Barry

Thanks, that is how it seemed, but if you need a USB connection for the camera, you might as well use the cable for ASCOM control too.

Barry

Hi

After a break of some years, and having sold my equipment,  I am being drawn back into doing some deep sky imaging. The thing that stopped me before was the long cold nights with usb connections meaning I had to be near the scope.

I have been looking at wifi control and the ASIAIR system looks really good but it is expensive (on top of re-equipping with scope and camera etc.) and nobody seems to have stock. So I am trying to find out about the Skywatcher synscan wifi adapter.  However, I cannot see a way of connecting a guide camera without a usb cable to the laptop, which rather defeats the object.  I do not really want to leave a laptop out and connect via TeamViewer.

On the FLO site it says that the wifi adapter supports ASCOM guiding. How does the camera connect?

Thanks in advance and apologies for the ramble!

Barry 

Does this mount also do basic panning between user added positions for terrestrial photography and time lapse, in a similar way to the SW Merlin Multi Function Mount?

On ‎22‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 19:33, DuncanM said:

The problem arises when I try and adjust in the alt  or azimuth direction; Sharpcap always reports that the error in the opposite axis increases even as the error in the axis being moved decreases

I think this could be due to your tripod not being level.  This could cause an adjustment in one axis to change the other.

Barry

I had not heard of Tring Astronomy before Google brought them up as a supplier for ZWO cameras.  I phoned them on Saturday afternoon; they physically checked their stock and also checked that the camera I wanted attached directly to a SW flip mirror - by trying it.  The items were dispatched on Monday by free next day post and were duly delivered on Tuesday by Royal Mail Next Day delivery.

Excellent service, good advice and very nice people!

Barry

Hi

I have an EQ5 synscan and a CG5 manual mount. Is there any point in swapping the goto to the CG5?

Barry

This was my first (and so far only) attempt at a DSO image. It was taken from my garden on a very cold night last January, with a Canon 1000D and a C100ED.

Barry