Glad to help!

Glad to hear that you like the gadget! Yeah i totally agree that the only real downside is the price.

So much easier aligning a telescope 👍 Starsense Autoalign does it all for you 🔭

Yeah it makes the setup much quicker

Yeah if you have a lot of light pollution you will love the device. And as I said it will likely just encourage you to use your scope more.

I have Starsense Autoalign too 🔭

this is because with heavy light pollution like Bortle 9 (unfortunately I am in it), my eyes can't see more than 3 stars in the sky except Moon and maybe a tiny dot of Venus or Mars. But interestingly, the camera can see more than that.

I do not belive it does. Someone correct me if this is not accurate.

I agree, thanks for the input im sure it will be helpful to someone👍

Glad it was helpful!

Yup plate solving is pretty amazing stuff!

I started out with a manual scope back in the day because I could not afford anything else at the time. You know even not having the money for go to at the time aside I'm still happy that I had to learn the night sky manually. Issue is that not everyone is as motivated to learn to star hop, or much more commonly they cannot star hop because of how light polluted thier sky is! Back when it used to volunteer at my act to club I seen both sides of the coin(after helping 100's of folks both old and young). There where about as many people that GOTO helped as it turned off.

@@AVTAstro Hey bud I appreciate the comment back I know it’s a tough decision in the long run it’s probably better for the new people to learn the sky I just tell it I just tell them the goods in the bads and let them decide which version they want anyway cheer see on your next video

@@JoeJaguar I went for both of them. I first bought a 127 Maksutov Go to and then bought a 8” Dobsonian. Best and worst of both

@@Astronurd My understanding from what you say is that the go to Mak wasn’t that great but you enjoyed the 8 inch dob? I have a video called what’s the difference between a dobsonian 8 inch and an 8 inch SCT has now become my number one video at over 7000 views but a lot of people tell me they appreciate me telling all the positives and negatives of each

It certainly does get rid of the intimidation factor of setting up a scope:) And it sounds like you are talking about EAA. Big fan of EAA especially in a light polluted environment.

@@AVTAstro I live in Orlando FL, the capital of light pollution, so EAA is a good idea 👍 around here.

Hi James how are you. Joe

@@JoeJaguar Hi Joe, how are you and Angeles doing? I’ve lost track of you but I assume Angeles is keeping you well fed!

@@JamesAdams-ev6fc I’m fine and Angeles is fine as well thanks for asking hopefully you’re doing good to It’s cool all the astronomy People help each other out unlike some channels that are all about themselves anyway cheers

Hey Daley, id br happy yo but currently do not have a Mac☹️ I used to use them, ill see if I can do me up with one to do a video👍

Vlad at this point PC would be good too as I’m desperate to update my AVX and HC… it would be via the Mini USB… btw i personaly want to say Thank You for giving me the “Balls” to do a Collimation on my SCT …. Cheers from the Bronx

Glad to hear you where able to tackle the collimation!

I've been having the same problem--no luck on Mac or PC!

@@mattestabrook I was able to do on a Mac …. I needed to download 2 additional files. 1 make sure u have the latest Java update … 2. I FORGOT what the names is but there an additional file that I had to download …. U can find on Cloudy Nites or keep lookin here on KZfaq … there’s a video with a young kid who was able to do …. I had to use terminal mode on Mac to open and run the Java app….also if u have SkyPortal u can update wirelessly if u have the Mac/Pc connected to its WiFi … I was able to update the HC and AVX mount at the same time … it’s a very non friendly way but once u do it it takes seconds to update

Um, this is a review, not a how-to video.