01-08-2025, 11:53 AM
(01-08-2025, 10:37 AM)Radio Fixer Wrote: Mike
Typical price for the S50 is about £530
Gary
Yes, I found it for £560 inc VAT to here. Amazon is expensive for it.
I found a Celestron £649 computerized (Auto GoToXY) 'scope that 4" vs 2" of the S50 and 343mm vs 250mm fl. A DSLR adaptor is about £17 to £40 depending on how fancy it is. Oddly a computer mount for the camera without a 'scope is dearer!
Celestron also have 6" and 8" aperture auto GoToXY tracking 'scopes (£1200 and £1600).
Then you need to find software for the camera. I can do the multiple timed exposures either via HW controller or Android and WiFi, but I'd need to find the sw to combine & process frames.
The s50 seems a bargain all-in-one solution, but my camera is 20M pixel approx compared to 2 M pixel of the S50. However useless on a fixed tripod for astronomy.
I think any cheap scope without computer GoToXY and camera adaptor or built in camera is very limited.
