LX200GPS and Starry Night Pro

[Dalglish]

All

I am looking at purchasing a four year old LX200GPS but wish to run it off my six month old version of Starry Night Pro 6. Is this possible?

Should I hold out for the LX200R even though I am not intending to use it for astrophotography ie is the RC-lite optical performance the only advantage?

regards

Dalglish

[Paxo]

I ran the LX200R through SN6 successfully by using ASCOM drivers for the mount, I'm fairly certain there was a gps version of the ASCOM driver as well. If you don't already use it, go to the ASCOM website, download the main ASCOM program and the driver for the scope, and away you go.

Steve.

[Dalglish]

Thanks very much Steve

Do you have any views on the difference between the optics on the R and the GPS?

Richard

[Paxo]

The R does have far superior optics IMO, though I have limited experience of the gps series which I believe are a standard SCT configuration. The R series gives an extremely flat field for imaging purposes, I can use a full frame 35mm chip camera with no curvature with the R series.

Steve..

[RobH]

If you're not going to image, then the GPS will be fine for you.

SN pro will work perfectly with it too.

Cheers

Rob

[Dalglish]

Thanks gents. That saves a bit of cash.

Dalglish