John 1969jo

Hi all, I'm looking to fit an auto focuser on my Celestron Astromaster 130 that I can control from my PC. I like the look (and price ) of the Skywatcher auto focuser but I'd need to know if this can be fitted to my scope and if it can be controlled from the PC. Can anyone help? Thanks John

Hi all, I posted a while ago looking for advice on a scope/set up for my disabled son who can't physically look through an eyepiece but was really into astronomy. I got some great advice from here and ended up getting a Celestron Astromaster 130EQ telescope and an Orion Starshoot 2 USB eyepiece camera so my son could view on his PC. The Orion camera wasn't great and I then bought an Svbony SV305 eyepiece camera, which we've had decent success with viewing the moon. I set the scope up outside and have a long lead from the eyepiece to my sons PC indoors and he can then see what we're viewing. It can be a little complicated as I have to view through the eyepiece to make sure we're set up OK, replace the eyepiece with the camera, run indoors to see what's on screen then run back out to focus everything and also adjust the scope to keep everything in shot. It's certainly keeping me fit! I've just ordered a motor drive so I'm hoping that that takes care of the RA and Dec adjustments! As I mentioned, we've had some success with the moon but we'd like to try a bit further afield so I was looking to fit a finderscope to the telescope to save me swapping out the eyepiece for the camera every time we try to focus on something new. Can anyone offer any advice on a finderscope, or even any advice on how to improve my set up would be welcome. Thanks, John