Sky Commander Mods

[Aussie Observer]

I have recently installed a Sky Commander DSC to my 8" Celestron Starhopper dob. Firstly I had to make a bracket to attach the altitude encoder. Then I had to move the balance point because of the height of the azimuth encoder and add extra weight to compensate in the form of ankle weights velcroed to the tube. The whole system now works very well. I am very happy with the Sky Commander as it makes the dob more user friendly- no more star hopping for me.

[bntwillis]

Hey Aussie Observer,

How has this worked out for you. I have the same scope, but still a noobie. Does the Sky Commander also track with the star?

Thanks,

Bob

[AndyH]

Bob - It's in effect a goto, but you have do do the moving of the scope. The readout shows you far it needs to move to the selected target.

Brilliant bit of kit, that I wish I hadn't sold, but I needed to free up some dosh.

More details on their page....

http://www.skyeng.com/

Andy.