Rich1980

Another vote for the ASIair, just a cheap v1 will do you (approx £100). I've used Polemaster (expensive for just polar aligning), Sharpcap (good but needing a laptop out in the field was just too bulky and hassle with cables and power), mounts own polar scope (found rubiks cubes easier to complete!). The air is user friendly, no need to be technically minded at all. It'll centre on whatever you want to goto and when you add a guide cam down the line it'll run that for you too (as long as it's a zwo cam).

Technically just before night but waiting for it.

Powering the asiair from the powerbox. A cable to that from my power tank and a cable to my mount, only two outputs from the battery running everything 👍

I'll jump in here with my limited knowledge. 1 - Yes, exactly that. Auto focus is clever but not essential. 2 - Home network do you mean? If so yes, I used mine out in the field. Just WiFi to phone/tablet and jobs a good un. 3 - The Pro (and expect plus) has power outputs that with using an adapter can be adjusted to power dew heaters. I think it's 5% or 10% steps but only seems to be manual (unless I'm missing something) unlike the pocket powerbox set to auto. My old original air (which is for sale! ) ran alongside my pocket powerbox perfectly, as pictured.

I don't receive anything from Zwo (although am open to it! haha) but can agree with what's been said here. I struggled to get everything working together and setting it all up. The original AsiAir solved all that, let me get rid of the laptop too. Working on a tablet over wifi is a joy, yes WiFi can be limited but I find it easier than running a cable over that distance. Anyone starting out who is struggling I would suggest buying the Air (original or otherwise) and things will fall into place. I've bought Polemaster, Starsense, APT & SharpCap and yes they're good at what they do but for simplicity do it all with the Air, for £100 nowadays an original version and a guide cam (£130 ish) and you've got plate solving, polar alignment, goto & guiding.

I get forum rules etc and agree with whatever is in place there but otherwise anyone with issues on this, I wonder how they sell their houses? *and if anyone is selling for ⅔ of new or less than what you paid, please give me a shout!

Ah right, I'll drop the barlow idea then. I was reading about IR cut filters and have ordered the Baader one, I've a crude dew shield made up for when it's needed. Doesn't look great but does the job.

I've no issue with this. We all have a choice where to buy or sell items, for what prices and for what level of security or service. Also if I sold my neq6 mount for £250 (as it doesn't owe me any more than that) that doesn't mean the next person selling one has to sell theirs for the same price.

I've been thinking about adding a EAF to it as I have one on my esprit. The lack of use at the moment has swayed me otherwise though, we'll see. Yes the ADC is good, I feel I've still to use it on a great seeing night but for what it costs I'd say it's worth it yes.

So I've got a 180 MAK and a ZWO224 camera, I've added an ADC and looking to improve my images of Jupiter and Saturn some more. I'm now looking at an IR cut filter and Barlow but wondered on people's recommendations? Anything else I'm maybe missing too?

I use my guide cam to plate solve and polar align when viewing. When imaging I just use my imaging camera though on the main scope.

Interesting is that, conditions maybe make most sense yes. I'll take notice more in future and see if anything similar happens. As I say I never really sit and watch satellites so much. Will report back if there's a next time and get more info. Thanks everyone.

My main doubt of a bird is how is it reflecting light around 1am?

Thanks for that, now I would say that gif is very similar to the behaviour witnessed but a little intrigued given the temperature at night. Feel we may be on the right lines though. As a side not there were plenty more satellites that night that weren't affected.