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Just to share I use a 10m usb extension cable with the ASI462MC usb3 lead connected to a pc inside and this works fine.

I had crudely rubber banded a red dot finder to the ASI to help with manual aiming but I'm more into sharpcap and plate solving now.

ASI studio wide field and the DSO imaging apps are next on my list to try from the pc.

The 50ED is great but I do use a home made simple dew shield it dews otherwise

If you want to use your DSLR with it then you might want to check starizona out for their field flattener

If using synscan then I use one star alignment as it's the one that will move the mount to where it thinks the star picked is, centre it and confirm, choose another one star and repeat, do this three times. I do this as it saves me fixing a red dot finder as other alignment options don't auto move to the first target star. Mount must be level and 50ED level and pointing north if starting with altaz imaging. You can pretend practice inside to get a feel for how the mount moves in different alignment options.

I use a filter holder that sits inside the ASI462MC camera well 1.25 filter will fit. I wonder if a 2 inch filter screws straight in the well, I don't know

When connecting the Android to the pc via usb the what type of connection method to use is asked on the Android device not the pc, drag the top notifications status bar down too see it. What Android version is your device

getting ready for the season and it's new installs all round, Ascom, Ascom driver and Synscan Pro pc and mobile all very recently  new

that's an early start but you got a capture and a transit I'd be pleased with that

If you're a desktop user then a great planetarium is stellarium and you can tune it for your location

Picking up on what the OP mentioned which was goto and not heavy what about the skywatcher star adventurer GTI with a small refractor though there's no mention if the budget is for mount, telescope and camera.

Or an all in one like the ZWO seestar s50, which is mount, telescope,goto, processing and camera in one all in one unit and slightly past budget. I've not seen it or used one.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/beginner-telescopes/zwo-seestar-s50-all-in-one-smart-apo-telescope-tripod.html

Looking very nice plus sounds a quick rig to get out and start using

Good spot I've edited my post as I'd miss read the OPs post

Welcome

It's great you can see opportunity to use what you already have to get going.

You don't mention post processing what's been captured.

I could not see a guide telescope mentioned to go with the ASI120MM

If looking to touch as little as possible there's the interesting looking ZWO seestar50 (not yet fully launched I don't think)

Looks a lovely dark sky, can you observe with your back to the lighting?

I caught something East last night/this morning at 3:05am BST bit looks an iridian flare

You can use a red dot finder in the flash hot shoe with an adapter which helps pointing the camera to where you want

You might find this a read with your 7d and planets 

https://www.astropix.com/html/equipment/canon_one_to_one_pixel_resolution.html

Have fun using and learning

I fired mine up tonight just to double check before I posted as I've not had the problem shared on the OP's earlier post. I had previously updated the firmware to EQ version to have choice but for now I'm in altaz mode use but I did change to mounting the OTA on the right hand side and like this the az-gti is behaving as expected for left right up down

I've got mine updated to eq firmware though using in altaz so had to mount the OTA on the right (it had been before on the left with the standard firmware) . Although I'm using the mount with the updated eq firmware I am choosing altaz and for me when I used the left arrow the mount is going left, and up is up etc. 

The mod you did looks to have been very effective, I'm used to seeing similar mottled noise like your starting point.

Looks a super lens, great captures 

The illusive clouds, well done to everyone who got out there and captured them

I'm a fan of the ST80 and it's wide field of view potential can make for some great views such as M44 bees hive cluster

When aligning I use one star alignment and repeat on several different stars to suit what I can see 

I've found my az-gti has a weak WiFi signal in my home if it's a distance from where I'm sat so I have plugged in a synscan dongle into the mount, this works for me and I can place the az-gti outside. The mount works great with the synscan pro app which I use in az mode.

Hope you can sort your mount connection out.

EDIT my comment relates to az-gti and not the star adventurer

This post has two links that might be useful. The heritage tube is compact but it's not small.

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/307518-tra

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They're recognisable that's a thrill, hope it goes well when you try again

It reads like starsense gives a faster start to a goto observing experience by pushto target involvement from the user, sounds like potentially a lot more engaging and successful

Welcome. If you wear glasses then eyepieces with longer eye relief can be more comfortable. Eye relief is the distance above the eye peice where the eye would be to see the whole image in the eye piece, I like between 16-20 mm when wearing glasses though depending on reason for wearing glasses some can observe with out the glasses.

looks like could then spend enjoyable time identifying the different Moon features captured if new to the hobby

I thought the camera was the 462 colour on the seestar which is quite sensitive and not too noisy for the exposure lengths used I don't think