The best place to check for you local international dealer is here: www.skywatcher.com/where-to-buy/. They'll be able to tell you what's available in what region and for how much.

@@SkyWatcherUSA hi, there is no one in Spain. I got in touch with the French shop and told me you do not make it anymore. Is it correct or not ?

@@yvangarcia3535 That is correct. The carbon fiber version was discontinued around six years ago. The cost to benefit ratio did not justify keeping them.

We will have to look into this. Most imagers use an ASI Air in EQ mode so it does not come up that often.

@@SkyWatcherUSA Thank you. I'm not imaging like this, this is for plate solved assisted visual while my EQ imaging setup does its thing. There are a number of threads about this issue in the zwo forum and it seems that zwo also thinks most people use the wedge, so alt-az is an afterthought. But the dual saddle Wave looks like it would be great for this application, especially for outreach, so I would love the upgrade if it worked well with the ASIAir in both EQ and AZ modes. Cheers and thanks.

We will look into this. It hasn't gone anywhere we have just been very busy and have not brought new episodes in yet. Thank you for reminding us.

I don't know why there aren't more views. You guys do great interviews

@@ziggyfrnds It usually takes a couple of weeks for the views to rack up.

Just my 2c. A WiFi connection is not as reliable as a wired connection. More convinient, yes.. I don't own an ASI Air, but someone reported that it does not work correctly via the DEC panel (saddle). The cable management in the 150i is not a powered USB hub, just a straight USB cable (which is good!), but it also means that cable lengths add up. That's 3 cables: - USB A->B cable to connect the mount board to the USB saddle uplink - USB cable interal to the mount - USB A->A to connect DEC panel USB to ASI Air (or whatever else) I have the feeling that this would work, but with nice short cables, probably not the stock ones.

The point of the video is to keep it simple on connecting an ASI Air to the Wave mounts. Of course the management system on the saddle can help but we needed to keep this simple. As for WiFi, wireless connection is not a super stable thing when doing imaging, especially when at star parties with so many using WiFi devices.

@@SkyWatcherUSAas future customer: if I buy a 150i, it’s not because I want it easy, but because I want it clean. The vídeo with the saddle connection is exactly what we need. Thank you!

@@SkyWatcherUSA but is it *possible* to control the mount via wifi from ASIAir or not? - dealbreaker!

@@larrycable984 Yes. To see it happening in the field, watch this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N4yaYqpFIAA.html&ab_channel=AstroBackyard

There are some technical differences between the USB B port on a Skywatcher mount and the EQMod cable. These shouldn't matter, but in practice they do. Some details that might help: * Neither has anything to do with ST-4. The guide signals are digital in both cases, no difference in resolution, etc. * The USB-B port on the mount is using the Prolific driver * An EQMod cable is using FTDI driver * The 6/8 pin RJ style connector on the mount is a phyisically more secure connection than the USB B port, especially in the cold * Occasionally the USB B port on some mounts give connection errors. Could be related to the above point, but it is hard to debug because it happens rarely. Never happens with EQMod. * Depending on how many different USB devices you have connected to the host computer, it might be easier to differentiate a USB port with a specific driver. Prolific is more common, so you probably already have a few of them, making it slightly more difficult to match it up with a mount. Not really a problem on a modern Linux system. * There is a communication speed difference between the two ports (9600 vs. 115200 bps), but in practice this is irrelevant, because the traffic is minimal, regardless of what is happening. * You can only use the USB B port for upgrading the motor firmwares. * One important one: in the dark, if you ever attempt to the plug the USB B connection into the ST-4 port it will fry the mount. (Fits nicely!) So I prefer not to do that all.

There is not currently an off the shelf extension but we will look into this.

@@SkyWatcherUSA Thank you for the answer, strange though because this is a mount meant to be for bigger scopes but the head sits so low to the legs without an pier extension that it's hard for a bigger/longer apo to use it without hitting the legs.

For night vision, it is where you add a night vision device to an eyepiece. You can check out the entire episode here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i_E_AqVE74Y.html

The Plate solving feature is very new and not quite complete yet. It is a beta addition that will likely become better supported as time goes on. The engineers have a lot of plans for the app. and it will only become more advance as time goes on. We will see about finding more documentation on this.

