bluesilver Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Hi, I thinking of just getting started into a bit of astrophotography, mainly just starting out with the planets for now. Using a 16" Skywatcher Dobsonian on a goto mount. I was looking at the AS1224M camera. Now i need to get a laptop to drive it all as i currently don't have one, only a desktop pc. So by basic question for now is, How big of a memory do i need in the laptop, I plan to try to keep the cost down, but just really after a ball park figure on what i need to be looking at , as at this stage i am not quite sure as basic as that sounds. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomatobro Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Re the laptop, try to get one with a USB 3.0 port. 4gb of ram is ok 8gb is better but not essential. Hard disk size not too critical 250 or 500gb. A used Win 7 with USB 2.0, 4gb of memory and a 250gb HD will work if cash is tight. Try to get one with a good battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnobleeddy Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Worth consider astroberry (https://www.astroberry.io/) - it runs on a raspberry pi, so for well under £100 you can have a 4Gb Pi and 20,000mAh power bank that will last all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 SSD is important for high frame rate planetary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobby Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 You'll be shooting Avi files but cropped with a region of interest probably so a 3 minute capture will be approx 2.5 gig. I use a battered old laptop with a 128 GB SSD and USB 3, I take a usb HDD with me so if I get low on space I move data to it while I'm getting the hot chocolate ready 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesilver Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 Thanks for the replies, spot on what i was looking for information wise. Will hunt around to see what i can find. Appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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