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So it looks like 6" to 8" is the optimum screen size. I think a 7" tablet will probably be cheaper than a big phone.

Thanks for the good advice guys.

I'm proposing to control my DIY Onstep GOTO via wifi from a phone or tablet using Sky Safari.

What is the smallest screen size that you would recommend?  4", 5", 6" ?

Or should I go for a larger Tablet & lose the "pocketability" of a phone.

And since I'm a cheapskate, does SF pro have any scope control advantages over SF plus? (The bigger database is no use to me - light pollution)

Thanks.

Brilliant job Criske.

I was lucky enough to visit the Johnson Space Center in Houston in the 80's.

They had a Saturn V laid out horizontally with the stages seperated so you could see the internal workings. (Maybe they still do)

Having been a kid in the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo era I thought I knew everything about the Saturn V but nothing prepares you for how ENORMOUS it actually is.

22 minutes ago, kbrown said:

Houston, we have a problem...

"Buzz, what do you mean you had to go away on business for a few days?

 Well you better bring me back something nice"

I suppose it must be an Apollo rocket nozzle, but which one?

I guess that it is an Attitude Thruster nozzle from the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander that Buzz Aldrin brought back as a souvenir without telling anyone.  ?

First prototype of Apollo capsule but NASA contractor used millimetres instead of feet?

Hi and welcome to SGL.

This thread seems quite relevant.

4 minutes ago, Craney said:

 

I always knew 'arrogate folk were posh?

Here's one I made earlier.?

Seat height is 10 to 36 inches.

Based on this Sky at Night article.

http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/feature/how-guide/how-build-observing-chair