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The 8se is about 2 kilo heavier than the 6se and they both use the exact same mount, honestly I wouldn't worry, for eaa it will be fine

Just in case anybody isn't sure @M8rix007 is trying to use his tablet for both asiair and movie streaming whilst out in the field with the iPhone being the "router" along with internet connectivity. Ideally he would like to both see the internet and asiair at the same time (via iPhone) but whatever reason it sent playing ball Not ideal but a work around could be just to have a couple of wifi widgets on the tablet home screen and switch between them. Appreciate it's a bit of a pain but once you know the asiair is doing its thing then you would probably only be periodically checking on it

I suspect this is an apple/android incompatibility thing and if you attempted to connect another network based device to an iOS hotspot you would face the same limitation, You could possibly get round this by utilising some kind of vpn (eg Tailscale) which advertises as an exit node or at least allows subnet routing but it seems a bit heavy handed, I would probably just watch TV on my phone instead and leave the tablet to exclusively handle the asiair

The mount is better suited for the 6, my mate has the 8 and it can be prone to wobble, especially when focusing.

Sure, I just use the Microsoft Remote Desktop app available on the App Store. Caveat being the laptop needs to be running at least the "pro" version of windows

Celestron have their own windows software which allows all this too, whilst I do have an asiair, for planetary I much prefer to use a windows 10 converted Chromebook. I have that plugged in with the scope and then remote indoors where it is warm via a MacBook(I also have the celestron focuser), I typically use sharpcap for capture. But this is all getting ahead of ourselves. None of this is necessary @Elp explains it best. For camera I would probably go with the 678. I do have a 224mc and it's a great little camera but the tiny fov can sometimes make things difficult. If you do decide to attempt some dso eaa I think the 678 would be less frustrating but If you do decide to go down this road I would also recommend the 0.63 reducer

Hi Do you have a MacBook? There is decent software available for planetary capture, eg firecapture and asistudio. As a total beginner I am not sure how an asiair will take the lift of the learning curve tbh, unless you mean plate solving and centre? the fov with a 6se and a 678 is 0.29x0.17 so I am not even sure how reliable that would be. Also you still have to connect the equipment and configure it, same as you would with a laptop. You also have to make the decision on how to capture. Honestly I think you would be better served keeping it simple. align as you do now, centre the planet in the eyepiece, switch to a camera connected to your mac, refocus using the planet details or moons for a guide and capture. In terms of best settings for capture then Youtube has many videos on this but the aim is to capture as many frames as possible before you have to stop due to the planets rotation.

I do like what celestron are trying do here but for me the pricing is well off. 4000usd for what is basically a c6 evolution with a hyperstar and a 178mc camera?!? I appreciate there is the automation to also consider but I do not think that justifies this kind of premium

I think the issue with the C6 is the fact all its weight is on the backend, makes it pretty impossible to balance

Hi, thanks for the kind words. I don't really have a method yet as I am still trying figuring out what works. I would say at the moment I am standing on the shoulders of others, hopefully this will change as I gain more understanding. Andromeda I Used AstroJourneyUK Astrojourney Andromeda in 15 minutes . For Heart Nebula I was trying for a "Hubble" palette. It didn't quite work out imo but we live and learn I used lukomatico for guidance on this approach along with the pixinsight tools provided by Bill Blanshan OSC to Hubble in record time . For M45 I followed Easy Astro Images Workflow M45 Full Easy Pixinsight. Yep the az gti was crying a little bit. This was at stock focal length, I do have the Barlow which I could try but the collimation on it is really bad. It was more a test to see if It could be done. Hi @happy-kat I kept it in eq mode, in part because I am lazy but also because I don't have the pier for my tripod and I was concerned the backside would hit a leg edit sorry, Bortle 7

Thank you @GrumpiusMaximus , humbled by your comment. This was my most recent shot and I have tried to take on board things from earlier images that I could have done better. One of the great things about this hobby is it offers such a high ceiling that you always feel you are learning and can improve

Thanks for the kind words Lee Our setups are somewhat similar so I had been following your posts with interest, you amongst others have really shown what a capable little mount this is 👍 cheers

First post, somewhat of a lurker. I have only recently purchased my setup but this thread has been invaluable so I thank you all for that. I am learning as I go but I have been super impressed what this little mount can do. I currently have it paired with a skywatcher 72ed and an asi 533mc pro. Still have much to improve on but hopefully things will come together as I get more experience. As a lot of you probably know weather has been pretty pants in the UK but I have at least managed to get a few sessions in! The little Jupiter shot was a test with my rather poorly collimated C6 on it, I was actually surprised how well the AZ-GTI handled it although I don't think I would trust it for unsupervised long sessions! Cheers