your phone adapter after you've centered what you want to image. Or if you strictly use your phone for both looking and imaging, and to which extent this is feasible.

I had my first attempt ever at imaging in general yesterday with a Samsung S21 Ultra and a NexYZ adapter through a f/11.8 Mak. I'm curious if it's possible at all to substitute looking through the eyepiece directly, and instead use the phone to look through the eyepiece in real-time - because when I tried to do this, all I got was a black screen, so I essentially had to rely on the GoTo tracking to be on point and adjust camera settings after taking the initial shot of whatever object I was trying to image. For reference, I tried pointing the scope at some christmas lights a mile or so away and they showed up pretty bright on the screen. Are there any simple settings I've overlooked that will allow me to do this? If so, how bright does the object need to be? I tried playing with the brightness in the camera app but there was hardly any change at all when looking at f.ex. the Pleiades or one of the brightest stars in view (Capella, Betelgeuse etc).