@@SkyWatcherUSA Thank you, I appreciate it. Best Regards.

We have not started to offer it here in North America. We are not sure why it hasn't made it to the global site. it is a bit larger than the Star Adventurer GTi with twice the payload. If portability is the highest concern the GTi will be hard to beat.

You can play with our Scope Wizard app to calculate all this. But to assist, a 90mm has a limiting magnitude of 12.25. A 120mm is 12.87. For a full magnitude jump you would need to get a 140mm (13.21) although a 150mm would be easier to find. Hope this helps.

The Esprit 100 and Wave 100 work well together but you would want the counter weight and a loaded Esprit 100 is very close to the weight limit of the Wave 100 w/o a weight. You can use any tripod with a 3/8 thread, so any pro photo tripod or the Star Adventurer tripod. The EQM-35 will not work because of the metal azimuth adjustment pin casted onto the top plate. For satellite, we don't have enough info. to answer that at the moment. It might be best to email us so we can pass it along to the engineering team to provide more details on this questions.

Sure, you just need three cameras as well. It's only money.

Usually we set the clutches just tight enough to engage the gearing but loose enough to where it gives easily. What could likely be happening is that the gears are just reengaging. These also use servo motors over steppers so you are likely hearing all the gearing inside engage at once. If there are ever any issues please let us know.

That you for having us again. -Kevin

We have a few US vendors who have reached out and asked us about it. We will see if we can bring some friends along next year. -Kevin

It depends what you want to mount. The Wave 100 is very nice due to its weight and form factor.

@@SkyWatcherUSA I am looking to mount a skywatcher 120mm achro refractor or a C8 sct

We have sent everything out so far. We do need to ship the July patches. But we will take a look into this. Please email TOTM again and we will get it squared away. -Kevin

@SkyWatcherUSA many thanks for the quick reply. Appreciate it. 😊👍

It has been. We have the grey hairs to prove it.

You will need to run it with the SynScan Pro for Windows app. But you should be able to make it work on a mini PC. The upper power saddle is 5amp max.

@@SkyWatcherUSA5Amp per 2.5 Sattle outlet, or 5Amp in total for both outlets on the sattle?

The case has a Pentax XW 40, 30, 20, 10, 7, 5 and 3.5mm plus a 2" diagonal. I use these on a wide range of telescopes but mostly the refractors. -Kevin

@@SkyWatcherUSA Thanks for the details Kevin. I recently acquired 3 Pentax XL eyepieces (40, 21, and 5.2mm) and have been enjoying them all so I was wondering which ones you had. Nice collection!

What I'm saying, is, try visual, at high magnification if possible. I love this DOB. Didn't understand visual until now

Boy, was the recommendation to buy a Celestron eyepiece kit a BAD idea! Compared to the 10mm and 25mm eyepieces Skywatcher provided with my 250P, the Celestrons are terrible 😢 Blurry soft, terrible quality. A major brand like Celestron should be ashamed of selling this crap. The inconvenience of a return is stressful and costs time and gasoline.

We will have to check out the Nanuk cases. Thank you for the tip! -Kevin

Yes! We have samples with Astrobackyard, High Point, Ontario Telescope, Sky & Telescope, and a few others. You should be seeing hands-on reviews cropping up very soon. Also, we have a new episode featuring the Wave mounts on August 16th, now that we have units in bound. These should be in dealers hands in the next three-to-four weeks.

@@SkyWatcherUSA Great, I have already ordered a Wave100i and I look forward to seeing how the experts use it!

That is a big upgrade! That should be a noticeable jump.

Sounds like a well rounded set.

That's a shame Michael usually most are very helpful. I'm based in Australia so can't offer much advice on clubs there.

The first shipment should be arriving late this month. Customers will likely start seeing them early/mid September.

As do all of us here.

The CQ350 does not have PPEC at this time. It is something we are pushing for however. PHD2 should be able to figure your guide settings for you. OAGs can be tricky due to the limited field of view.

We will need to look into that topic but it is certainly something we will consider.

@@SkyWatcherUSA OK, thank you!

I would take a look at the Antlia TriBand RGB for overall backyard work and maybe a Antlia Ha/OIII dualband (high speed) for that set up. It might me worth giving Starizona a call and asking their recommendations as well. -Kevin