![]() I don't think you'll be seeing things get ' wonky '. You will see many posts in a Facebook group, Astrophotography that used the ASIAir and are happy with it. I guess my hopes are that all the installed software actually works well together and things won't get all wonky like so many posts I read. I do like APT for capture and mount control and I use Stellarium for target selection but, because I'm using a dob right now, I don't use guiding or polar alignment. I haven't gotten used to any particular software just yet. I understand the lack of customization but that's not much of an issue if you're just getting started. I have also configured it to connect to the wifi/ internet but prefer the hot spot mode. I was very surprised at the range of the hot spot wifi signal. I can easily control it from inside my house on my Desktop Mac or use my iPads outside. ![]() The StellarMate and ASIAir can act as a hot spot. I feel the main benefit of the ASIAir is better cable management and no laptop at home, along with simple controls, and to me that was not worth the $300 ![]() The ASIAir also works on WiFi, so if you're at a dark site and you do not have access, I'm guessing you would still have to plug it into a laptop anyway? I'm not sure. I feel like you would have more control and customization with a laptop though, because then you could choose your own programs for image acquisition and customize them the way you want, plus PHD2 has been around for so Long and has been built completely based on consumers wants and needs, so anything you could want from a guide program is done with PHD2. Astrobackyard has a review on it, and he seemed to like it. I was thinking about getting one when I bought my guide scope, but $300 is a lot of money to me.
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