Skywacher Virtuoso Mount

[idle bronze]

I've been waiting for so long for this to be on the shop, because I really want a tracking mount with go-to, and for 300€ this is a bargain imo. Should I buy it for my sw dobson heritage 150mm?

[rotund canyon]

are u for visual or ap?

[idle bronze]

More visual

But I would like to do 30s exposure images with my phone

[noble moat]

i have the virtuoso gti 150p dob that has this mount, i havent done 30s but ive done 20s and zero issues

the phone app isnt great tho

[idle bronze]

Do you recommend me buy it?

Tell me more about it please

[round ore]

I heard that people buy the Telescope to get this Go To mount.

I think is a good mount

[idle bronze]

Ok

[idle bronze]

So should I buy it?

[noble moat]

The goto was absolutely horrible for me for months until I realized I was using it wrong, now that I'm using it right it's fine

[noble moat]

rn what I do is I have to use a old phone that stopped getting updates a while ago because the app doesn't work with newer android versions

I use this phone to image and I use that phone to connect to the telescope

[idle bronze]

What android gen do you have on the old phone?

[noble moat]

let me check

[noble moat]

8.1.0

[idle bronze]

You mean the one ui?

[idle bronze]

Wait, what phone do you have? Or what year is it?

[noble moat]

its a lg stylo 4 i think

i use my s20+ to image and the lg to control the scope

[idle bronze]

Oh wow

[noble moat]

android version

[idle bronze]

So the app is that bad...

[noble moat]

it may work with newer versions idk

actually i think i remember it did work in january with my s20+

[idle bronze]

I got android 14

[noble moat]

i have android 13

[idle bronze]

And I want to buy the s23 ultra, and now I have de a52

Damn, so the app is kinda shit

What is the app name

[noble moat]

also its not that the app itself doesnt work

its that with newer android versions it connects to the scopes wifi then disconnects bc no wifi

on older android it stays connected

[noble moat]

synscan pro

[idle bronze]

Damn, the reviews are also shit

[noble moat]

also

are you doing phone ap with it if youre doing ap

[idle bronze]

Yes

[noble moat]

wait nvm

[idle bronze]

What

[noble moat]

youre just buying the mount i thought u were buying the whole thjing

[idle bronze]

Nah

Js the mount

Already got the scope

[noble moat]

i was gonna say the helical focuser works horribly with phone ap

[idle bronze]

Oh I know

But whatever

So does it worth buying, bc is as expensive as my telescope

[noble moat]

i mean i havent gotten many chances to use it after i finally figured out what i was doing wrong and why the goto and tracking was horrible

ive only gotten 1 chance actually

[idle bronze]

I really want a mount similar to that one, with go-to and tracking, but the eq5 pro is too much

[noble moat]

since it was clouds for so long after i figured it out

[noble moat]

i have one single deep sky image i can show you that i got after i figured it out lol

[idle bronze]

Sure, thanks

[noble moat]

and even that isnt great since i was gonna take 150x20s and i did, but it set behind my roof without me knowing after like frame 15 so almost all of it was just wall pics and had to go to waste

[idle bronze]

[idle bronze]

Wait what camera?

[noble moat]

s20+

phone

[idle bronze]

That is absolutely gorgeous

[noble moat]

i couldve made it so much better if i just set up one meter to the right

[idle bronze]

So you say the go to is good enough?

[noble moat]

it wouldve set behind my roof at like frame #140 or smth if i did

[idle bronze]

Can't even imagine😍

[noble moat]

after i figured out what was wrong i aligned and did goto and m51 was like in the corner of the eyepiece

still very much in view tho

(25mm eyepiece that came with the scope)

prob the same as urs

[idle bronze]

Yeah, buy I bought the lacerta one, big difference

[noble moat]

next clear sky i get ill try m101 with a 10mm eyepiece

im not gonna buy any new eyepieces

since im buying a canon t3i soon

[idle bronze]

Pls tell me when you'll shoot it

[noble moat]

probably july 13

but maybe not at all

since its not even gonna be that clear

[idle bronze]

Where are you from

[noble moat]

just the last not completely cloudy night ill have

[idle bronze]

Because your weather sounds really shit

[noble moat]

it is

in summer

[idle bronze]

Let me guess

[noble moat]

in winter it isnt that bad

[idle bronze]

England

[noble moat]

no

[idle bronze]

Hmm, then I have no clue😁

[noble moat]

ill prob go for 100x60 or smth

or 200x30

[idle bronze]

Oh wow

[noble moat]

idk if field rotation will start at 60s

[idle bronze]

Does it work at 30s?

[noble moat]

never tried a 60s exposure

[noble moat]

never tried 30s either

[idle bronze]

Oh

[noble moat]

but 20s was this and i dont see any field rotation starting

[noble moat]

well i have but its whenever i accidentally take a picture at 30s in the pro mode on the normal camera app

[idle bronze]

Neither do I

[noble moat]

i use the normal camera app to center the target

then i go to deepskycamera

[idle bronze]

Good strategy 👍

[noble moat]

and it just turns out completely white since i also usually have the iso at max so i can see the target

[noble moat]

this is a 10s 3200iso i did while trying to center it (in the normal camera app)

[idle bronze]

Nice

[idle bronze]

So what do you think, should I save up for it? Taking in consideration that I don't have an old phone

[noble moat]

btw dobsonian power uses this

he does everything from his pc inside idk how he controls it tho

he uses the synscan app on pc

doesnt connect through wifi like phone does tho ive tried it

[noble moat]

If things go right, rn

[noble moat]

Ofc the mount stopped working

Now it won't work with the old phone either

The wifi don't even appear anymore

[noble moat]

yeah im not so sure you should get this

its giving me tons of trouble