Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro Pack – Motorized Dslr Night Sky Tracker Equatorial Mount for Portable Nightscapes, Time-Lapse and Panoramas – Wi-Fi App Camera Control – Long Exposure Imaging

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The settings to configure the Console App for timelapse control could be made more intuitive. There are effectively two independent sets of figures - one to fix number and duration of exposures and the other to configure range and speed of motion. The App allows you to set the intended duration of the video file but this gets quite confusing as you need to set some parameters and then the others are determined based on these. My advice would be to set the exposure time and number of photos and let the App show you what the resulting duration of the video file will be (for a given frame rate). Then choose the amount of motion to apply - less is more in this case. I recommend not much more than 7 degrees per hour at night, unless you are shooting very short exposures under moonlight (<10 seconds). Pushing the Limits

Great service and delivery Thank you very much to Harrison Telescopes for your great service and delivery. A pleasure to deal with both in terms of pricing and a very fast delivery. I would definitely recommend to others ! (13/06/2021) Andrew - Aberdeen SpeedyIt arrived the day after and it took me seconds to gett the parcel ready for recycling as it wasn't covered in tape. (04/05/2021) brian lee - Devon We took a 30–minute exposure of the constellations of Cassiopeia down to Perseus with only slight star trailing. Although light pollution and a slightly hazy atmosphere did not help, a 20-minute exposure revealed pin sharp stars. The exciting new Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i adds now adds WiFi functionality to the immensely popular Star Adventurer astro-imaging platform, whilst retaining all the important original features. The WiFi features are operated via the free Star Adventurer Mini Console App for Android and iOS platforms.The way round this is to polar align first and then put the adaptor, ball head and camera on afterwards ready for imaging.

An optional camera shutter release cable is available separately for many popular camera models/brands. The battery system is an aspect that SkyWatcher needs to improve in future versions of the Star Adventurer 2i. There’s been plenty of reports of battery leakage after having the device sitting for a few weeks; I’ve experienced it myself, unfortunately. Rotating the control knob, you can select a range of presets, which include the usual ‘Lunar’, ‘Solar’ or ‘Sidereal’ options, but there is now an interesting ‘App’ addition. The mount body is the workhorse of the Star Adventurer 2i. It contains the integrated polarscope, control selection knob and various ports, yet is quite lightweight and can be used when it’s attached directly to a tripod – with latitude adjustment done via the tripod’s tilt head – or with the supplied equatorial wedge. Equatorial wedgeFor our review we used lenses that ranged from 18mm to 400mm with our Canon 50D and modified 300D DSLRs, and then swapped to our Equinox 80ED refractor with the same DSLRs. By adding an in-built Wi-Fi adaptor, Sky-Watcher has brought the Star Adventurer into the 21st century. Many people are familiar with Wi-Fi control of gadgets and this is appealing to astrophotographers who enjoy using a lightweight and portable mount and controlling it with a smartphone. Ideal kit for mobilityAs a birder with some long lenses and an interest in astrophotography this is the ideal way to utilise my birders kit. Have had a play and although photos were slightly out of focus there was no sign of trailing over 20 frames. Just need some good clear skies now. :) (02/01/2019) Ian Paterson - Jarrow The polar alignment scope is permanently built-in to the mount. If using a ball-head, you'll need to align the mount before attaching the camera, likely using the illuminator which attaches separately. If using the 'fine-tuning mounting assembly', it is possible to view through the polar scope and adjust the alignment with all the camera weight on the mount, which I recommend. You can modify the lugs on the illuminator to fit it into the green dovetail. The SAM I reviewed earlier actually shipped with a very simple adapter for this purpose.